Indulgent Quotes

106 Indulgent quotes by 95 unique authors

Indulgent gods, grant me to sin once with impunity. That is sufficient. Let a second offence bear its punishment. — Unknown Author
The most lasting reputation I have is for an almost ferocious aggressiveness, when in fact I am amiable, indulgent, affectionate, shy and rather timid at… — J. B. Priestley
It wasn't that expectations changed. But [teens] went from general expectations of success to having no idea of the right thing to do. In the… — Michael Medved
Audiences don't want to see the kind of self-indulgent, boring dance that is so prevalent today. — Mark Morris
Parenting is the hardest thing I have ever done. I tried to find the balance between the strict, traditional Chinese way I was raised, which… — Amy Chua
Nowhere but in France are people so strictly observant of great matters and so disdainfully indulgent about small ones. — Honore de Balzac
Autobiographies tell more lies than all but the most self-indulgent fiction . — A. S. Byatt
I'm for all the actor's struggle, the self-indulgent, painful journey, but I would rather have fun. — Ginnifer Goodwin
When you realize that life isn't fair, you don't act out, you don't get overly wasted, you don't get self-indulgent. You just move forward. — David Hasselhoff
I've never heard my dad say a bad word about anybody. He always keeps his emotions in check and is a true gentleman. I was… — Hugh Jackman
Real success is being totally indulgent about your own trip. You put your blinders on about the garbage and go full speed ahead. — Betsey Johnson
I live by the 80/20 rule: I'm 80 percent healthy, and then 20 percent indulgent. — Miranda Kerr
Drugs have nothing to do with the creation of music. In fact, they are dumb and self indulgent. Kind of like sucking your thumb! — Courtney Love
Periods of inactivity, I don't know such things. I'm consistently writing. My life is busy. It always is. There are hardly any moments for self-indulgent… — John Lydon
I really, specifically, love acting, and I think it's a really cool thing to be really indulgent and follow that. I have a lot of… — Kristen Stewart
Gogol is unaccustomed to this sort of talk at mealtimes, to the indulgent ritual of the lingering meal, and the pleasant aftermath of bottles and… — Jhumpa Lahiri
I confess to wincing every so often at a poorly chosen word, a mangled sentence, an expression of emotion that seems indulgent or overly practiced.… — Barack Obama
My most persistent memory of stand - up is of my mouth being in the present and my mind being in the future: the mouth… — Steve Martin
There is nothing indulgent about the Moral Law. It is as hard as nails. It tells you to do the straight thing and it does… — C.S. Lewis
Meetings are an addictive, highly self-indulgent activity that corporations and other large organizations habitually engage in only because they cannot actually masturbate. — Dave Barry
One of the reasons for its success is that science has a built-in, error-correcting machinery at its very heart. Some may consider this an overbroad… — Carl Sagan
The god which the vast majority of professing Christians love is looked upon very much like an indulgent old man, who himself has no relish… — Arthur W. Pink
There are moments in life when it is all turned inside out--what is real becomes unreal, what is unreal becomes tangible, and all your levelheaded… — Aleksandar Hemon
I think therapy is a rather misguided notion of capitalist societies whereby the self-indulgent examination of one's life supersedes the actual living of said life. — Peter Cameron
I do not look on self-indulgent, sensual people as worthy of my hatred; I simply look upon them with contempt for their poorness of character. — Elizabeth Gaskell

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