Sober Quotes - Page 5

Comprehensive, judicious, evenhanded, original. An Unfinished Life has the sober judgment and nuanced accuracy that make it ring true in all the controversial and tricky parts.

I would fain keep sober always; and there are infinite degrees of drunkenness.

During recording I was into yoga hard and I was very sober and clear minded. But when I went to mix I took a break from that.

I was somewhat drunk with what I had done. And I am always one to prefer being sober.

I stayed sober for this?

When we come to a clearer and more sober estimate of our own limitations and responsibilities, that makes it possible more genuinely to love our neighbor.

In the late twentieth century, staying sober has become just as much an addiction as getting wasted.

I was married for 18 years to a woman who wanted me to get sober for all 18 years and I never did. She finally came to her senses and divorced me.

I have been sober for the longest time. Oh, it's over a decade now. No joke.

My big thing is to get onstage sober. Whatever happens from there happens. But you get onstage drunk and it's not going to be good. It takes a while. I have to sing a lot, so I can only drink so much. So most nights it's fine; even if I drink as much as I possibly can, I can't get that drunk.

It seemed that I performed better sober than drunk. Who knew?

Sober alkies are often asked: "When did you hit rock bottom?" but a more informed question might be: "How many times did you hit rock bottom?

So, I gained a little..weight, .. Big deal. Clean and sober.

The first year I was sober was probably the worst year of my life. My immune system was screwed. I completely isolated myself. I was weak all the time. I didn't know who I was.

The drinking man is never less himself than during his sober intervals.

There was my other big misconception. That if I got sober and went to a meeting they'd make me believe in God. Not true. They ask you to believe in a higher power. You need a higher power, but it doesn't have to be a super-natural entity. You have all this power inside you.

I've written songs sober and I've written songs high.

I prefer being totally sober myself.

I became a Christian before I got sober. So I was a drunk, bulimic Christian.