It reminded him of his Uncle Seamus, the notorious and poetic drunk, who would sit down at the breakfast table the morning after a bender, drain a bottle of stout and say ‘Ah, the chill of consciousness returns.’
Drink - Drinking - Drunk Quotes
Filled with mingled cream and amber, I will drain that glass again. Such hilarious visions clamber through the chamber of my brain, quaintest thoughts, queerest fancies come to life and fade away. What care I how time advances? I am drinking ale today.
If four or five guys tell you that you’re drunk, even though you know you haven’t had a thing to drink, the least you can do is to lie down a little while.
When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk, we fall asleep. When we fall asleep, we commit no sin. When we commit no sin, we go to heaven. Sooooo, let’s all get drunk and go to heaven!
A little learning is a dangerous thing: Drink deep or taste not the Pierian spring; There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again.
Of all the vices drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.
Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we’re looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn’t test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.
Of course, it is very important to be sober when you take an exam. Many worthwhile careers in the street-cleansing, fruit-picking, and subway-guitar-playing industries have been founded on a lack of understanding of this simple fact.
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
Giving money and power to the government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
