Alcohol Quote by James Branch Cabell Download Open image ““alcohol played the midwife”” — James Branch Cabell ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Alcohol Cynical-humor
“All her life she would associate liquor with her childhood. When she was alone and did not wish to be, a drink would reassure… — Pamela Moore Copy Share Image
“and no illustration of the disastrous effects of reckless indulgence in intoxicating liquors appeals to an audience with such telling force as that of… — Gilda O'Neill Copy Share Image
“If you were married to a dipsomaniac, would you pretend that the mania for alcohol was perfectly harmless?” — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
“Most leave the womb intoxicated by a cup that’s been meticulously measured out but when agitated some will sober and they are then reborn.” — Jason Versey Copy Share Image
“Instead of warning pregnant women not to drink,I think female alcoholics ought to be told not to fuck” — George Carlin Copy Share Image
“She tasted like strawberries and wine. So, so sweet and harmfully intoxicating. I was fully drunk on her. Head foggy by her lips, body… — Sarah A. Bailey Copy Share Image
“I seriously needed to start a drinking game where I drank every time Demeter mentioned the words ‘married’ or ‘husband’. On any given day… — Darinne Paciotti Copy Share Image
“We must always remember that we are only midwives—if we want praise for progeny we must give birth to our own.” — Diana Athill Copy Share Image
American literature was enriched with Men Who Loved Allison .... Of the actual and eventual worth of this romance I cannot pretend to be… — James Branch Cabell Copy Share Image
Oh, do the Overlords of Life and Death always provide some obstacle to prevent what all of us have known in youth was possible… — James Branch Cabell Copy Share Image
Creeds matter very little... The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.… — James Branch Cabell Copy Share Image
I am Manuel. I have lived in the loneliness which is common to all men, but the difference is that I have known it.… — James Branch Cabell Copy Share Image
Whatever pretended pessimists in search of notoriety may say, most people are naturally kind, at heart. — James Branch Cabell Copy Share Image
“That moving carcass does but very inadequately symbolizes you....a subtle and immortal spirit.” — James Branch Cabell Copy Share Image
People never want to be told anything they do not believe already. — James Branch Cabell Copy Share Image
I was born, I think, with the desire to make beautiful books — brave books that would preserve the glories of the Dream untarnished,… — James Branch Cabell Copy Share Image
There are many of our so-called captains on industry who, if the truth were told, and a shorter and uglier word were not unpermissible,… — James Branch Cabell Copy Share Image
And one would worship a woman whom all perfections dower, But the other smiles at transparent wiles; and he quotes from Schopenhauer . Thus… — James Branch Cabell Copy Share Image
I'm Catholic and I can't commit suicide, but I plan to drink myself to death. — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
Stronger than alcohol, vaster than poetry, Ferment the freckled red bitterness of love! — Arthur Rimbaud Copy Share Image
And, when night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine. — John Milton Copy Share Image
[As in the case of] alcohol prohibition, illegality has driven organized crime, sent countless people to jail, and killed many thousands. Repression does not… — Sam Branson Copy Share Image
You can get a new phone or new trainers (sneakers) but you've only got one body so you have to look after it. I… — Tyson Beckford Copy Share Image
Alcohol doesn't console, it doesn't fill up anyone's psychological gaps, all it replaces is the lack of God. It doesn't comfort man. On the… — Marguerite Duras Copy Share Image
In 1969, I gave up women and alcohol - it was the worst 20 minutes of my life. — George Best Copy Share Image
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house unless they have a well-stocked bar. — W. C. Fields Copy Share Image
Blunt force didn't knock out the drug epidemic. 21 million Americans are addicted to drugs or alcohol. And half of all federal inmates are… — Michael Botticelli Copy Share Image
I go to parties sometimes until four, it's hard to leave when you can't find the door. — Joe Walsh Copy Share Image