Alcohol Quote by Joan Acocella

Alcohol tells truth, but its truth is not normal.

— Jack London

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

“...alcohol drowns our dreams, silences our beliefs, and relieves us of our responsibilities...”

— Alec Baldwin

What does drunkenness not accomplish? It unlocks secrets, confirms our hopes, urges the indolent into battle, lifts the burden from anxious minds, teaches new…

— Horace

Drinking is an emotional thing. It joggles you out of the standardism of everyday life, out of everything being the same.

— Charles Bukowski

The secret of drunkenness is, that it insulates us in thought, whilst it unites us in feeling.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Alcohol may comfort a man until he is sober, but doesnt fill his psychological gaps; it only replaces the lack of God and transports…

— Marcia Persaud

It amused me to think that one can tell the truth when one is drunk and nobody will believe it.

— Francoise Sagan

The pleasure we hold in esteem for the course of our lives ought to have a greater share of our time dedicated to it;…

— Michel de Montaigne

Anybody can be a non-drunk. It takes a special talent to be a drunk. It takes endurance. Endurance is more important than truth.

— Charles Bukowski

Alcohol is necessary for a man so that he can have a good opinion of himself, undisturbed by the facts.

— Finley Peter Dunne

Reality is an illusion created by a lack of alcohol.

— N. F. Simpson