Alcohol Quote by Frederick Exley

I drank to be funny, or sexy. I drank because I was afraid or happy or sad, and I drank for anything that required…

— Lynda Bellingham

Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane... There is something awe-inspiring…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“When I was drinking I was doing it to suppress emotion, yes, but I was also doing it because it made me, for the…

— Lauren Sapala

Drunkenness is never anything but a substitute for happiness.

— Andre Gide

“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

Alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, may produce all the effects of drunkenness.

— Oscar Wilde

I once heard a sober alcoholic say that drinking never made him happy, but it made him feel like he was going to be…

— Heather King

Alcohol is perfectly consistent in its effects upon man. Drunkenness is merely an exaggeration. A foolish man drunk becomes maudlin; a bloody man, vicious;…

— Willa Cather

If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.

— William James

When you first get sober, you feel like a superhero. You feel real emotion because you've been suppressing it forever. It's so much easier…

— Mac Miller

I was somewhat drunk with what I had done. And I am always one to prefer being sober.

— Gertrude Stein

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