Most Americans are born drunk, and really require a little wine or beer to sober them. They have a sort of permanent… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Some men are like musical glasses; to produce their finest tones you must keep them wet. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
The mentality and behavior of drug addicts and alcoholics is wholly irrational until you understand that they are completely powerless over their… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
“You know one day, you're going to look back on these days. And everyone you went to high school with will either… — Dave Matthes Copy Share Image
I really like 'Shameless' because it brings up important issues, but we get to talk and laugh and look at something that's… — Justin Chatwin Copy Share Image
Drinking isn't necessarily the same as wanting to die. But you can't drink without thinking you're killing yourself. — Marguerite Duras Copy Share Image
“I was never afraid of anything because I never hurt anyone. I was always an old drunk. [Mexico City concert, June 2011]” — Chavela Vargas Copy Share Image
“People don't like to talk about alcohol. They don't like to think about it, except in the most superficial of ways. They… — Olivia Laing Copy Share Image
You cannot cheat with the law of conservation of violence: all violence is paid for, and for example, the structural violence exerted… — Pierre Bourdieu Copy Share Image
“I mean, that's at least in part why I ingested chemical waste - it was a kind of desire to abbreviate myself.… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
“I felt empty and sad for years, and for a long, long time, alcohol worked. I’d drink, and all the sadness would… — Dina Kucera Copy Share Image
But I'm not a saint yet. I'm an alcoholic. I'm a drug addict. I'm homosexual. I'm a genius. — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
“It was your choice to sleep with her Gavin! It didn't just happen!” — Belinda G. Buchanan Copy Share Image
I think a person who is disabled should be disabled by no act of their own. If you become disabled because of… — Jesse Ventura Copy Share Image
Drunkenness, the ruin of reason, the destruction of strength, premature old age, momentary death. — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
I grew up in traditional black patriarchal culture and there is no doubt that I’m going to take a great many unconscious,… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
I don't say that the drunk man is the real man, and the sober man merely a shell. But you find out… — Kingsley Amis Copy Share Image
Because of social pressure, individualism is rejected by most people in favor of conformity. Thus the individual relies mainly upon the actions… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My dad's side of the family ... they're a real bizarre bunch, going back to the original colonies. That side's got a… — Sam Shepard 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
“I believe in 'Positives' not Negatives the only thing about Alcohol I'm Powerless over is those Damn Taxes” — Stanley Victor Paskavich Copy Share Image
In my lowest moments, the only reason I didn't commit suicide was that I knew I wouldn't be able to drink any… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
“one doesn't even think of the liver and if the liver doesn't think of us, that's fine.” — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
