Awe inspiring Quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane. Respect rather than fear.…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Men who are ill-natured and quarrelsome when drunk are very worthy persons when sober. For drink in reality doth not reverse nature or create…

— Henry Fielding

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

— Samuel Johnson

There seems to be a peculiar and particular tie between men who have been drunk together.

— Alice Thomas Ellis

I thought, When a man is properly drunk it is as though he is an a room by himself--there is a physical, impenetrable separation…

— Patrick deWitt

That which the sober man keeps in his breast, the drunken man lets out at the lips. Astute people, when they want to ascertain…

— Martin Luther

The most important thing to remember about drunks is that drunks are far more intelligent than non-drunks- they spend a lot of time talking…

— Shane MacGowan

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

“The "pleasure" of being drunk is obviously the pleasure of escaping from the responsibility of consciousness. And so are the kind of social gatherings,…

— Ayn Rand

Drunkenness is the very sepulcher Of man's wit and his discretion.

— Geoffrey Chaucer

Unlike some men, I had never drunk for boldness or charm or wit; I had used alcohol for precisely what it was, a depressant…

— Frederick Exley

There is a certain type of conversation one hears only when one is drunk and it is like a dream, full of humor and…

— Joy Williams