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It's a great advantage not to drink among hard-drinking people. You can hold your tongue and, moreover, you can time any little irregularity of your own so that everybody else is so blind that they don't see or care. – F ScottRate it:
Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness. – Walter ScottRate it:
Teacher my arse. I'd be better off on the docks and the warehouses, lifting, hauling, cursing, eating hero sandwiches, drinking beer, chasing waterfront floozies. At least I'd be with my own kind, my own class of people, not getting above meself, acushla. – Frank McCourtRate it:
There's nothing romantic, nothing grand, nothing heroic, nothing brave, nothing like that about drinking. It's a real coward's death. – Warren ZevonRate it:
Electricity is actually made up of extremely tiny particles called electrons, that you cannot see with the naked eye unless you have been drinking. – Dave BarryRate it:
To be always intending to live a new life, but never find time to set about it - this is as if a man should put off eating and drinking from one day to another till he be starved and destroyed. – Sir Walter ScottRate it:
Find out what whiskey he drinks and send all of my generals a case, if it will get the same results. - in reply to comments about General Grant's drinking problems – Abraham LincolnRate it:
Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with, that it's compounding a felony. – Robert BenchleyRate it:
Well, now, this is exactly my case. I am in love; and my sweetheart is LIBERTY. Be that heavenly nymph my companion, and these wilds and .Woods shall have charms beyond London and Paris in slavery. To have no proud monarch driving over me with his gilt coaches; nor his host of excise-men and tax-gatherers insulting and robbing me ; but to be my own master, my own prince and sovereign, gloriously preserving my national dignity, and 'pursuing my true happiness; planting my vineyards, and eating their lucious fruits; and sowing my fields, and reaping the golden grain: and seeing millions of ‘brothers all around me, equally free and happy as myself. “This, sir, is What I long for.” p. 155 ... On his return to Georgetown, he was asked by colonel Watson, why he looked so serious? I have cause, sir,” said he, “to look serious.” Watson What! has general Marion refused to treat?” No, sir.” “Well, then, has old Washington defeated sir Henery Clinton, and broke up our army ? No, sir, not that neither ; but worse.” “Ah! what can be worse?” Why, sir, I have seen an American general and his officers, without pay, and almost without clothes, living on roots and drinking water ; and all for LIBERTY! What chance have we against such men!” It is said colonel Watson was not much obliged to him for this speech. But the young ofiicer was so struck with Marion’s sentiments, that he never rested until he threw up his commission, and retired from the service. ' p 156 – Francis MarionRate it:
If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he next comes to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination. – Thomas De Quincey, Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts - 1827Rate it:
I knew a man who gave up smoking, drinking, and rich food. He was healthy right up to the day he killed himself. – Johnny Carson, people magazine special issueRate it:
When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading. – Henny YoungmanRate it:
. NASA admitted in 2006 that no one could find the original video recordings of the historic moon landing. The U.S. space agency did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the upcoming auction. In 2008, Gary George was vacationing with a NASA friend who told Gary George Gary George was tasked with locating the lost videotapes. Gary George said,' It seems we've lost our original tapes of the Apollo 11 EVA,' quite frankly, I was sitting at the table drinking a beer and I said,' Well damn, I have those,'. – Gary GeorgeRate it:
90% of all outcomes from drinking during pregnancy affect the baby's central nervous system, it's a disability that remains throughout life. – Denis ViljoenRate it:
A 4-ounce cup of juice is considered a serving of fruit, i think most consumers of juice are generally drinking more than 4 ounces. Then, the next question is, within the greater quantity, how does that balance within one's diet? And then probably the next question is, is that fruit juice consumption offsetting the intake of other nutritious food? – Katherine ZeratskyRate it:
A few days ago, I was in the bar, a couple people are around the bar drinking, and I had my beer, and they were like, ‘ Hey, what do you think about what’s happening ? Do you guys [ Syrian refugees ] deserve to be here ? ’ I was like, ‘ Are you serious right now ? ’. – Abbas AbdulRate it:
A glass of wine with dinner on an international flight? Reasonable (especially if you're also drinking a healthy amount of water). Three vodka tonics in quick succession on a cross-country flight? Recipe for regret. – Christine SarkisRate it:
A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: there shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking largely sobers us again. – Alexander Pope, An essay on CriticismRate it:
A lot of times, it can be tied to the job, power isn’t just defined by money or status at company— it could also be an important person in a family. So the ability to make a charge of that is, ‘Prove it.’ And that’s the constant narrative of victims: You have to explain why they should be believed and justify why they should be helped because it’s always, ‘What were you wearing?’ ‘What were you drinking?’ ‘Why were you there?’ ‘Where were your girlfriends?’. – Brian PineroRate it:
Abdul Ghani 65, lived in the northwestern Pakistan city of Jehangira for almost 39 years, and moved Abdul Ghani 65 family to Abdul Ghani 65 native Kunar Province in Afghanistan October. Now Abdul Ghani 65 finds Abdul Ghani 65 and Abdul Ghani 65 family caught up in the struggled that go along with a homecoming. Look at the situation of house, a hut in a tent colony for refugees. We have no safe drinking water and our children have not enough clothes. I never expected to face this condition in my native country. – Abdul GhaniRate it:
About half of all pregnancies in the United States are unplanned, and even if planned, most women won't know they are pregnant for the first month or so, when they might still be drinking. – Anne SchuchatRate it:
According to the federal data, underage drinking is at historic lows, yet advertising and marketing are at all-time highs. This real-world data further supports the overwhelming body of research concluding that advertising does not cause someone to begin drinking alcohol or to drink more. – Lisa HawkinsRate it:
After you get a freshly poured Guinness, you can make a face in the foam, and by the time you finish drinking it, the face is still there. – Karl SiebertRate it:
Again, this is all in moderation, the basic message is that this is not something for people to be concerned about and it's good to know especially if you want to make an educated decision about drinking and exercise. – Leigh LeasureRate it:

