The bar... is an exercise in solitude. Above all else, it must be quiet, dark, very comfortable-and, contrary to modern mores, no… — Luis Bunuel Copy Share Image
I'd be in my hotel room, smoking too much, drinking, going to clubs, just being numb. That was being in jail to… — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
“Drinking released me from the suffocating fear, the feelings of inadequacy, and the nagging voices at the back of my head that… — Alcoholics Anonymous Copy Share Image
The attempt to satisfy greed is like drinking salty water when thirsty. When lost in greed we look outward rather than inward… — Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Grace is having a commitment to- or at least an acceptance of- being ineffective and foolish. That our bottled charm is the… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I haven't been drinking for years now. Something's got to give. I don't mind that I'm a guy that's stopped drinking, though… — Dan Hicks Copy Share Image
I want to lie, shipwrecked and comatose, Drinking fresh mango juice. Goldfish shoals, nibbling at my toes. Fun fun fun in the… — Howard Goodall 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
It was like that class at school where the teacher talks about Realization, about how you could realize something big in a… — Amy Hempel Copy Share Image
When every hope is gone, 'when helpers fail and comforts flee,' I find that help arrives somehow, from I know not where.… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
You are aware that the sale of liquore is currently against the law." Edgar went on, "but I suppose that is why… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
The overall picture, as the boys say, is of a degraded community whose idealism even is largely fake. The pretentiousness, the bogus… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
When I left Nashville I went to Texas because that's where I came from, and because I was playing in Texas a… — Willie Nelson Copy Share Image
“And when wine has soaked Cupid’s drunken wings, he’s stayed, weighed down, a captive of the place. ... Wine rouses courage and… — Ovid Copy Share Image
The custom of saluting [i.e., embracing] ladies by their relatives and friends was introduced, it is said, by the early Romans, not… — Joseph Haydn Copy Share Image
The hundred-point man is one who is true to every trust; who keeps his word; who is loyal to the firm that… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
“It was because she was drinking a lot, choosing to do these things to be happy but never seeming all that happy… — Katie Heaney 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
It is an age of stir and change, a season of new wine and old bottles. Yet, assuredly, in spite of breakages… — John Galsworthy 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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
If I was a supervillain, I think I'd probably ban all smoking and drinking. That's exactly what I'd do: I'd remove all… — Simon Pegg Copy Share Image
The media tends to portray the teenage world as one where drinking and sex is taken for granted. In fact, I think… — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
I stopped drinking and realised New York still has a lot of charm, but it has become so bourgeois and affluent -… — Moby Copy Share Image
The reason I don't drink is that the drinking lifestyle robs me of my musical intensity and sharpness. I live a super-healthy… — Johnny Marr Copy Share Image
When you're not smoking anymore, you don't have to carry around a pack of cigarettes, a lighter - all this paraphernalia. So… — Brice Marden Copy Share Image
“Jesus. Who does he think he is? He's always out partying and drinking with his friends. I do it once and all… — Lauren Barnholdt Copy Share Image
I wasn't this nervous playing golf when I was drinking. It's the first tournament I've won on the PGA Tour in a… — John Daly Copy Share Image
In a shooting day in the U.K., every few hours, everyone takes a bit of a tea break - not coffee, but… — Jonathan Silverman Copy Share Image
![“The custom of saluting [i.e., embracing] ladies by their relatives and friends was introduced, it is said, by the early Romans, not out of respect originally, but to find by their breath whether they had been drinking wine, this being criminal for women to do, as it sometimes led to adultery.” quote by Joseph Haydn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f54/joseph-haydn-25205_adultery_the-custom-of-saluting-i-e-embracing-lad_420485.jpg)
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