Indulgence Quotes

The history of medicine proves that in so far as man seeks to know himself and face his whole nature, he has become free from bewildered fear, despondent shame, or arrant hypocrisy. As long as sex is dealt with in the current confusion of ignorance and sophistication, denial and indulgence, suppression and stimulation, punishment and exploitation, secrecy and display, it will be associated with a duplicity and indecency that lead neither to intellectual honesty nor human dignity. (Alfred Kinsey)
I refer, of course, to the debts our nation has amassed for itself over decades of indulgence. It is the new Red Menace, this time consisting of ink. We can debate its origins endlessly and search for villains on ideological grounds, but the reality is pure arithmetic. View quote
Mitch Daniels
Grief is the agony of an instant. The indulgence of grief the blunder of a life. View quote
Benjamin Disraeli
Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is immortal. View quote
William Hazlitt
SELF-denial, n. Indulgence of a propensity to forego. View quote
Ambrose Bierce
The famous saying 'God is love', it is generally assumed, means that God is like our immediate emotional indulgence, not that the meaning of love ought to have something of the 'otherness' and terror of God. View quote
Charles Williams
Self-centered indulgence, pride and a lack of shame over sin are now emblems of the American lifestyle. View quote
Billy Graham
Inclination snatches arguments To make indulgence seem judicious choice. View quote
George Eliot
A woman will always sacrifice herself if you give her the opportunity. It is her favourite form of self indulgence. View quote
W. Somerset Maugham
On Saturday night, I would see men lusting after half-naked girls dancing at the carnival, and on Sunday morning when I was playing organ for tent-show evangelists at the other end of the carnival lot, I would see these same men sitting in the pews with their wives and children, asking God to forgive them and purge them of carnal desires. And the next Saturday they'd be back at the carnival or some other place of indulgence. I knew then that the Christian church thrives on hypocrisy, and that man's carnal nature will out no matter how much it is purged or scoured by any white-light religion. View quote
Anton LaVey
Satanism encourages its followers to indulge in their natural desires. Only by doing so can you be a completely satisfied person with no frustrations which can be harmful to yourself and others around you. Therefore, the most simplified description of the Satanic belief is: indulgence instead of abstinence. (Anton LaVey)
The performance of duty, and not an indulgence in vapid ease and vapid pleasure, is all that makes life worth while. View quote
Theodore Roosevelt
I ask for your indulgence when I march out quotations. This is the double syndrome of men who write for a living and men who are over forty. The young smoke pot - we inhale from our Bartlett's. View quote
Rod Serling
I am now pretty far advanced in life, and all my views are center'd in the Happiness and well-fare of my children; you will therefore find from me every Indulgence which you have a right to expect from an affectionate Parent. View quote
George Mason
The intellectual's ... playfulness, in its various manifestations, is likely to seem to most men a perverse luxury; in the United States the play of the mind is perhaps the only form of play that is not looked upon with the most tender indulgence. His piety is likely to seem nettlesome, if not actually dangerous. And neither quality is considered to contribute very much to the practical business of life. View quote
Richard Hofstadter
And so I continue in borderline poverty, save for my one indulgence, no, my single absolute necessity: I take cabs. Yes, on occasion, when I wish to see what people with unpleasant skin conditions are wearing, I do take the subway. I have never, I am proud to say, taken the bus, because people who take the bus have given up. View quote
Paul Rudnick
A 'treat' is different from a 'reward', which must be justified or earned. A treat is a small pleasure or indulgence that we give to ourselves just because we want it. Treats give us greater vitality, which boosts self-control, which helps us maintain our healthy habits. View quote
Gretchen Rubin
I think diamonds represent luxury, indulgence, and class. So any time you can incorporate a gift that is synonymous with all those attributes, you know the other person will love it. I would challenge someone to find something that better represents Valentine's Day more than diamonds! View quote
Chris Evans
An excessive indulgence in the pleasures of social life constitutes the great interests of a luxuriant and opulent age. View quote
Isaac D'Israeli
The best way to win against the intolerable is to tolerate them, for this they have seldom dealt with. Your indulgence may soften their malice and open their eyes to more honorable ways. View quote
Bryant H. McGill
Fur is my default, my indulgence. All human beings and myself have a lot of defaults. Many indulgences. (Catherine Malandrino)
I'm really interested in the difference between selfishness and generosity. It confuses me to no end because sometimes it all just feels like pure indulgence on my part. View quote
Nate Lowman
What other nations call religious toleration, we call religious rights. They are not exercised in virtue of governmental indulgence, but as rights, of which government cannot deprive any portion of citizens, however small. View quote
Richard Mentor Johnson
I think it's almost an indulgence to focus on the dark side of things. And as you get older, you want to focus on the positive. View quote
Rob Brydon
I play only classical music. My pianos are my only big indulgence, but they're a necessity. When I'm playing the piano is literally the only time I can be completely abstract and disconnected from the regular world and yet be connected - to my music. View quote
Rafael Vinoly