“And recently, we installed another word in its place which, to their minds, has a wholly positive connotation. We say ‘Gluttony’. They… — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
He who distinguishes the true savor of his food can never be a glutton; he who does not cannot be otherwise. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Had we been as free from all sins as we were from gluttony and drunkenness we might have been canonized for saints. — John Smith Copy Share Image
How can you say you're trying to spiritually evolve, without even a thought about what happens to the animals whose lives are… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
Drunkenness is deplorably destructive, but her demurer sister Gluttony destroys a hundred to her one. — William Kitchiner Copy Share Image
Everything in this room is edible. Even I'm edible. But, that would be called canibalism. It is looked down upon in most… — Tim Burton Copy Share Image
Our fear of hypocrisy is forcing us to live in a world where gluttons are fine, so long as they champion gluttony. — Jonah Goldberg Copy Share Image
A big man is always accused of gluttony, whereas a wizened or osseous man can eat like a refugee at every meal,… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
“I learned that it's okay to feel the way I do: that my life has no meaning unless I have a boyfriend.… — Jess C. Scott Copy Share Image
“Gluttony - that's my vice & curse. I want too much of everything. Books... Love... Music... Color & Form... Philosophy... Travel &… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Hypocrisy is the most difficult and nerve-racking vice that any man can pursue; it needs an unceasing vigilance and a rare detachment… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Enjoy thy stream, O harmless fish; And when an angler for his dish, Through gluttony's vile sin, Attempts, the wretch, to pull… — John Wolcot Copy Share Image
In my dreams I gorge on chocolates, I roll in chocolates, and their texture is not brittle but soft as flesh, like… — Joanne Harris Copy Share Image
But for the cravings of the belly not a bird would have fallen into the snare; nay, nay, the fowler would not… — Saadi Copy Share Image
These are the Seven Deadly Sins: Avarice, Envy, Pride, Gluttony, Lust, Anger, Sloth. These are the seven deadly sins: venality, paranoia, insecurity,… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
“If necessity is the mother of invention, then surely greed must be the father. Children of this odd couple are named: Laziness,… — John R. Dallas Jr Copy Share Image
Hypocrisy is bad, but it's not the worst vice in the world. If I declared “murder is wrong” and then killed somebody,… — Jonah Goldberg Copy Share Image
When you look at food as an ethical issue in the Christian tradition, you don't find very much about it. You don't… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Had the cub thought in man-fashion, he might have epitomized life as a voracious appetite, and the world as a place wherein… — Jack London Copy Share Image
“Of all the dangerous ideas that health officials could have embraced while trying to understand why we get fat, they would have… — Gary Taubes Copy Share Image
MOST of the ugliness in the human narrative comes from a distorted quest to possess beauty. COVETING begins with appreciating blessings: MURDER… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
For man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but, when separated from law and justice, he is the worst of all;… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Gluttony should be destroyed by self-control; unchastity by desire for God and longing for the blessings held in store; avarice by compassion… — John of Damascus Copy Share Image
Modern Christians, especially those in the Western world, have generally been found wanting in the area of holiness of body. Gluttony and… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
I've noticed the people most uptight about smokers and drinkers don't really have a problem with gluttony and gossip. — Tim Hawkins Copy Share Image
“A deadly sin that brings no evil material sequel to the satisfaction afforded by committing it is one thing. A deadly sin… — Rafael Sabatini - The Hounds of God Copy Share Image
Thanksgiving is Americas national chow-down feast, the one occasion each year when gluttony becomes a patriotic duty. — Michael Dresser Copy Share Image
My worst vice is gluttony. I try to keep myself under control because I'm an athlete, but once a week I like… — Gianluigi Buffon Copy Share Image
Such gluttony second to none Almost ended fatally When a bone choked a wolf as he gulped what he ate — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
Never rise from the table without having given due thanks to the Lord. If we act in this way, we need have… — Pio of Pietrelcina Copy Share Image
As long as the vice of gluttony has a hold on a man, all that he has done valiantly is forfeited by… — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
Covetousness is a sort of mental gluttony, not confined to money, but craving honor, and feeding on selfishness. — Nicolas Chamfort Copy Share Image
Sometimes I had difficulty remembering that 'all you can eat' is not a personal challenge. — Marika Christian Copy Share Image
We are suggesting a new kind of opulence, of intelligent indulgence over blind gluttony. — Naeem Khan Copy Share Image
“You just have to control your own place do not look at others, because the one who always tries to see on… — M. Azeem Pasha Copy Share Image
Jerry Falwell says that abortion and homosexuality are sins. Oh yeah? Well, so is gluttony, Jerry. So maybe you should think about… — Dennis Miller Copy Share Image
I'm famous for splurging at fast-food places. I'm currently obsessed with Taco Bell's bean and cheese burritos with extra green sauce and… — Fergie Copy Share Image
He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have. — Socrates Copy Share Image
Swinish gluttony never looks to heaven amidst its gorgeous feast; but with besotted, base ingratitude, cravens and blasphemes his feeder. — John Milton Copy Share Image
My whole comic persona is that of a guy who explores the id: I romanticize gluttony, I romanticize laziness, and people identify… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