It's a great advantage not to drink among hard-drinking people. You can hold your tongue and, moreover, you can time any little irregularity of your own so that everybody else is so blind that they don't see or care.

– F ScottRate it:

Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.

– Walter ScottRate it:

Teacher my arse. I'd be better off on the docks and the warehouses, lifting, hauling, cursing, eating hero sandwiches, drinking beer, chasing waterfront floozies. At least I'd be with my own kind, my own class of people, not getting above meself, acushla.

– Frank McCourtRate it:

There's nothing romantic, nothing grand, nothing heroic, nothing brave, nothing like that about drinking. It's a real coward's death.

– Warren ZevonRate it:

Electricity is actually made up of extremely tiny particles called electrons, that you cannot see with the naked eye unless you have been drinking.

– Dave BarryRate it:

To be always intending to live a new life, but never find time to set about it - this is as if a man should put off eating and drinking from one day to another till he be starved and destroyed.

– Sir Walter ScottRate it:

Find out what whiskey he drinks and send all of my generals a case, if it will get the same results. - in reply to comments about General Grant's drinking problems

– Abraham LincolnRate it:

Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with, that it's compounding a felony.

– Robert BenchleyRate it:

Well, now, this is exactly my case. I am in love; and my sweetheart is LIBERTY. Be that heavenly nymph my companion, and these wilds and .Woods shall have charms beyond London and Paris in slavery. To have no proud monarch driving over me with his gilt coaches; nor his host of excise-men and tax-gatherers insulting and robbing me ; but to be my own master, my own prince and sovereign, gloriously preserving my national dignity, and 'pursuing my true happiness; planting my vineyards, and eating their lucious fruits; and sowing my fields, and reaping the golden grain: and seeing millions of ‘brothers all around me, equally free and happy as myself. “This, sir, is What I long for.” p. 155 ... On his return to Georgetown, he was asked by colonel Watson, why he looked so serious? I have cause, sir,” said he, “to look serious.” Watson What! has general Marion refused to treat?” No, sir.” “Well, then, has old Washington defeated sir Henery Clinton, and broke up our army ? No, sir, not that neither ; but worse.” “Ah! what can be worse?” Why, sir, I have seen an American general and his officers, without pay, and almost without clothes, living on roots and drinking water ; and all for LIBERTY! What chance have we against such men!” It is said colonel Watson was not much obliged to him for this speech. But the young ofiicer was so struck with Marion’s sentiments, that he never rested until he threw up his commission, and retired from the service. ' p 156

– Francis MarionRate it:

If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he next comes to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination.

