“The owner of the Agut d'Avignon had the air of a 1920s dandy who had ruined himself with one mad night of… — Manuel Vázquez Montalbán Copy Share Image
The intellectual quest is exquisite like pearls and coral, But it is not the same as the spiritual quest. The spiritual quest… — Rumi Copy Share Image
What's important in a cellar is having wines that have a broad range of drinkability, which California Cabernet does. Wines with a… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
His brow is seamed with line and scar; His cheek is red and dark as wine; The fires as of a Northern… — Walter de La Mare Copy Share Image
“Angels’ Share: In storage, a small amount of alcohol escapes the barrel through evaporation. Distillers call this lost alcohol the angels’ share.… — Amy Stewart Copy Share Image
We laughed a lot and I grew warmer still, lovely and warm. I do realize that some of that warmth was due… — Franny Billingsley Copy Share Image
I'm really into moderation. Too much of anything will harm you in the end. Too much sugar. Too much pasta. I'm into… — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
We might hope that the law as a profession does not vanish, because justice may vanish with it - but we could… — James Howard Kunstler Copy Share Image
“The immediate occasion of this practice was the lowness of wages, which at that time would not allow them to indulge in… — Thomas De Quincy Copy Share Image
I hate recording all the shows for the week in one day, because I want to be able to mention current events… — Gary Vaynerchuk Copy Share Image
I think if you look after yourself on a regular basis, and do the prep beforehand, you don't need to put lots… — Cat Deeley Copy Share Image
“Alcohol. It can give the courage to talk dirty and the permission to go home with the bartender. It’s the alibi. The… — Emma Chase Copy Share Image
“The whiskey was a good start. I got the idea from Dylan Thomas. He's this poet who drank twenty-one straight whiskeys at… — Michael Thomas Ford Copy Share Image
OH, I LIKE smoking, I do. I smoke for my health, my mental health. Tobacco gives you little pauses, a rest from… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
Because of the war on drugs, pain patients are treated with skepticism and pain doctors live in fear of being prosecuted for… — Maia Szalavitz Copy Share Image
I have an addictive personality myself and one of the things I've learned is, you're always in recovery. Part of my healing… — Susan Shapiro Copy Share Image
You don't want to seem too eager, too romantic - otherwise, it just looks a bit try-hard. But I do think that… — Kit Harington Copy Share Image
“The drunkard does indeed find escape, he does indeed find short respite and rest, but he returns from the illusion and finds… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“More than one Moscow banker told me of the day when the Russians entered the Champagne Wars. The music was blaring, and… — Andrew Meier Copy Share Image
“We invariably come back to testing as a means of understanding drug use, even though assuming these tests lead to truth puts… — Nick Reding Copy Share Image
“So you're a comedian," he said. "Tell me something funny." "Okay. The great thing about being an alcoholic is that when you're… — Chelsea Handler Copy Share Image
“Or maybe he was seeing double. Bad stuff, gin. Should ‘ave switched to rum a long time ago. Good stuff, rum. You… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Soft addictions are an alluring, seductive aspect of our culture - they are easy to attain and socially acceptable, they are even… — Judith Wright Copy Share Image
Paris, hours in the café, a certain spirit of rebellion, one side a bit too stubborn, the sea, the true, in Bretagne,… — Clemence Poesy Copy Share Image
“Cannabis is renowned as a powerful hallucinogen in large doses, and certainly capable of inducing profound ecstatic ecstatic states. Anyone who who… — John Rush Copy Share Image
“I lean on my friends for support. It’s better than leaning on a crutch, because your friends won’t accuse you of chugging… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Wine is one of the most complex of all beverages: the fruit of a soil, climate, and vintage, digested by a fungus… — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
“All too often the people of our culture think they’re really doing something if they’re out there fighting bad things and getting… — Daniel Quinn Copy Share Image
“Growing old is God’s privilege to you… you only can be compared to any antique and old wine...antiques are expensive and old… — peekey Copy Share Image
As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
The idea that anyone can use drugs and escape a horrible fate is anathema to these idiots. I predict in the near… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
I know most of you American's don't like Smoker's but its a thing in my country and I smoke even when I… — Kyle MacDonald Copy Share Image
“Who can’t stop drinking may get drunken three times a month. If he does it more often, he is guilty. To get… — Genghis Khan Copy Share Image
I thought cocaine was a fantastic drug. A wonder drug, like everybody else. It gave you [an] energy burst. You could stay… — George Jung Copy Share Image
He pushed himself to his feet. “Don’t lie, Sansa. I am malformed, scarred, and small, but…” she could see him groping “…abed,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Sometimes when you get hammered till the small hours you feel pretty good in the morning, but really it's just because you're… — Jojo Moyes Copy Share Image
“I don’t see one white person in this block selling drugs. They got the nerve to be mad at the blue-eyed devil.… — Isabel Wilkerson Copy Share Image
If Franschhoek has a fault, it is in the lavish refurbishment of wine farms and estates which has reached absurd proportions. Some,… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
“As the machine scanned the blood flow in the various regions of their brains, the tasters were informed of the cost of… — Nir Eyal Copy Share Image
“Algernon is a pleasant companion. At mealtimes, he takes his place at the small gateleg table. He likes pretzels, and today he… — Daniel Keyes Copy Share Image