Sober Quotes

426 quotes by 318 authors

Whom do I call educated? First, those who manage well the circumstances they encounter day by day. Next, those who are decent and honorable in… — Socrates
If an important decision is to be made, they [the Persians] discuss the question when they are drunk, and the following day the master of… — Herodotus
The framers of the Constitution realized that . . . there needed to be some guardian of the sober second thought, and so they created… — Elihu Root
If you like to read, sometimes it's interesting just to go and see what the reality is, of the word, of the seedy or not… — Harold Brodkey
To Contemplation's sober eye. / Such is the race of Man. — Thomas Gray
Patriotism is a passion which induces hot youth to rush forth to get shot and half shot, while sober, conservative age waves the flag and… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
I consider biennial elections as a security that the sober, second thought of the people shall be law. — Fisher Ames
I think a guy who's had just the right amount of booze can sing the blues a hell of a lot better than a guy… — Charlie Rich
What, when drunk, one sees in other women, one sees in Garbo sober. — Kenneth Tynan
If you make a fool of yourself in front of a cat, he will sneer at you, if you are sober; he will leave the… — Chuck Jones
Here I sit, sober and perhaps even lucid, on the sort of winter's day that makes you realize a New Year is just around the… — Unknown Author
Tea! thou soft, sober, sage and venerable liquid;- thou female tongue-running, smile-smoothing, heart-opening, wink-tippling cordial, to whose glorious insipidity I owe the happiest moment of… — Colley Cibber
Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless… — Thomas Gray
To the sober person adventurous conduct often seems insanity. — Aristotle
I am not liked as a President by the politicians in office, in the press, or in Congress. But I am content to abide the… — Rutherford B. Hayes
I'd listened to [Ornette Coleman] all kinds of ways. I listened to him high and I listened to him cold sober. I even played with… — Roy Eldridge
The second, sober thought of the people is seldom wrong, and always efficient. — Martin Van Buren
And now, advice for beginning mystics. Be sober, be intelligent, be educated, rely on the tangible reality as long as you can. Remember that the… — Adam Zagajewski
What's the Use of Getting Sober (When You Gonna Get Drunk Again) — Louis Jordan
The government should not be guided by Temporary Excitement, but by Sober Second Thought. — Martin Van Buren

Who Wrote These Sober Quotes

318 authors contributed a total of 426 Sober Quotes, led by these top contributors: