505 quotes found
“Rather a drink be my master than a man.”
“An elderly black man with gray hair said, "Every bottle should come with a warning: 'This bottle may cause you to lose your job. This bottle may cause you to get a divorce. This bottle may cause yo...”
“We do not want to believe that we cannot control alcohol and that alcohol is, in truth, controlling and dictating our lives. When you free yourself of a dictator, like alcohol, the freedom that you...”
“Pour alcohol on a bundle of nerves and it generally turns into a can of worms.”
“In wine was truth, perhaps, but in whisky, the way Hoffman sluiced it down, was an army of imaginary rats climbing your legs.”
“You are giving up nothing! You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.”
“He had probably been thrown out of a wine shop, and it hadn't quite dawned on him yet.”
“This stage in the life of the buzz is truly fabulous. It's not even a buzz anymore. It's a roar. The world opens up and everything's yours right there, right now. You've probably heard the expressi...”
“Day zero, the disaster, the serious shock, the near self-destruction.Day two, the suffering, the repentance, the depression, and the promises.Day three, the recovery, the wall, some light, and the ...”
“Buddy eyed me closely. His eyes were filigreed with red. I watched as he went through one of those instantaneous mood swings that only drunks and menstruating women can manage.”
“People spend half of their free time drinking alcohol and the other half watching totally sober people on television. And they want to be those people, live those lives. Ever wondered why we rarely...”
“If I only drink beer, nothing stronger, then by the end of the night I can generally recognize myself as a reasonable human being, and more importantly, wake up that way.”
“In the eleventh century obese English king William the Conqueror took to bed and consumed nothing but alcohol to shed pounds, a practice many of his countrymen seem to continue to this day.”
“Now, my intention was to drink just enough to dull the senses, but intentions should never be mixed with alcohol.”
“All political movements are basically anti-creative since a political movement is a form of war. Theres no place for impractical dreamers around here, thats what they always say. Your writing acti...”
“It's the fine balance of caffeine and alcohol that bookends my days”
“Champagne arrived in fltes on trays, and we emptied them with gladness in our hearts for when feasts are laid and classical music is played, where champagne is drunk once the sun has sunk and the s...”
“I soaked up the drink and it, in return, absorbed me.”
“Alcohol. It sucks the life out of a face and replaces it with its own dumb shine of inanity. Its up to you. If you want to lose yourself, have a drink.”
“When a man is on the road to power he buys everyone a drink. Once elected he tries to close the saloons.”
