Drink does not drown care but waters it, and makes it grow faster.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1749Quotes
Sobriety diminishes, discriminates, and says no; drunkenness expands, unites, and says yes.
—William James, 1902The pleasure we hold in esteem for the course of our lives ought to have a greater share of our time dedicated to it; we should refuse no occasion nor omit any opportunity of drinking, and always have it in our minds.
—Michel de Montaigne, 1580I used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to, too.
—Mitch Hedberg, 1999As far as I can see, the history of experimental art in the twentieth century is intimately bound up with the experience of intoxification.
—Will Self, 1994Alcohol is the monarch of liquids.
—Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, 1825As he brews, so shall he drink.
—Ben Jonson, 1598The drunken man is a living corpse.
—St. John Chrysostom, c. 390Modern life is often a mechanical oppression, and liquor is the only mechanical relief.
—Ernest Hemingway, 1935An old man is twice a child, and so is a drunken man.
—Plato, c. 360 BCThat which the sober man keeps in his breast, the drunken man lets out at the lips. Astute people, when they want to ascertain a man’s true character, make him drunk.
—Martin Luther, 1569To live on a day-to-day basis is insufficient for human beings; we need to transcend, transport, escape; we need meaning, understanding, and explanation.
—Oliver Sacks, 2012Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences.
—Gore Vidal, 1981