Alcohol Quote by Thomas de Quincey

Men are forever eager to press drink upon those they consider their superiors, hoping thereby to eliminate that distinction between them… And women, when…

— Ken Kesey

A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting drunk.

— Samuel Johnson

He that is drunken * * * Is outlawed by himself; all kind of ill Did with his liquor slide into his veins.

— George Herbert

There are two things that will be believed of any man whatsoever, and one of them is that he has taken to drink

— Booth Tarkington

A man is a fool if he drinks before he reaches fifty, and a fool if he doesn't drink afterward.

— Frank Lloyd Wright

A man is a fool if he drinks before he reaches the age of 50, and a fool if he doesn't afterward.

— Frank Lloyd Wright

Being drunk is a good disguise. I drink so I can talk to assholes. This includes me.

— Jim Morrison

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

Weakness ineffectually seeks to disguise itself,--like a drunken man trying to show how sober he is.

— Christian Nestell Bovee

“Human beings mistakenly believed alcohol was a disguise that stopped real life from recognizing them. In fact, it was just a temporary hiding hole...”

— Colin Cotterill

“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

An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.

— Ernest Hemingway