Of all the vices drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.
Drink - Drinking - Drunk Quotes
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.
He was vaguely aware that he drank to forget. The problem was that he could no longer remember what he was forgetting, so in the end he just drank to forget drinking.
Drunkenness does not create vice; it merely brings it into view.
If I give up drinking, smoking, and fatty foods, I can add ten years to my life. Trouble is, I’ll add it to the wrong end.
I drink no more than a sponge.
I would give all my fame for a pot of ale and safety. (Henry V)
