Quotes About Alcohol

The bar was also a reminder of an age when the upper middle classes poured enormous quantities of hard liquor down their throats at every occasion in which more than two people were in a room for more than three minutes.

increasing cognitive loadfn8 should make people more conservative. This is precisely the case. The time pressure of snap judgments is a version of increased cognitive load. Likewise, people become more conservative when tired, in pain or distracted with a cognitive task, or when blood alcohol levels rise.

You are dehydrated, I said. The result of alcohol taken in excess. But that is the only way to take it. It is the only way to do a man any good.

You probably drink too much. If you hand me that bottle, I'll reduce your temptations. --Augustus Gus McCrae

White Russians.

What she liked the most about drinking was not being present, that feeling of self-evasion, of disconnection, of liberation, of escape. Alcohol offered her an excellent alternative to being herself without actually dying.

What may seem depressing or even tragic to one person may seem like an absolute scream to another person, especially if he has had between four and seven beers.

[Smoking is] a dirty habit that should be banned from America by the Government, instead of moderate alcoholic drinking.

That was a stupid idea I made up while drunk. Why did someone build that?

Russia's joy's in the bottle!

Well, I wish some of you would tell me the brand of whiskey that Grant drinks. I would like to send a barrel of it to my other generals.

You're a drunk, and it's no wonder your husband stays in West Virginia.

De door alcohol opgewekte gevechten die op zaterdagavonden in provincieplaatsen uitbreken zijn voorspelbare symptomen van onze verbolgenheid over deze vrijheidsberoving. Ze herinneren ons aan de prijs die we betalen voor onze dagelijkse onderwerping aan orde en beleid - en aan de woede die stilletjes aanzwelt achter een gezagsgetrouwe en inschikkelijke façade.

The alcohol-inspired fights that break out in market towns on Saturday evenings are predictable symptoms of fury at our incarceration. They are a reminder of the price we pay for our daily submission at the altars of prudence and order — and of the rage that silently accumulates beneath a uniquely law-abiding and compliant surface.

They covered their walls with beautiful paintings for the same reason they drank—to distract themselves from the abyss.

I drank whiskey because I was depressed, and whiskey made sure I stayed depressed.

Moderation is essential in all things, madam, but never in my life have I failed to beat a teetotaller.

A shot of brandy can save your life, but a bottle of brandy can kill you.

If beer got any lighter you could raise goldfish in it.

Take it from me, there's nothing like a job well done, except the quiet enveloping darkness at the bottom of a bottle of Jim Beam after a job done any way at all.

Male fruit flies also become a bit randy, although they are less likely to mate successfully—perhaps because, in their alcohol-induced haze, they frequently court other males by mistake, instead of females.

You should head back up," Jeremiah said, putting his beer down. "Your mom will kill you for drinking." "Hello. I'm not drinking," I reminded him. Clay offered me his Corona. "Here," he said, winking. He seemed drunk. I hesitated, and Conrad snapped irritably, "Don't give her that. She's a kid, for God's sake.

I wish I could give him something for his nerves, but of course, I can't. I remind myself (as I often do) never to become so addicted to drugs or alcohol that I'm not allowed to use them.

Coffee's a drink that encourages a lot of accessories. Coffee cake, coffee table, coffee table book . . . . Say what you want about alcohol, but not only are there not a lot of optional accessories, alcohol actually helps you get rid of things. Family, home, job, driver's license.