Alcoholism Quote by Diana Trilling

Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they are needed.

— Manuel Puig

Drunkenness, the ruin of reason, the destruction of strength, premature old age, momentary death.

— Saint Basil

“Ô, wine!, the truth-serum so potent that all those who wish to live happy lives should abstain from drinking it entirely!... except of course…

— Roman Payne

I believe, if we take habitual drunkards as a class, their heads and their hearts will bear an advantageous comparison with those of any…

— Abraham Lincoln

[Evelyn Waugh] made drunkenness cute and chic, and then took to religion, simply to have the most expensive carpet of all to be sick…

— Rebecca West

Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire recounts her decision to leave her husband after decades of struggle with his alcoholism. Several days later, he wrote to…

— Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire

I feel sorry for people who do not have a Bible to lean on.

— Adrian Rogers

“Life is better when you're drunk. I ought to become an alcoholic.”

— Ahmed Mostafa

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…

— Sonia Sotomayor

“Hit the bottom and get back up; or hit the bottle and stay down.”

— Anthony Liccione

“As a rule, sexually selected traits tend to be more condition-dependent --and thus more vulnerable to dysfunctions-- than other phenotypes. This contributes to explain…

— Marco del Giudice

Objection, evasion, joyous distrust, and love of irony are signs of health; everything absolute belongs to pathology.

— Friedrich Nietzsche