Awareness Quote by Ernest Becker

A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting drunk.

— Samuel Johnson

Modern man lives under the illusion that he knows what he wants, while he actually wants what he is supposed to want.

— Erich Fromm

Modern man-whether in the womb of the masses, or with his workmates, or with his family, or alone-can never for one moment forget that…

— Alberto Moravia

An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.

— Ernest Hemingway

In the late twentieth century, staying sober has become just as much an addiction as getting wasted.

— Dennis Miller

A prohibitionist is the sort of man one couldn't care to drink with, even if he drank.

— H. L. Mencken

“Men who have found tbe right way of life do not seek to escape from awareness, to obliterate their consciousness, and to drug themselves…

— Ayn Rand

At the bottom of the modern man there is always a great thirst for self-forgetfulness, self-distraction . . . and therefore he turns away…

— Henri Frederic Amiel

Man must realize his own unimportance before he can appreciate his importance.

— Superman

A man's interest in the world is only an overflow from his interest in himself.

— George Bernard Shaw

No hungry man who is also sober can be persuaded to use his last dollar for anything but food.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

People these days are thinking less and drinking more.

— Eartha Kitt