Alcohol Quote by Samuel Johnson Download Open image “A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting drunk.” — Samuel Johnson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Alcohol Alcoholism Art Drunk Getting drunk Men
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 Copy Share Image
I thought, When a man is properly drunk it is as though he is an a room by himself--there is a physical, impenetrable separation… — Patrick deWitt Copy Share Image
All excess is ill, but drunkenness is of the worst sort. It spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans men. It reveals secrets, is… — William Penn Copy Share Image
The drinking man is never less himself than during his sober intervals. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools. — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
A man must be able to hold his drink because drunkenness is sometimes necessary in this difficult life. — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
There is nothing contemptible about an intoxicated man - if it is nothing more than a bookful of words or a roomful of notes… — Wyndham Lewis Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
He that is drunken * * * Is outlawed by himself; all kind of ill Did with his liquor slide into his veins. — George Herbert Copy Share Image
“Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane. Respect rather than fear.… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
The size of a man's understanding might always be justly measured by his mirth. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Pound St. Paul's Church into atoms, and consider any single atom; it is to be sure, good for nothing; but put all these atoms… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is to criticize, we should remember to praise — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
It is as foolish to make experiments upon the constancy of a friend, as upon the chastity of a wife. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The basis of all excellence is truth: he that professes love ought to feel its power. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“The composition of Shakespeare is a forest, in which oaks extend in the air, interspersed sometimes with weeds and brambles, and sometimes giving shelting… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“The cherubim were never intended as an object of worship, because they were only the appendices to another thing. But a thing is then… — Samuel Johnson 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