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Drinking Quotes - Page 45

When I was out in the bars drinking and fighting I was a little bit less of a peacemaker than I would be if I'd had a coupla hits of a joint and gone and laid down somewhere.

"Willie Nelson: 'If we made marijuana legal, we'd save a whole lotta money and lives'". Interview with Michael Hann, www.theguardian.com. May 17, 2012.

The English seem to think drinking wine is like committing adultery, something you do rarely and abroad.

William Nicholson (2014). “Motherland: A Novel”, p.198, Simon and Schuster

The two-headed boy in the circus never had such a headache.

"Fictional character: Cuthbert J. Twillie". "My Little Chickadee", www.imdb.com. 1940.

I'd rather have my kid smoking pot than drinking.

"Cheech & Chong Light Up 'The Factor'". "The O'Reilly Factor" with Bill O'Reilly, www.foxnews.com. November 18, 2009.

It is most absurdly said, in popular language, of any man, that he is disguised in liquor; for, on the contrary, most men are disguised by sobriety.

Thomas De Quincey (1841). “Confessions of an English Opium-eater: Being an Extract from the Life of a Scholar”, p.89