Sober Quotes

426 quotes by 318 authors

The man who says, 'my country right or wrong' is like the man who says, 'my mother drunk or sober' — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Deluded liberal that I am, I persist in thinking that those with a streak of sexual unorthodoxy ought to be more tolerant of their fellows… — Alan Bennett
Suppose that men kill thee, cut thee in pieces, curse thee, what can these things do to prevent thy mind from remaining pure, wise, sober,… — Marcus Aurelius
The conviction: I will not tolerate this age. The freedom: the freedom to act on my conviction. And I will act. No one else has… — Walker Percy
It is vain for the sober man to knock at poesy's door. — Plato
No hungry man who is also sober can be persuaded to use his last dollar for anything but food. — John Kenneth Galbraith
If I have a problem, stuff's going through my head, I feel like using, I usually go and talk to my dad... I decided to… — Jack Osbourne
I have been sober for the longest time. Oh, it's over a decade now. No joke. — Dana Plato
Till now poets were privileged to insert a certain proportion of nonsense - very far in excess of one-half of one per cent - into… — John Crowe Ransom
You know the stories of a woman saying to Churchill, 'Sir, you're drunk,' and he said to her, 'And you're ugly, but in the morning… — Thomas Howes
A deep and sober concern to please God is the rarest of rarities. — Vance Havner
I've written songs sober and I've written songs high. — Barry Mann
Moderation sees itself as beautiful; it is unaware that in the eye of the immoderate it appears black and sober and consequently ugly-looking. — Friedrich Nietzsche
I'll be sober ten years and married nine soon. — Rob Lowe
It's difficult to talk about, you know, my inadequacies, my inability to stay sober when I'm a relatively bright man and I've had a lot… — Daniel Baldwin
The 16th-century theatre witnessed the particularly English manifestation of 'the history play.' There can be no doubt that Shakespeare's presentations of 'Henry V' and 'Richard… — Peter Ackroyd
My father was always depressed. When he was home and sober, he was mostly in his room. — Sherman Alexie
Wall Street got drunk and now it's got a hangover. And the question is, how long will it sober up and not try to do… — George W. Bush
The first time we made love, I wasn't sober, and you told me you loved me over and over. — Bif Naked
What makes you so lavish that you can afford to spend every sober moment feeling angry and bored? — Ani DiFranco

Who Wrote These Sober Quotes

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