There's sometimes a weird benefit to having an alcoholic, violent father. He really motivated me in that I never wanted to be… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Some of my relatives held on to imagined memories the way homeless people hold onto lottery tickets. Nostalgia was their crack cocaine,… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
What's the difference between bulimics and anorexics?" I ask. "Anorexics are anorexics all the time," she says, "I'm only bulimic when I'm… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
Anorexia was there for me before I got into modeling, but because of the arena and the demands, the disease really got… — Carre Otis 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
Well, the reality of her father was that he was a very diseased alcoholic, who died at the age of 34. And… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
An alcoholic 47-year-old woman with teenagers who thinks a guy in his mid-20s is a good prospect as a partner definitely has… — Emily Yoffe Copy Share Image
Suppose it was demonstrated that one out of twenty alcoholics could learn to become a moderate social drinker. The experienced clinician would… — Paul Samuelson Copy Share Image
I propose to provide proof... that just as always an alcoholic ferment, the yeast of beer, is found where sugar is converted… — Louis Pasteur Copy Share Image
Addiction is more malleable than you know. When people come to me for therapy, they often ask me whether their behavior constitutes… — Stanton Peele Copy Share Image
If I'm going to follow a god, why would I want to follow a god of my creation? That would be an… — Willie Aames Copy Share Image
I have a strong antipathy to everything connected with gardens, gardening and gardeners. . . . Gardening seems to me a kind… — Colin Wilson Copy Share Image
Dear lost sinner, if you are a wicked sinner, yet you do not have to die and go to Hell forever. If… — John R. Rice Copy Share Image
It wasn't being an alcoholic - it was going wild. It happened when I got famous. It was like having my teens… — Julie Walters Copy Share Image
And in my mind, this settles the issue. I would never drink cologne, and am therefore not an alcoholic. — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
[ If I wasn't making music ] I'd probably end up going to school, I never went to school. Or just give… — Mac DeMarco Copy Share Image
Iran is celebrating the nuclear deal. The Iranians are going crazy. They're drinking non-alcoholic champagne and thinking about dancing. That's how excited… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
My father was on the Alcoholics Anonymous wishlist. My mother was on... parole. And lithium. — Christopher Titus 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
Some people have therapy, some people are alcoholics or they're in AA. Some people jump out of planes on weekends or find… — Kevin Bacon Copy Share Image
I vowed that I'd never allow any man to control me or to be an alcoholic or anything like that around me,… — Nicki Minaj 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
Strangely enough, for many many years I didn't talk about my childhood and then when I did I got a ton of… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Saying you're an alcoholic and an addict is like saying you're from Los Angeles and from California. — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image