A strange species we are; we can stand anything God and nature can throw at us save only plenty. If I wanted to destroy a nation, I would give it too much, and I would have it on its knees, miserable, greedy, sick.
John Steinbeck to Adlai Stevenson
Jodi Melnick is hotly self-absorbed. Her onstage musicians are much too loud, and like so many narcissistic performers, she goes on much too long: She's interested in herself; why wouldn't we be?
From abundance springs satiety.
A good cook is a certain slow poisoner, if you are not temperate.
One's too many, and a hundred's not enough.
I hate feeling full, so Christmas is about the only time I really stuff myself.
Sitting on that couch eating and gaining 20 pounds isn't exactly fun - there's only so much you can do.
I hate to hear 'Less is more.' It's a crock of crap.
All excess is ill; but drunkenness is of the worst sort. It spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans men. It reveals secrets, is quarrelsome, lascivious, impudent, dangerous, and mad.
I've been offered private planes, and I'm like, 'No!'
My problem is I'm an addictive personality. I can't have one coffee. I can't eat one piece of chocolate.
When I first became recognizable from appearing on television, I abused my notoriety as much as I possibly could, at the expense of both my health and personal relationships.
Excess always carries it's own retributions.
Like the 'little emperors' of one-child China, too many Boomers were taught early that the world was made (or saved) for their comfort and enjoyment. They behaved accordingly, with a self-indulgence that was wholly rational, given their situation.
I'm a really extreme person, and balance is probably the hardest thing for me to maintain.
I never want to be that guy at a dinner table saying, 'I wish I could have dessert.' I actually went through a stage when I would order dessert first.
One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.
The crazy thing is I got all of these shoes, and probably 80 percent of them I've never worn before. I've worn all the glasses. I sleep in them, bend them up a little bit. Glasses are on all the time except when I'm at practice or at work.
My problem is I'm an addictive personality. I can't have one coffee. I can't eat one piece of chocolate. I can't have a little bit of drugs.
I ended up moving to Miami and bartending, but the party atmosphere is a black hole down there. People party all the time, and if you're working in the industry, you're sleeping all day and at the club all night, day after day.
If you're going to be ridiculous, be over-the-top ridiculous.
Christmas is the glorious time of great Too-Much.
When evidence emerged that Clinton was a devoted mother, Margaret Carlson writing in 'TIME' found her guilty of 'yuppie overdoting on her daughter.'
I've done more travel than I need to in my lifetime.
