I knew that drinking and doing stand-up was going to make me less of an effective comedian. And I just had a… — Greg Fitzsimmons Copy Share Image
I believe - to the best of my recollection, anyway - that I soon made the classic error of moving from margaritas… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
The way I view comedy clubs is, people are drinking, they're ordering food, they're out for the night, and there's also a… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
Thanksgiving is the day when you turn to another family member and say, 'How long has Mom been drinking like this?' My… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
Everybody gets too drunk sometimes; and even if everybody didn't, I have gotten too drunk sometimes. I haven't hurt anybody. In Ireland… — Andrea Corr Copy Share Image
What can you say of a leader who starts drinking as soon as he wakes up and doesn't stop until he goes… — Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Copy Share Image
“For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity or perception to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: intoxication.” — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
When I first started drinking, it was working for me. It was great. Like when you're doing a gig and you're in… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
Dallas must have seen something on my face. Whats wrong? I couldn't help it but I glanced in Starks direction. He saw… — Jade Copy Share Image
The outer ring of Christianity is a rigid guard of ethical abnegations and professional priests; but inside that inhuman guard you will… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Because of course she had known she must go. She always did the thing because in obedience lay the integrity that God… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
I don't really drink, but I've been around a lot of drinking and, at 18, when you start playing in bars, you… — Dwight Yoakam Copy Share Image
But the last one: the baby who trails her scent like a flag of surrender through your life when there will be… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
“Aren’t you going to hit him?” Éibhear asked. “I don’t feel like it.” “Good gods.” Gwenvael stood. “This is worse than we… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
Everybody does stupid things in life. Some of us more than others. You think you're going to get away with it. Or… — Claire Cook Copy Share Image
“Where had he been? Drinking, obviously. Then she started cataloging all the ways he was worthless. On fool impulse, as his most… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
Of the sparkling wines, the most famous is Perth Pink. This is a bottle with a message in, and the message is… — Eric Idle Copy Share Image
He's a great writer. If I didn't think so I wouldn't have tried to kill him... I was the champ and when… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
Wouldn't it be terrible if I quoted some reliable statistics which prove that more people are driven insane through religious hysteria than… — W. C. Fields Copy Share Image
Think about all the selfish non-smokers out there, driving around on asphalt, drinking water out of the tap, not even thinking about… — George Singleton Copy Share Image
There are two reasons for drinking wine...when you are thirsty, to cure it; the other, when you are not thirsty, to prevent… — Thomas Love Peacock Copy Share Image
I've been watching what I eat. When I was putting on all the weight, I was drinking Guinness and not eating. I… — Robbie Williams Copy Share Image
“I admit I get the occasional headache," I said. "I admit some of my hangovers are epic. But usually all it takes… — George Gurley Copy Share Image
It's like gambling somehow. You go out for a night of drinking and you don't know where your going to end up… — Jim Morrison Copy Share Image
I'm from South Jersey: The idea of eating a roll with olive oil and anchovies or some kind of sardine and drinking… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
“He was in that stage of love–and of liquor–where one is completely taken up with oneself, and can get along very well… — Françoise Sagan Copy Share Image
Hydraulic fracturing requires massive amounts of water. Disposing of the toxic wastewater, as well as accidental spills, can contaminate drinking water and… — David Suzuki Copy Share Image
I wish the English still possessed a shred of the old sense of humour which Puritanism, and dyspepsia, and newspaper reading, and… — Norman Douglas Copy Share Image
Economists believe there are three reasons why the Russian economy is doing so poorly. One, economic sanctions are working. Number two, low-price… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
My mom is from Europe, so we always grew up eating organic foods and working out and keeping in good shape, sleeping… — Tiffany Dupont Copy Share Image
Mr. Speaker, our Nation must no longer be complacent about underage drinking and its alarming consequences. We must bring this national public… — Lucille Roybal-Allard Copy Share Image
Zero-tolerance on drinking and driving - meaning no drinking at all before driving - is a collective punishment that, in essence, only… — David Harsanyi Copy Share Image
Switch clicking off in my head, turning the hot light off and the cool night on and — [He looks up, smiling… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
“There is something about gin, the tang in it of the deep wildwood, perhaps, that always makes me think of twilight and… — John Banville Copy Share Image
Anyone who's been a heavy drinker and heavy smoker and has the good future to survive that and give it up knows… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
You know what the worst part about my drinking is? When I'm drunk I slur. You know, like I say racial slurs.… — Amy Schumer Copy Share Image
If you decide on having an alcoholic at your party, make sure it's a large gathering. This way, until the alcoholic begins… — Amy Sedaris Copy Share Image
I had a breakthrough, I think my life just became calmer, I gave up drinking. My priorities changed as I had a… — Graham Coxon Copy Share Image
I've been drinking tequila for a long time now, and it's never been about drinking to get drunk. I don't do that.… — Sammy Hagar Copy Share Image
In my experience, you run into trouble when you ask a group of beer-drinking men to perform any task more complex than… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image