Drunkenness Quotes

143 quotes by 116 authors

Recalling the aftermath of her father's death from alcoholism at age 42, this memoirist reminisces: I couldn't deny that our life was so much better… — Sonia Sotomayor
When my pals in high school were starting to drink, it always looked unappealing to me. I would be at a big party and see… — Kathy Griffin
I drank a second mouthful in which I find nothing more than in the first, then a third which gives me rather less than the… — Marcel Proust
Drunkenness is nothing but a self-induced state of insanity. — Seneca the Younger
Drunkenness is simply voluntary insanity. — Seneca the Younger
Drunkenness was in good repute in England till "Bloody Mary" frowned upon it; it remained popular in Germany. The French drank more stably, not being… — Will Durant
A long-term substance abuser, a few months before his death, penned this poem: Went downtown, Hastings and Main, looking for relief from the pain. All… — Gabor Mate
I drank to be funny, or sexy. I drank because I was afraid or happy or sad, and I drank for anything that required emotional… — Lynda Bellingham
The very same brain centers that interpret and feel physical pain also become activated during experiences of emotional rejection. In brain scans, they light up… — Gabor Mate
Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire recounts her decision to leave her husband after decades of struggle with his alcoholism. Several days later, he wrote to her:… — Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
In her memoir, Anne Robinson recounts the wake-up call which motivated her to stop drinking. Leaving her eight-year-old daughter alone in their car while she… — Anne Robinson
Booze is flowing all unknowing; grandma downs a few, smiles and giggles happily enjoying her new brew. — Francis Norris, 1st Earl of Berkshire
There is nothing like the camaraderie that one has with fellow drinkers. It is a club you never leave once you join. Well, willingly or… — Lynda Bellingham
Upon the first goblet he read this inscription, monkey wine; upon the second, lion wine; upon the third, sheep wine; upon the fourth, swine wine.… — Victor Hugo
The cheapness of wine seems to be a cause, not of drunkenness, but of sobriety. ...People are seldom guilty of excess in what is their… — Adam Smith
The General most earnestly requires, and expects, a due observance of those articles of war, established for the government of the army which forbid profane… — George Washington
By all means, there should be no children when either mother or father suffers from such diseases as tuberculosis, gonorrhea, syphilis, cancer, epilepsy, insanity, drunkenness… — Margaret Sanger
Even after several hospitalizations for alcohol and drug-related nervous breakdowns, poet Edna St. Vincent Millay defined sobriety as restricting her daily intake of liquor to… — Judith Thurman
Tea had come as a deliverer to a land that called for deliverance; a land of beef and ale, of heavy eating and abundant drunkenness;… — Agnes Repplier
London, black as crows and noisy as ducks, prudish with all the vices in evidence, everlastingly drunk, in spite of ridiculous laws about drunkenness, immense,… — Paul Verlaine

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