Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mercedes McCambridge

Alcohol is a very patient drug. It will wait for the alcoholic to pick it up one more time.

Kin Hubbard

Whoever takes just plain ginger ale soon gets drowned out of the conversation.

The history of this industry grew out of the old fashioned approach to morality, ... One hundred years ago the Methodists thought it was a sin to make money off of tobacco or alcohol and what came out of that was positive social change.

Emmylou Harris

I was feeling single, seeing double, wound up in a whole lotta trouble.

Padgett Powell

Cholesterol to go with alcohol; all the bad things in English-speaking life end in -ol.

Johnny Depp

I was never a cokehead or anything like that. I always despised that drug. I thought it was a waste of time, pointless.

Johnny Depp

I'd get very nervous and uncomfortable in social situations and the only way I could feel at all normal was, well, to drink my guts out.

Johnny Depp

I did mostly alcohol. There were drugs, too - pills - and there was a danger that I would go over the edge. I could have. I thank God I didn't.

Kyan Douglas

Drugs and alcohol can be so destructive.

Ben Allen

The doctor?s authorized me to indicate to the public that he acknowledges that he has an alcohol problem. His work schedule of 12 to 16 hours a day leaves him an in exhaustive state, and just a few drinks -- or any drink -- are too much to handle.

The machine analyzes the release from the skin pores and is able to detect alcohol molecules.

The key message I want to send is that no one has the right to drink excessively and ruin the experience for other people. We will have more situations where we won't have alcohol at the games if people are unruly. It's not fair to the people who pay for tickets. It's not safe for people in the stadium.

These are people who are unable to work because of mental or physical problems or drug or alcohol addiction.

Penn Jillette

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

Penn Jillette

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

Any combination of alcohol and gasoline is very unforgiving of water.

Saturation patrols allow officers to patrol a wide area where we know there are large numbers of restaurant and bars and also in areas where we have had alcohol related deaths.

Michael Brown

Prior to working as the head of FEMA, I was in charge of horse shows. I know that if you leave alcohol around large, warm-blooded mammals, the results are never pretty. We had to move quickly.

E. B. White

Our culture tells us that alcohol and sex go together, yet it is illegal to use alcohol to facilitate sex.

So what that translates to is that you have a very rushed and harried FedEx or delivery person, who is neither trained nor licensed to deliver alcohol, whose job it is to move as many boxes in the shortest amount of time. This is not conducive to slowing down, stopping to check an ID and, if no one is home, as many parents aren't during the day, the product is handed to anybody at the door who may or may not sign for it and, in many cases, the alcohol is just left for anybody to retrieve. That is not how society is set up for alcohol to be sold.

Despite the presence of private security, numerous problems related to uncontrolled alcohol consumption continue to occur.

At first, the conversation was friendly. But after that the guy came up to me and said something to me and I could smell alcohol on his breath. I don't know. It was a crazy situation. I've never seen anything like it.

Winston Churchill

Always remember that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.

A lot of people think we take items and give them to people in need. Most often, we sell them in the thrift store. And all those proceeds go to a very specific service: drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers.

American Craft Beer Week strives to focus attention on the diverse and flavorful beers produced by small, traditional and independent brewers all over America. We want to give every American a chance to visit their local brewery and discover why craft beer is the fastest growing beverage alcohol category in the US.

This is one of the most high-risk times of the year for young people as they approach both prom and graduation. Unfortunately, the perception that it is a rite of passage and even expected for young people to drink and that adults provide alcohol to them is a very dangerous proposition.

The way we drink wine is changing fast and consumers of today want smooth, powerful, high alcohol wines, often to be enjoyed without food. Now, the producers are handed the tools to keep up with consumers.

This area's been a popular area with the youth for a long time, but only in the last few years has what we would call excessive consumption of alcohol become a real issue.

For every family that is impacted by drugs, there are another 10 to 15 families impacted by alcohol abuse. It's a pretty big deal. We have a tendency to only look at part of the puzzle.

E. O. Wilson

There was a strong odor of alcohol at the scene and inside the vehicle.

Ronnie Spector

There was no alcohol back then, and no drugs. I remember people bringing cakes back to us after a show, but I never even smelled marijuana back then.

Todd Young

Your honor, if Mr. Azevedo could undergo surgery to remove the alcohol from his system, then you would remove the criminality as well.

Jose Serrano

This is excellent. There's free alcohol and I'm having a good time.