Alex Berenson

Evidence of defendants' lavish lifestyles is often used to provide a motive for fraud. Jurors sometimes wonder why an executive making tens of millions of dollars would cheat to make even more. Evidence of habitual gluttony helps provide the answer.

American Author

James Gleick

Information is not knowledge, and knowledge is not wisdom. Reading - even browsing - an old book can yield sustenance denied by a database search. Patience is a virtue, gluttony a sin.

Anthony Minghella

I always listen to music, my passion and vice is music, I will be denied access to heaven because of the number of CDs I own, and I have gluttony for all types and colours of music.

British Director

Thomas Hobbes

The flesh endures the storms of the present alone; the mind, those of the past and future as well as the present. Gluttony is a lust of the mind.

English Philosopher

Julie Burchill

Gluttony and idleness are two of life's great joys, but they are not honourable.

British Journalist

Apollonius of Tyana

Festivals cause diseases, since they lighten cares but increase gluttony.

Greek Philosopher

Lydia Lunch

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

American Musician

Peter De Vries

Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us.

American Novelist

Alton Brown

American Entertainer

Orson Welles

American Actor

Gluttony often has a disapproving tone, suggesting a lack of self-control.

Negative Connotation

Sometimes used humorously to describe someone overindulging without serious judgement.

Humorous Exaggeration

Can be used metaphorically to describe excess in things other than food or drink.

Metaphorical Use

Indicates an excessive, often unhealthy, desire for non-material things like power or knowledge.

Beyond Food

It implies that the person's desire might lead to negative consequences.

Implicit Warning

Can refer to an emotional emptiness filled by overconsumption.

Emotional Greed

In religious contexts, the term is heavy with moral implications of vice and restraint.

Religious Undertone

The interpretation of gluttony can vary greatly between different cultures and traditions.

Cultural Variance

Historical texts often use gluttony to illustrate moral decay or societal excess.

Historical Context

 It was just sheer terror. So me talking about emotion is like Gandhi talking about gluttony, but it is the central organizing process of the way we think. It tells us what to imprint. The brain is the record of the feelings of a life. And the third insight

David Brooks: The social...

 sheer terror so me talking about emotion is like Gandhi talking about gluttony but it is the central organizing process of the way we think it tells us what to imprint a brain is the record of the feelings of a life and the third insight

Social animal - David...

 Penguins pick off anchovies from the leaks of these pelicans sitting ducks in front of them only when the pelicans back off on their gluttony and let go of some of their cash can they surface and enjoy the bounty and their peace leaving

Gluttony

Negative Connotation

Humorous Exaggeration

Metaphorical Use

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