“Edward was at the stage of drunkenness in which the ego glows like a coal, and brilliant people become more inspired, but… — William Styron Copy Share Image
“I make no excuse for what happened. Drunkenness is never more than a symptom, not an absolute cause, and I realize that… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
According to Kim Jong-Il's biography, they say he has been constantly accused of dishonesty, drunkenness and sexual excess. So if he lived… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Some of the domestic evils of drunkenness are houses without windows, gardens without fences, fields without tillage, barns without roofs, children without… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
In my head I am in one of those Buddhist caves where you see a thousand Buddha faces on the wall. In… — Francesco Clemente Copy Share Image
Being a functioning alcoholic is kind of like being a paraplegic lap dancer - you can do it, just not as well… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
“My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that, and I intend to end up there. This drunkenness began in some other… — Rum Copy Share Image
I used often to go to America during Prohibition, and there was far more drunkenness there then than before; the prohibition of… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Remember, that when I speak of pleasures I always mean the elegant pleasures of a rational being, and not the brutal ones… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Five years of Prohibition have had, at least, this one benign effect: they have completely disposed of all the favorite arguments of… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“But the statue attracted a middle-aged, brown-haired, overweight White guy. Clearly drunk, he climbed onto the tiny stage and started fondling Buddha… — Ibram X. Kendi Copy Share Image
When my pals in high school were starting to drink, it always looked unappealing to me. I would be at a big… — Kathy Griffin Copy Share Image
“Farrell had seen pure white drunkenness before, but not often enough to recognize it at sight. He knew the thing itself, however--the… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
Our society values alert, problem-solving consciousness, and it devalues all other states of consciousness. Any kind of consciousness that is not related… — Graham Hancock Copy Share Image
We can see in retrospect that criminalizing the consumption of alcohol proves not to be the solution to the very real problem… — Glenn Loury Copy Share Image
A long-term substance abuser, a few months before his death, penned this poem: Went downtown, Hastings and Main, looking for relief from… — Gabor Mate Copy Share Image
If his drunkenness had legs, it would be Alexander the Great and conquer the known world. Then it would puke for a… — Richard Kadrey Copy Share Image
Please don't drive drunk, okay? Seriously... But by all means, walk drunk. That looks hilarious. Everyone loves to watch someone act like… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
“Well, I myself, while sometimes unkempt by nights of drunkenness and debauchery, am quite convinced a man’s good character is marked by… — Hal Duncan Copy Share Image
“I had taken two finger-bowls of champagne, and the scene had changed before my eyes into something significant, elemental, and profound.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“Evidence ... proves that prohibition only drives drunkenness behind closed doors and into dark places, and it does not cure it or… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Wolf’s wits, moving now, in spite of the fumes of smoke and alcohol, with restored clarity, achieved a momentous orientation of many… — John Cowper Powys Copy Share Image
Sobriety diminishes, discriminates, and says no; drunkenness expands, unites, and says yes. Not through mere perversity do men run after it. — William James Copy Share Image
Those interested in celestial navigation are advised to first obtain a rudimentary knowledge of integral calculus, phlebotomy, astral physics and related subjects.… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
“Tonight," he said, "we shall get quietly and thoroughly drunk...in memory of all that was lost. And on the morrow, I begin… — Sharon Kay Penman Copy Share Image
I believe, if we take habitual drunkards as a class, their heads and their hearts will bear an advantageous comparison with those… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Some men find happiness in gluttony and in drunkenness, but no delicate viands can touch their taste with the thrill of pleasure,… — Edwin Percy Whipple Copy Share Image
At any rate, let us love for a while, for a year or so, you and me. That's a form of divine… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“Ô, wine!, the truth-serum so potent that all those who wish to live happy lives should abstain from drinking it entirely!... except… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“(Mason) took a swig of his drink and shuddered. 'Whoa - little too strong there bartender.' He scrunched his face. 'Oh shit,… — Martin Fillmore Clark Copy Share Image
“Did Ida never look for him?" Dieter asks. "She didn't believe in spirits." "And what became of Henry?" "Oh. From time to… — Stefan Kiesbye Copy Share Image
“There are hours for rest, and hours for wakefulness; nights for sobriety and nights for drunkenness—(if only so that possession of the… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“The lover drinks and the cup-bearer pours. The lover thinks but the cup-bearer knows: love begets love. Since this wine is love,… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
I envy the poet. He is encouraged toward drunkenness and wallows with nubile wenches while the painter must endure wretchedness and pain… — Rembrandt Copy Share Image
Drunkenness was in good repute in England till "Bloody Mary" frowned upon it; it remained popular in Germany. The French drank more… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
Drunkenness is an immoderate affection and use of drink. That I call immoderation that is besides or beyond that order of good… — Jeremy Taylor Copy Share Image
I drank a second mouthful in which I find nothing more than in the first, then a third which gives me rather… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
“It was like a Russian party, Arkady thought. People got drunk, recklessly confessed their love, spilled their festering dislike, had hysterics, marched… — Martin Cruz Smith Copy Share Image
All pictures that's painted with sense and with thought / Are painted by madmen as sure as a groat; / For the… — William Blake Copy Share Image
“The feeling was less like chemical intoxication than being drunk on life. Spinning round and round, he experienced absolute bliss— unadulterated and… — Sol Luckman Copy Share Image
