“ Many obese people spend a significant amount of their energy on suppressing the urge to tell some of the people who are staring at them that they do not eat as much and as frequently as they seem to. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ The way of the consumerist culture is to spend so much energy chasing happiness that it has none left to be happy. Criss Jami
“ He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have. Socrates
“ The best part is coming.What's the best part? You swallowing an entire cow whole?No. That's the finale. Stephenie Meyer
“ If necessity is the mother of invention, then surely greed must be the father. Children of this odd couple are named: Laziness, Envy, Greed, Jr., Gluttony, Lust, Anger and Pride. John R. Dallas Jr.
“ Am I tough? Am I strong? Am I hard-core? Absolutely. Did I whimper with pathetic delight when I sank my teeth into my hot fried-chicken sandwich? You betcha. James Patterson
“ If we are defined by reason and morality, then reason and morality must define our choices, even when animals are concerned. When people say, for example, that they like their veal or hot dogs too muc… Matthew Scully
“ To be blessed and yet permit gluttony to blind me to the blessings is to banish myself to a life of unrelenting poverty even though I might be utterly engulfed in the embrace of a million marvelous bl… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Oh, pity the poor gluttonWhose troubles all beginIn struggling on and on to turnWhat's out into what's in. Walter de la Mare
“ Do you think it is a vain hope that one day man will find joy in noble deeds of light and mercy, rather than in the coarse pleasures he indulges in today -- gluttony, fornication, ostentation, boastin… Fyodor Dostoyevsky
“ Shukhov ate his supper without bread--a double portion and bread on top of it would be too rich. So he'd save the bread. You get no thanks from your belly--it always forgets what you've just done for… Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
“ Everything in this room is edible. Even I'm edible. But, that would be called canibalism. It is looked down upon in most societies. Tim Burton
“ I have a head for business and a body for sin. Unfortunately, the sin appears to be gluttony. Jenny Colgan
“ Mirrors on the ceiling,The pink champagne on iceAnd she said 'We are all just prisoners here, of our own device'And in the master's chambers,They gathered for the feastThey stab it with their steely k… Eagles
“ Our plump predicament comes from the way we think. In America life hasbecome a daily quest for instant gratification. Do we think about the long term? Rarely. We ask ourselves, “What sounds good?” Tha… Aaron Blaylock
