#Indulgence Quotes

“Wine loved I deeply, dice dearly.”

“Fat paunches have lean pates, and dainty bits Make rich the ribs, but backrout quite the wits.”

“The signs of excessive indulgence in this destructive pastime are easily detectable. They are these: A disposition to eat, to drink, to smoke, to meet together convivially, to laugh, to joke, and tell indelicate stories— and mainly, a yearning to paint pictures.”

“We do not get ice-cream every where, and so, when we do, we are apt to dissipate to excess.”

“Eating and sleeping are the only activities that should be allowed to interrupt a man's enjoyment of his cigar.”

“The democratic youth lives along day by day, gratifying the desire that occurs to him, at one time drinking and listening to the flute, at another downing water and reducing, now practicing gymnastic, and again idling and neglecting everything; and sometimes spending his time as though he were occupied in philosophy.”

“I love a Hebrew National hot dog with an ice-cold Corona - no lime. If the phone rings, I won't answer until I'm done.”

“If a little is great, and a lot is better, then way too much is just about right!”

“Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.”

“Better belly burst than good liquor be lost.”

“right' i said. 'but first, we need the car. and after that, the cocaine. and then the tape recorder, for special music, and some acapulco shirts.”

“I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy”

“All the charming and beautiful things, from the Song of Songs, to bouillabaisse, and from the nine Beethoven symphonies to the Martini cocktail, have been given to humanity by men who, when the hour came, turned from tap water to something with color in it, and more in it than mere oxygen and hydrogen.”

“....that the mounds of ices, and the bowls of mint-julep and sherry cobbler they make in these latitudes, are refreshments never to be thought of afterwards, in summer, by those who would preserve contented minds.”

“... she indulged in melancholy - that cheapest and most accessible of luxuries.”

“Virtue - even attempted virtue - brings light; indulgence brings fog.”

“A full Belly is the Mother of all Evil.”

“Never spare the parson's wine nor the baker's pudding”

“Is it a good hot dog? That’s all I want to know … I don’t think the personal health and purity of my colon is that important compared to pleasure. As a chef, I’m not your dietitian or your ethicist. I’m in the pleasure business …. My responsibility is to give you the most delicious tomato that I can afford, given the circumstances, and maybe increase the likelihood that you get laid after dinner.”