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“Lady Astor was also said to have responded to a question from Churchill about what disguise he should wear to a masquerade ball by saying, "Why don't you come sober, Prime Minister?"(Reported excha...”
“He pulled his hand back, aware now that sweat beaded on his forehead and that Rale watched him, his eyes dark, intense. Errol licked his lips. Did he want a drink? He hadn't gone more than two days...”
“I went to the worst of bars hoping to get killed but all I could do was to get drunk again.”
“It's solitary drinking that makes drunkards.”
“Never underestimate the audacity of the small minded and slightly crapulous.A rather bleezed young neighbour decided to have a grammar battle with me. It lasted all of two seconds.I said something ...”
“The food we were given was no more than eatable, but the patron was not mean about drink; he allowed us two litres of wine a day each, knowing that if a plongeur is not given two litres he will ste...”
“I dont know any writers who dont drink.”
“He finished his drink. 'I dont like mornings either,' he said. Thats why Im a writer.”
“I always take Scotch whiskey at night as a preventive of toothache. I have never had the toothache; and what is more, I never intend to have it.”
“There are only two moments when everything is possible in this life," said Petrus, "when one drinks, and when one makes up stories.”
“Not having any drink about aint the same as not understanding the need for one. Times like these change a bodys perspective.”
“SakeThe jewel which brightly shines at nightIs precious, but cannot measure up To the delights of drinking sake,Drowning one's troubles in the cup. Otomo no Tabito”
“Nothing is more fun than fucking and drinking, I dont know what is your God offering in heaven.”
“Imagine the big rating agencies as three competitive saloons standing side by side, with each free to set its own drinking age. Before long, nine-year-olds would be downing bourbon”
“Let them drink and forget their poverty and remember their misery no more.Proverbs 31:7”
“One of the things that strikes me most though is how some people don't realise they're self-harming. The phrase 'self-harm' brings up thoughts of 'cutting', but that's only a small portion of it. W...”
“Lake water, even when boiled, has an effect on my digestive system similar to the movement of a hangmans trapdoor.”
“If I had a thousand sons, the first humane principle I would teach them should be to forswear thin potations and to addict themselves to sack.”
“Getting wasted is never a waste of time.”
“They said 'ski', but they heard 'vodka'!”
