505 quotes found
“Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.”
“Indeed, these people are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only nine oclock in the morning.”
“Indeed, these are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only nine oclock in the morning.”
“ON GETTING DRUNK:"Those who are Christians are to see to it that they are grateful for grace and redemption and conduct themselves modestly, moderately, and soberly, so that one does not go on livi...”
“My body is like a Temple in Nepal. It is sacred, but has a lot of damage from the earthquake of my youth!”
“It's 4:58 on Friday afternoon. Do you know where your margarita is?”
“As a lover or a dipsomaniac, I've no doubt of your being a most fascinating specimen. But as a combiner of forms, you must honestly admit it, you're a bore.”
“I made for the door, and the moment I had my hand on the knob, Elijah pulled me back, again. Thats all hed been doing. His hazel eyes bored right into me as he said, I dont want your money. I dont ...”
“Joe Lon and Willard slipped out of their shirts. Willard flipped over and walked around in the dirt on his hands. Joe Lon took the bottle of whiskey out of his back pocket, set it carefully on the ...”
“Having rebound sex to cure a heartbreak is like drinking alcohol to cure a hangover.”
“It would not be until darkness had taken indisputable control over the land, until the flames of the bonfire created an unreal world of shadows, until tequila and mescal untied men from their sombe...”
“Stale beer sticks to wobbling tables. The cigarette machine flashes in the corner, mocking smokers who never have any change on them. Theres no natural light in this pub, so its dark and gloomy. Th...”
“There was nothing glorious about the life of a drinker or the life of a writer.”
“The problem with taxation is that authors can't write off whiskey as a business expense.”
“The seasonal urge is strong in poets. Milton wrote chiefly in winter. Keats looked for spring to wake him up (as it did in the miraculous months of April and May, 1819). Burns chose autumn. Longfel...”
“Alcohol let's us go on a journey. It's like paying for a ride. It maybe a ride to nowhere, but at least we get to go on that ride that we paid for. And no journey is the same. We wake up next day, ...”
“Alcohol is evil until your loved one gets employed by a brewery.”
“Religion is a non-alcoholic man's alcohol. Alcohol is a non-religious man's religion.”
“I lay in bed that night, a first-time drunkard at seven years of age, pondering the punishment I knew would arrive on callused palms. In the forest, as if sensing my plight, wolves howled nocturnal...”
“Wine is the most healthful and most hygienic of beverages.”
