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
Thought is the work of the intellect, reverie is its self-indulgence. To substitute day-dreaming for thought is to confuse a poison with… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Produce what you consume; draw from the native element the necessaries of life. Permit no vitiated taste to lead you into the… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
What is life without euphoria in our hearts boasting sincere charismatic indulgence a sustenance and pigmentation in our sensual lives. — Jasmina Siderovski Copy Share Image
Without a moral framework, there is nothing left but immediate self-indulgence by some and the path of least resistance by others. Neither… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“Negative thinking is always expensive -- dragging us down mentally, emotionally, and physically -- hence I refer to any indulgence in it… — Peter McWilliams Copy Share Image
Marriage is a state that is attended with so much care and trouble, that it is a kind of faulty indulgence and… — Samuel Richardson Copy Share Image
American art in general... takes to surreal exaggerations and metaphors; but its Puritan work ethic has little use for the playful self-indulgence… — John Updike Copy Share Image
America is ensnared in self-indulgence and its future hangs in the balance. Our moral and spiritual foundations are rapidly being destroyed. Our… — John Hagee 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
Conscience was the barmaid of the Victorian soul. Recognizing that human beings were fallible and that their failings, though regrettable, must be… — C. E. M. Joad Copy Share Image
You don't change the world by hiding in the woods, wearing a hair shirt, or buying indulgences in the form of 'Save… — Alex Steffen Copy Share Image
Self-indulgence is something to watch, but anything that helps you understand situations that are difficult to understand is good. If you're having… — Lulu Copy Share Image
It felt like an indulgence. Going back was painful, but, at the same time, it was nice to live with them again… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but it is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself… — Thomas Paine 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
“...that the basic transaction of life itself was a sad, endless amalgam of public endurance and private indulgence.” — Stefan Merrill Block Copy Share Image
I ask for your indulgence when I march out quotations. This is the double syndrome of men who write for a living… — Rod Serling Copy Share Image
Industrial civilization is only possible when there's no self-denial. Self-indulgence up to the very limits imposed by hygiene and economics. Otherwise the… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
In some ways, risk-taking is the ultimate act of self-indulgence , an obscene insult to the preciousness of life. And yet, how… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
The mother's love is not given to us to spoil us with indulgence, but to soften our hearts, that we may in… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Painters and poets alike have always had license to dare anything! We know that, and we both claim and allow to others… — Horace Copy Share Image
Tossing doughnuts, fritters or fried dumplings in fennel sugar adds grown-up complexity without diminishing the indulgence factor. — Yotam Ottolenghi Copy Share Image
The time at length arrives, when grief is rather an indulgence than a necessity and the smile that plays upon the lips,… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Copy Share Image
I always have scarves handy; they're my indulgence. I buy them at an L.A. shop called Lost & Found. I'll spray one… — Lena Headey Copy Share Image
An excessive indulgence in the pleasures of social life constitutes the great interests of a luxuriant and opulent age. — Isaac D'Israeli Copy Share Image
How much wit, good-nature, indulgences, how many good offices and civilities, are required among friends to accomplish in some years what a… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Nothing leads more directly to the breach of charity, and to the injury and molestation of our fellow-creatures, than the indulgence of… — Hugh Blair Copy Share Image
When we don't get any treats, we feel depleted, resentful, and angry, and we feel justified in self-indulgence. We start to crave… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
“A writer should be able to open a window or two for others to see the world and themselves in a new… — Barista Uno Copy Share Image
What's the ultimate price I'll pay if I don't stop this indulgence now? By asking questions like this, they'll associate pain to… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
Three enemies that will weaken your ministry over time: Self-indulgence, bitterness, and carelessness. Strong people discipline their desires, restrain their reactions, and… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
I love Monet: his 'Water Lilies' would look great on my wall. But would I prefer to see money helping kids get… — Bonnie Langford Copy Share Image
I didn't plan on going to college, at least not a full-time schedule. I still have that plan. I may take some… — Erika Christensen Copy Share Image
One of my personal indulgences is getting a weekly massage - it helps to re-align my body. I usually feel so much… — Noureen DeWulf Copy Share Image
Indulgence in resentment and vengeance will only further increase miseries to oneself and others in this life and in lives to come. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
God in tender indulgence to our different dispositions; has strewed the Bible with flowers, dignified it with wonders, and enriched it with… — James Hervey Copy Share Image
Sex should be a perfect balance of pain and pleasure. Without that symmetry, sex becomes a routine rather than an indulgence. — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
“The only excuse for self indulgence is to learn that the objects we crave are overrated and don't satisfy our hunger, which… — Henry Makow Copy Share Image
Spare yourselves from the indulgence of self-pity. It is always self-defeating. Subdue the negative and emphasize the positive. — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
