Kate Winslet Quotes

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.

If you want something, have it. If you feel like it's forbidden, you'll want it even more. Whenever I have a craving, I go and have it and just make sure I don't have it again the next day.

There are two types of people in this world: one who opens a packet of biscuits, has one and puts the rest back in the cupboard, and one who eats the whole packet in one go.

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

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

The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation.

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

The proximity of a desirable thing tempts one to overindulgence. On that path lies danger.

I hate exercising self-control.

Temptation to behave is terrible.

Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of the pieces.

I can't walk by chocolate without eating it.

If I'm gonna have a piece of pie, I'll have a couple bites, or I'll have a smaller piece. I'm not going to sit down and eat half a pie. I don't do that.

It's not easy not to play.

I can't resist temptation of any kind.

Just because you can do something, it doesn't mean you need to - restraint is something I admire.

Make less thy body hence, and more thy grace. Leave gormandizing.

I drink exactly as much as I want, and one drink more.

To a greedy eating horse a short halter.

Keep out of the Sight of Feasts and Banquets as much as may be; for 'tis more difficult to refrain good Cheer, when it's present, than from the Desire of it when it is away; the like you may observe in the Objects of all the other Senses.

We humans have two great problems: the first is knowing when to begin; the second is knowing when to stop.

You gotta take care of yourself; you can't do anything in excess.

Temptations, unlike opportunities, will always give you many second chances.

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.