Other countries drink to get drunk, and this is accepted by everyone; in France, drunkenness is a consequence, never an intention. A… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
Shall we not, then, lay down a law, in the first place, that boys shall abstain altogether from wine till their eighteenth… — Plato Copy Share Image
Thanks be to God. Since my leaving the drinking of wine, I do find myself much better, and do mind my business… — Samuel Pepys Copy Share Image
I was a straight arrow, a control freak. I didn't do drugs or drink, and this was the '70s. I didn't like… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“Drinking is such a necessity to human life that people cannot fathom an individual who, like a child confined to a church… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
This stigma associated with drug use--the belief that bad kids use, good kids don't, and those with full-blown addiction are weak, dissolute,… — David Sheff Copy Share Image
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: Lest they… — Bible Copy Share Image
“I suppose I’ve come a long way from: being drunk enough to drive; tired enough to replace sleep with pills; irresponsible enough… — Volatalistic Phil Copy Share Image
Every addiction arises from an unconscious refusal to face and move through your own pain. Every addiction starts with pain and ends… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
I observe a lot of you drunk people. What I do is I just let myself go there and fully commit to… — Leslie Mann Copy Share Image
We must waste less. We must do more for ourselves and for each other. It is either that or continue merely to… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
The War on Drugs has failed - but it’s worse than that. It is actively harming our society. Violent crime is thriving… — Sting Copy Share Image
I'm sick of the ignorance that lack of funding has generated, of the fathers who apporach me at dinner parties with their… — Koren Zailckas Copy Share Image
There is a brotherliness about a drinking person, which is coldly lacking in the straight and narrow enemies of drink; the difference… — Caitlin Thomas Copy Share Image
I said to a guy, "Tell me, what is it about cocaine that makes it so wonderful," and he said, "Because it… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
Even if drugs are fully as destructive as they are usually claimed to be, it is morally wrong and demonstrably more destructive… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
Forty years ago, my life in music was substantially different to today. I went out every night with my guitar seeking a… — Christy Moore Copy Share Image
If I had a humble spirit in my service who, when I asked for a glass of water, brought me the world's… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
What happened? The Country got sick of it and said, Enough is enough. And all over the Country we saw springing up… — Barry McCaffrey Copy Share Image
Wine gives great pleasure, and every pleasure is of itself a good. and A man should cultivate his mind so as to… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“be a happy hour from 4:00 to 5:30. Caylee, the bartender, makes a Foxy Roxie punch—vodka, champagne, mango nectar, and cranberry. (Cranberry,… — Elin Hilderbrand Copy Share Image
“. . . never seen him inspired by any more dangerous stimulant than strong coffee, of which he was very fond &… — Andrew Barger Copy Share Image
Many people don't realize that financial incentives have been built into the drug war that guarantee that law enforcement will continue to… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“Some very elegant dishes were served up to himself and a few more of us, whilst those placed before the rest of… — Pliny the Younger Copy Share Image
I was a hostess, I sold shoes, but I don't function well in jobs that don't have to do with what I… — Nina Arianda Copy Share Image
“Booze makes you stupid and like it. It makes you fall around and not care. And eventually, stupid is the only way… — pleasefindthis Copy Share Image
Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking Program achieved for me a thing that I thought was not possible - to give… — Anjelica Huston Copy Share Image
Yes, cannabis is dangerous, but no more than other perfectly legal drugs. It's time for a rethink, and the Tory party -… — Boris Johnson Copy Share Image
For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and… — Bible Copy Share Image
You crack me up! I would help but my head is ralely fuzzy b/c of my fever and snot. but I have… — Jenny Copy Share Image
Halloween is tomorrow. A group of wine experts has actually come up with a list of the best wines to pair with… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
Saying someone is religious is heard in most of America as a compliment, a reassuring affirmation that someone will be moral, ethical,… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
Big success requires big sacrifices. Don't find out later that the cost was too high. Denial is said to be even more… — K Callan Copy Share Image
“In any disease, say smoking-induced lung or heart disease, organs and tissues are damaged and function in pathological ways. When the brain… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
French wines may be said but to pickle meat in the stomach, but this is the wine that digests, and doth not… — James Howell Copy Share Image
“He went to the kitchen and grabbed the bottle of Jack Daniels from the top of the refrigerator. 'Ah, my last surviving… — Sean M. Thompson Copy Share Image
I hight don Quixote, I live on peyote, marijuana, morphine and cocaine. I never know sadness, but only a madness that burns… — Jack Parsons Copy Share Image
Prayer in the sense of petition, asking for things, is a small part of it; confession and penitence are its threshold, adoration… — C. S. Lewis 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
Love, with very young people, is a heartless business. We drink at that age from thirst, or to get drunk; it is… — Isak Dinesen Copy Share Image