#indulgence

Self-centered indulgence, pride and a lack of shame over sin are now emblems of the American lifestyle. ↗

— Billy Graham

#indulgence #lack #lifestyle #now #over

I like doom and gloom with a sense of humour. Maybe it's a Scottish thing, we like to undercut indulgence with a laugh. ↗

— Shirley Henderson

#gloom #humour #i #indulgence #laugh

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#conservation #earth #environment #greed #indulgence

The genius of the economic machine is in its ability to convert these indulgences into profitability. It converts desire into attention, a grip on our eyeballs and eardrums, which in turn can be marketed to advertisers. ↗

— Todd Gitlin

#attention #convert #converts #desire #economic

Study is the bane of childhood, the oil of youth, the indulgence of adulthood, and a restorative in old age. ↗

— Walter Savage Landor

#age #bane #childhood #indulgence #oil

If you would have a boy to despise his mother, let her keep him at home, and spend her life in petting him up, and slaving to indulge his follies and caprices. ↗

— Anne Brontë

#contempt #mother #over-indulgence #upbringing #home

The only real indulgence was buying a house. That was a pretty big step. ↗

— Calista Flockhart

#buying #house #indulgence #only #pretty

Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is immortal. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#disgust #hatred #immortal #indifference #indulgence

And when all of the flourless chocolate cakes & chocolate mousse or ganache cakes have come and gone, there will still be nothing like a fudgy brownie, dry & crackled on top, moist & dense within, with a glass of cold milk. ↗

— Richard Sax

#food #indulgence #food

Too much of a good thing can be wonderful! ↗

— Mae West

#decadence #excess #indulgence #innuendo #over-indulgence