I often wonder if all the writers who are alcoholics drink a lot because they aren't writing. It is not because they… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
My dad was a good man but an emotionally absent father, and so I had to look for that male attention somewhere… — Jim Hamilton Copy Share Image
I found the prospect daunting, but somehow comforting, too, because the counselors insisted it could be done, and, after all, many of… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
The federal government cannot maintain a budget surplus any more than an alcoholic can leave a fresh bottle of whiskey untouched in… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
It took a great deal of acceptance to come to terms with being an alcoholic but acceptance was the key to my… — Dennis Eckersley Copy Share Image
If you’re an alcoholic or a drug addict, we flirt with death. We pull ourselves to the brink of destruction and if… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
I would never become an alcoholic like my father because my father deserted us. But diseases, there's no let up. — Malachy McCourt Copy Share Image
I've got a 15-year old son and a 10-year old daughter, and if they were going to do one of the following… — Pete Rose Copy Share Image
Recovering alcoholic guys wake up in the morning, and they have to think of a reason to get up, and then, once… — Liam Neeson Copy Share Image
Y'all drinking whiskey is probably a gregarious act. When you're not an alcoholic it's pretty fun to drink whiskey. But when you… — Ketch Secor Copy Share Image
“We are all spiritually powerless, however, and not just those physically addicted to a substance, which is why I address this book… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
I totally agree. I hate knowing too much when I'm going to the cinema and watching as a viewer. I don't want… — Keira Knightley Copy Share Image
My view of addiction, whether it's drugs, food, alcohol or any list of other things, is the same reason I asked my… — Bernie Siegel Copy Share Image
I like high school and college writing textbooks and find them very helpful. Whenever I'm stuck and seem to have no ideas,… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
It is strange that a person may find it easy to protect himself from: eating Haraam, oppression and injustice, adultery, theft, drinking… — Ibn Taymiyyah Copy Share Image
I hated Hollywood. It’s a town without pity. Only success counts. I know of no other place in the world where so… — Grace Kelly Copy Share Image
It is most absurdly said, in popular language, of any man, that he is disguised in liquor; for, on the contrary, most… — Thomas de Quincey Copy Share Image
I formed a new group called Alcoholics-Unanimous. If you don't feel like a drink, you ring another member and he comes over… — Richard Harris Copy Share Image
Multi-taskers often think they are like gym rats, bulking up their ability to juggle tasks, when in fact they are like alcoholics,… — Clay Shirky Copy Share Image
An alcoholic will steal your wallet and lie to you. A drug addict will steal your wallet and then help you look… — David Sheff Copy Share Image
. . . the solution is not to toss youthful offenders into jail or prisons. We long ago recognized alcoholism to be… — Tom McCall Copy Share Image
A horrid alcoholic explosion scatters all my good intentions like bits of limbs and clothes over the doorsteps and into the saloon… — Dylan Thomas Copy Share Image
It's strange. You never start out life with the intention of becoming a bankrupt or an alcoholic or a cheat and a… — Raymond Carver Copy Share Image
[Smoking is] a dirty habit that should be banned from America by the Government, instead of moderate alcoholic drinking. — Auguste Piccard Copy Share Image
Because Brenda [Carlin] had a drinking problem along with the coke, she had to hit bottom first. Most alcoholics do. And for… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
“There's not alcoholic in the world who wants to be told what to do. Alcoholics are sometimes described as egomaniacs with inferiority… — Anthony Kiedis Copy Share Image
I think one of the myths is that people don't change. A lot of people believe that. Their spouse has been an… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
Mankind does not drink alcohol because there are breweries, distilleries, and vineyards; men brew beer, distill spirits, and grow grapes because of… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
I require something so horrifically alcoholic that it makes livers tremble with fear and run for their lives when its name is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I look up the telephone number of Alcoholics Anonymous. Then, my hands shaking, I open the bar and drink the leftover whiskey,… — John Cheever Copy Share Image
Never Refuse Wine. It is an odd but universally held opinion that anyone who doesn't drink must be an alcoholic. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Alcoholism is a disease, but it's the only one you can get yelled at for having. Goddamn it Otto, you are an… — Mitch Hedberg Copy Share Image
At the time, my 6-year-old kept thinking my character's name was "Sam Alone," which is kind of brilliant. The funny came out… — Ted Danson Copy Share Image
When people who believe themselves to be addicts or alcoholics come under great stress or trauma, they mentally give themselves permission to… — Chris Prentiss Copy Share Image
Americans may be drinking fewer alcoholic beverages, but they are certainly eating more of them than ever before. Wittingly or un. — Marian Burros Copy Share Image
My makeup wasn't smeared, I wasn't disheveled, I behaved politely, and I never finished off a bottle, so how could I be… — Betty Ford Copy Share Image
Maybe some folks are alcoholics and others are just voluntary drunks... maybe some have drinking problems, while others have problems enough to… — George Jones Copy Share Image
I think the warning labels on alcoholic beverages are too bland. They should be more vivid. Here is one I would suggest:… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
I note the derogatory rumors concerning the use of alcoholic stimulants and lavish living. It is the penalty of greatness. — W. C. Fields Copy Share Image
People are broad-minded. They'll accept the fact that a person can be an alcoholic, a dope fiend, a wife beater, and even… — Art Buchwald Copy Share Image
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