Quotes About Abstinence

I don't smoke marijuana anymore. I don't drink. Marijuana is a handicap. So is alcohol. Alcohol is a terrible handicap. But in spite of being a handicap, it shouldn't be criminal.

No wine, she said. It leads to cheese.

the sweetness of self-denial and self-control

It (balancing the budget) is like protecting your virtue, you have to learn to say no!

From the moment their pact is made, that devil's contract that will make neither of them happy, there's no stopping them. At the epicenter of the American earthquake that is VTO lies this very Oriental disorientation. Abstinence: it becomes their rocket fuel, and flies them to the stars.

Deny yourself! You must deny yourself! That is the song that never ends.

what we are 'enjoying' when we smoke after a period of abstinence is not the cigarette, but ending the state of wanting or needing it.

Abstemio, s. Persona de carácter débil, que cede a la tentación de negarse un placer. Abstemio total es el que se abstiene de todo, menos de la abstención; en especial, se abstiene de no meterse en los asuntos ajenos.

I distrust camels, and anyone else who can go a week without a drink.

Abstinence sows sand all over The ruddy limbs and flaming hair, But desire gratified Plants fruits of life and beauty there.

In my private life, I'm not around any drugs or alcohol.

I've never had a drink of alcohol or any drug in my life.

Nothing in excess.

The best contraceptive is a glass of cold water: not before or after, but instead.

Spartan simplicity must be observed. Nothing will be done merely because it contributes to beauty, convenience, comfort, or prestige.

If you wish to keep your affairs secret, drink no wine.

The early Christians saw the connections quite clearly, which is why they set themselves apart from the licentiousness. They did not frequent houses of prostitution, they did not divorce, they did not kill their babies, and they did not engage in sexual perversion.

I don't drink at home. I don't go to the pub or clubs.

I don't go to pubs.

We should be living a life of purity.

Sex does not exist for me at all. I haven't had a boyfriend for a long time. There were only three or four in my life up until now anyway.

Drugs make me nervous, really, because I'm a control freak and I don't like to be out of control on drugs.

There are a lot of things that we crave, there are a lot of things that would make us perhaps more fulfilled in a sensory way that we just say no to.

I don't drink occasionally. I don't drink on the holidays. I don't drink alcohol, period. Not wine, not nothing.