Not every oak has to be gnarled, every detective hard-bitten. The adjective that exists solely as a decoration is a self-indulgence for… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
I don't do all of this as an indulgence. I do it because I'm not a good enough actor to not do… — Daniel Day-Lewis Copy Share Image
In describing the honourable mission I charged him with, M. Pernety informed me that he made my name known to you. This… — Sophie Germain Copy Share Image
We notice that the mind is a restless bird; the more it gets the more it wants, and still remains unsatisfied. The… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The proper drinking of Scotch whisky is more than indulgence: it is a toast to civilization, a tribute to the continuity of… — David Daiches Copy Share Image
Procrastinatio n and indulgence are nothing more than creditors who charge us interest. — Rory Vaden Copy Share Image
When we are dead : it is the living only who cannot be forgiven the living only from whom men's indulgence and… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Remember there is always a limit to self-indulgence, none to restraint... Civilization , in the real sense of the term, consists not… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Wishful thinking is not idealism. It is self-indulgence at best and self-exaltation at worst. In either case, it is usually at the… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
For who in fact seeks the salvation of souls through indulgences, and not instead money for his coffers? This is evident from… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Jimmy had been full of himself back then, thinks Snowman with indulgence and a little envy. He’d been unhappy too, of course.… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Sometimes it’s a sort of indulgence to think the worst of ourselves. We say, ‘Now I have reached the bottom of the… — Daphne du Maurier Copy Share Image
So long as the law considers all these human beings, with beating hearts and living affections, only as so many things belonging… — Harriet Beecher Stowe Copy Share Image
All holy piety in public, and all peeled grapes and self-indulgence in private. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
After all, what more does a true genius want? The mind itself is the palace where all the real treasures, the works… — Alex Scarrow Copy Share Image
It dawned upon me that fasting could be made as powerful a weapon of indulgence as of restraint — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Inevitably out of the psychedelic experience emerges not despair, not self-indulgence, but wild-eyed idealism, that's the inevitable product of any psychedelically driven… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
If you are poor, avoid wine as a costly luxury; if you are rich, shun it as a fatal indulgence. Stick to… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Certainly the most obvious . . . example of the strictly infantile essence of America's all-conquering mentality greets our eyes daily, anywhere… — e. e. cummings Copy Share Image
I refer to the debt - the new red menace. This time consisting of ink. — Mitch Daniels Copy Share Image
Satanism encourages its followers to indulge in their natural desires. Only by doing so can you be a completely satisfied person with… — Anton Szandor LaVey Copy Share Image
The performance of duty, and not an indulgence in vapid ease and vapid pleasure, is all that makes life worth while. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
