Anesthetics Quote by George Bernard Shaw

There is scarcely a crime before me that is not directly or indirectly caused by strong drink.

— John Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge

Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.

— George Bernard Shaw

To drink for pleasure may be a distraction, but to drink from misery is always a danger.

— Ellen Glasgow

British people would die for their right to drink themselves to death

— John Oliver

I don't have a drink problem. But if that was the case and doctors told me I had to stop, I'd like to think…

— Oliver Reed

Those who have been intoxicated with power... can never willingly abandon it.

— Edmund Burke

In short, if your body or mind Or your soul or your purse come to grief, You need only get drunk, and you'll find…

— James Kenneth Stephen

What? You’d dare drink right after getting out of jail for intoxication?” That’s when you need a drink the most.

— Charles Bukowski

I think when you take people who are damaged and you give them money and freedom, it can be a toxic cocktail.

— Diablo Cody

I do partake in a couple of drinks now and again, but I've never drank to feel alive.

— Derek Waters

Even though a number of people have tried, no one has yet found a way to drink for a living.

— Jean Kerr

It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too much. I can see myself doing it. In England,…

— W. H. Auden