Self Indulgence

I believed neurosis was just another name for self-indulgence, that a no-nonsense attitude and plenty of outdoor exercise were of far more use than complaining to a psychologist. ❋ Patricia Harwin (2005)

Francis Wayland, a prominent theologian, antislavery activist, and longtime president of Brown University in the decades before the Civil War, spoke for many of the cloth when he warned that “thoughtless caprice,” “sensual self-indulgence,” and “reckless expense” were not only sinful but also socially ruinous. ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

At the same time, he finds in posting and Tweeting and poking a "tendency to communicate only some parts of one's interior world" and a "risk of constructing a false image of oneself, which can become a form of self-indulgence." ❋ Noah Efron (2011)

You might as well hand out coloring books and Mad Libs to keep people busy for the next 90 days as the blogosphere comes to accept that it's a venue for narcissism, distraction and self-indulgence rather than a tool for affecting national space policy. ❋ Unknown (2009)

When your focus of “study” is really just yourself, what can you expect from 19-year-olds other than immature self-indulgence? ❋ Unknown (2010)

Because transgression is vice, because we must control our passions, because vice is self-indulgence, because passion can only be controlled by reason, because reason is control, because control is virtue. ❋ Hal Duncan (2009)

Without oversight, strong regulation and strict enforcement run away greed, self-indulgence and gross dishonesty take over and the result is what we have experienced. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In 1953, the former Esquire magazine copywriter had launched Playboy, a magazine that, as Ms. Pitzulo describes it, championed as its ideal "a swinging single Lothario" who rejected marriage in favor of "self-indulgence, materialism and promiscuous bachelorhood." ❋ Dave Shiflett (2011)

The absence of virtue, i.e. self-indulgence, is called vice. ❋ Hal Duncan (2009)

He seemed destined for a career of peripheral self-indulgence, a YouTube showboater and gimmicky solo act who could not integrate his astonishing artistry into a team. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I had always assumed that my addiction to settling down with the Azed crossword after tea on Sunday, if I got half a chance, was another slightly shameful self-indulgence – something to be concealed from my friends and suppressed whenever possible in favour of bracing walks and serious reading. ❋ Francis Wheen (2010)

Norman had always fostered a certain self-indulgence in respect of his chain of thought, and this reverie was no exception — in other words big on panoramic sweep, but as some of his colleagues regretted, rather long-winded. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Detractors cannot go on pretending these points of view do not exist; the privatisation of higher education is simply too important for such self-indulgence. ❋ Unknown (2011)

If someone gains weight because of the same cause, for example, overeats instead of undereats in response to depression, the person is viewed with contempt instead of sympathy, and medical problems are ignored or seen as a result of self-indulgence. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Mr. Fagan also succumbs to self-indulgence, telling us, for instance, how "as I dunked my salt-encrusted head under a garden faucet after an afternoon sail," thoughts of water as "a merciful gift from God . . . resonated in my mind." ❋ Felipe Fernandez-Armesto (2011)

Ever since, it has borne a whiff of consumerist self-indulgence, and its advocates then and now are accused of prizing sensation over anything more profound or ostensibly value-laden. ❋ Unknown (2011)

[A person] who is self-indulgent tends to [shut out] [the world]. ❋ Gerard Irick (2010)

[Victoria] is self indulgent and [not a] [whore]. ❋ Woogiestar (2008)

Yo, I got that [Mindless Self Indulgence] [CD]! It's got 30 [tracks] yet manages to still be under an hour! ❋ Whippy (2003)

I totally [msi'd] last night. it was great ORRR That [msi] show last night was better then masturbating, or even real sex. I kissed [Jimmy Urine] for only a dollar! ❋ Liberty (2004)

[Mindless Self Indulgence] is [so cool], they would fuck [your mom]. ❋ Booger (2003)

"[Mindless Self Indulgence] [rocks my socks] off" "If it were not for [MSI], i wouldnt know how to spell indulgence" "Let me burn your [mindless self indulgence] cd" "Jimmy cought my lighter" ❋ Bill+Pot=High (2004)

❋ Anonymous (2003)

"[MSI] will make you [Wicked Gay]" "This song is the song that will get all the goth girls to fuck me" "Here sell my ass juices on ebay" "Yo yo yo who you calling a faggot? When your out [gay bashing] i'll be at your house...fucking your girlfirend...in the ass!" ❋ Juju Jesus P. (2005)

im going to the [MSI] show this [friday] and i hope [Jimmy] pisses on my face ❋ Pete (2003)

Yo [msi] is [the best band ever] it will own [your face]. ❋ MSI Owns Your Face (2004)