– Thomas De Quincey, Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts - 1827Rate it:

I knew a man who gave up smoking, drinking, and rich food. He was healthy right up to the day he killed himself.

– Johnny Carson, people magazine special issueRate it:

When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.

– Henny YoungmanRate it:

. NASA admitted in 2006 that no one could find the original video recordings of the historic moon landing. The U.S. space agency did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the upcoming auction. In 2008, Gary George was vacationing with a NASA friend who told Gary George Gary George was tasked with locating the lost videotapes. Gary George said,' It seems we've lost our original tapes of the Apollo 11 EVA,' quite frankly, I was sitting at the table drinking a beer and I said,' Well damn, I have those,'.

– Gary GeorgeRate it:

90% of all outcomes from drinking during pregnancy affect the baby's central nervous system, it's a disability that remains throughout life.

– Denis ViljoenRate it:

A 4-ounce cup of juice is considered a serving of fruit, i think most consumers of juice are generally drinking more than 4 ounces. Then, the next question is, within the greater quantity, how does that balance within one's diet? And then probably the next question is, is that fruit juice consumption offsetting the intake of other nutritious food?

– Katherine ZeratskyRate it:

A few days ago, I was in the bar, a couple people are around the bar drinking, and I had my beer, and they were like, ‘ Hey, what do you think about what’s happening ? Do you guys [ Syrian refugees ] deserve to be here ? ’ I was like, ‘ Are you serious right now ? ’.

– Abbas AbdulRate it:

A glass of wine with dinner on an international flight? Reasonable (especially if you're also drinking a healthy amount of water). Three vodka tonics in quick succession on a cross-country flight? Recipe for regret.

– Christine SarkisRate it:

A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: there shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking largely sobers us again.

– Alexander Pope, An essay on CriticismRate it:

A lot of times, it can be tied to the job, power isn’t just defined by money or status at company— it could also be an important person in a family. So the ability to make a charge of that is, ‘Prove it.’ And that’s the constant narrative of victims: You have to explain why they should be believed and justify why they should be helped because it’s always, ‘What were you wearing?’ ‘What were you drinking?’ ‘Why were you there?’ ‘Where were your girlfriends?’.

– Brian PineroRate it:

Abdul Ghani 65, lived in the northwestern Pakistan city of Jehangira for almost 39 years, and moved Abdul Ghani 65 family to Abdul Ghani 65 native Kunar Province in Afghanistan October. Now Abdul Ghani 65 finds Abdul Ghani 65 and Abdul Ghani 65 family caught up in the struggled that go along with a homecoming. Look at the situation of house, a hut in a tent colony for refugees. We have no safe drinking water and our children have not enough clothes. I never expected to face this condition in my native country.

– Abdul GhaniRate it:

About half of all pregnancies in the United States are unplanned, and even if planned, most women won't know they are pregnant for the first month or so, when they might still be drinking.

– Anne SchuchatRate it:

According to the federal data, underage drinking is at historic lows, yet advertising and marketing are at all-time highs. This real-world data further supports the overwhelming body of research concluding that advertising does not cause someone to begin drinking alcohol or to drink more.

– Lisa HawkinsRate it:

After you get a freshly poured Guinness, you can make a face in the foam, and by the time you finish drinking it, the face is still there.

– Karl SiebertRate it:

Again, this is all in moderation, the basic message is that this is not something for people to be concerned about and it's good to know especially if you want to make an educated decision about drinking and exercise.

– Leigh LeasureRate it:

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