Ogden Nash Quotes

It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.

You must have the willpower to avoid what is bad. It's simple: If you indulge, you will develop a bulge.

Refrain to-night; And that shall lend a kind of easiness To the next abstinence, the next more easy; For use almost can change the stamp of nature, And either master the devil or throw him out With wondrous potency.

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

We say no to lots of things that would please us. I would like to punch people every now and then, but I don't. I would like to have something for free rather than pay for it. I would like to skip to the front of the line... I don't mean to brush aside the taste of meat, which is a powerful attraction. But its power is not without limit.

No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut.

When it becomes hard for me not to eat bad food, I try to think about what I have to do and what is ahead of me and what I want to achieve.

I can resist everything except temptation.

It's not easy not to play.

If you know cookies are your weakness, don't even bring them in the house because, like me, you will eat them.

I exercise strong self control. I never drink anything stronger than gin before breakfast.

He who denies himself much in great matters will readily indulge himself in small things.

Chastity works better if you don't keep testing it.

Taste everything, eat nothing.

Start the practice of self-control with some penance; begin with fasting.

I wish I didn't like sweets as much as I do. I wish I didn't get carried away sometimes.

The most important lesson I've learned in this business is how to say no. I have said no to a lot of temptations, and I am glad I did.

I have a very addictive personality, so I'm even careful about wanting more of anything than I need - even chocolate.

I'm the worst ad anyone could possibly be for abstaining from anything.

Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.

I love having wine with my meals. And if I splurge, I'm going to splurge big, because if I deny my cravings, it just ends up backfiring on me, you know?

The hardest thing is to take less when you can get more.

I work out all the time! I don't just sit around and eat burgers whenever I want. Oh, if I could I probably would, but I don't.

You oughtn't to yield to temptation. Well, somebody must, or the thing becomes absurd.

I've got a running machine which I try and use, but it's just finding the time. Don't get me wrong, I love cake and ice cream; I'm the kind of girl that, if I want something, I'll have it.