Asylums Quote by Samuel Butler

TEETOTALER, n. One who abstains from strong drink, sometimes totally, sometimes tolerably totally.

— Ambrose Bierce

A teetotaler would regard it as his duty to associate with his drunkard brother for the purpose of weaning him from the evil habit.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Asylums are nothing more than gardens of human cabbages, of miserable, grotesque, repugnant human beings watered with the fertilizer of injections.

— Antonio Lobo Antunes

The only asylum Was the poorhouse, and thosewho could afford, Rather than send their folks to such a place, Kept them at home; and…

— Robert Frost

My parents were teetotalers and my grandparents were - it's all the way back. It's New English puritanical tradition.

— Penn Jillette

You spend all your life trying to do something they put people in asylums for.

— Jane Fonda

All the asylum clothing is made by the patients, but sewing does not employ one's mind. After several months' confinement the thoughts of the…

— Nellie Bly

A teetotaller is one who suffers from thirst instead of enjoying it.

— Thomas Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar

We will seek... to set up an automatic, obligatory system to redistribute asylum-seekers.

— Giuseppe Conte

This new world hath been the asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty from every part of Europe. Hither have they…

— Thomas Paine

For some time, destitution has been a harsh reality for asylum seekers, migrants, and refugees who are unable to access mainstream accommodation and support.…

— Katharine Viner

The puritanism of Christianity has played havoc with the moderation that an enlightened and tolerant critical spirit would have produced. I've noticed that in…

— Bertrand Russell