E. F. Benson Quotes

Gluttony is not a secret vice.

Gluttony is harder than it looks. It's listed as a sin, as something you give in to, when really it's a skill, requiring not just hunger but resilience. That's why the most resilient city in the country, New Orleans, is also the most gluttonous.

I think it's important to encourage gluttony in all its formats.

The worst vice of the solitary is the worship of his food.

My old modus operandi was, if you're going to have a grilled cheese and bacon sandwich, don't have one, have two. If you're going to have vanilla wafers, you have the whole box.

Eating constitutes the greatest obstacle to self-control; it gives rise to indolence.

People only have guilty pleasures when they crowbar pleasure down their throat all the time and then they reach for the brownies. Then you should feel guilty because you're killing your body and that's something to be guilty about.

My diet is always terrible, unfortunately. I don't know moderation.

Gluttony is wrong. It's wasteful.

I am a gourmand. I like to eat. When I have something that I like, I tend to have too much of it. That is a guilty pleasure.

Everything I like is either illegal, immoral or fattening.

I'm naturally greedy and would end up the size of a house if I ate all I wanted all of the time.

Gluttony and surfeiting are no proper occasions for thanksgiving.

When I got my success, I became decadent for a while. This was 2003 to 2008. I fell for tiramisu really hard. I've become more moderate since, because African-Americans are prone to diabetes.

I've got more chins than a San Francisco phonebook.

I was not created to be occupied by eating delicious foods like tied up cattle.

I'm a bit of a glutton - I eat too much of all that is good to eat.

I hate feeling full, so Christmas is about the only time I really stuff myself.

If you eat junk, you look like junk. People say, 'It's not my fault, it's my glands.' It's not; it's greed!

I've always been intemperate in my affection for food.

I wolf food down like you've never seen. For some reason, I have no self-control when it comes to the pace of eating.

To a greedy eating horse a short halter.

Oh, pity the poor glutton Whose troubles all begin In struggling on and on to turn What's out into what's in.

If I like a food, I'll eat it, even if I know it's not good for me.

I'm famous for splurging at fast-food places. I'm currently obsessed with Taco Bell's bean and cheese burritos with extra green sauce and extra cheese. Gluttony!