Liquor Quotes - Page 14

• We know, for instance, that there is a direct, inverse relationship between frequency of family meals and social problems. Bluntly stated, members of families who eat together regularly are statistically less likely to stick up liquor stores, blow up meth labs, give birth to crack babies, commit suicide, or make donkey porn. If Little Timmy had just had more meatloaf, he might not have grown up to fill chest freezers with Cub Scout parts.

  Anthony Bourdain

  Suicide, Baby, Blow

  Anthony Bourdain (2010). “Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook”, p.87, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Liquor is the kiss of the angels as well as the curse of the devil. It can conceal but also can reveal

  Thrity Umrigar

  Angel, Kissing, Devil

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• Beer ... a high and mighty liquor.

  Julius Caesar

  Funny, Beer, Funny Beer

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• It was always so hot, and everyone was so polite, and everything was all surface but underneath it was like a bomb waiting to go off. I always felt that way about the South, that beneath the smiles and southern hospitality and politeness were a lot of guns and liquor and secrets.

  James McBride

  Gun, Waiting, Southern

  James McBride (2006). “The Color of Water 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.70, Penguin

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• It's just the stupidest law possible... You're just making criminals out of people who aren't engaged in criminal activity. And we're spending zillions of dollars trying to fight a war we can't win! We could make zillions, just legalize it and tax it like we do liquor. It's stupid.

  Morgan Freeman

  War, Stupid, Fighting

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• I am an intelligent drunk because an intelligent drunk carries his liquor with him

  Synyster Gates

  Intelligent, Drunk, Carrie

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• I am so fond of tea that I could write a whole dissertation on its virtues. It comforts and enlivens without the risks attendant on spirituous liquors. Gentle herb! Let the florid grape yield to thee. Thy soft influence is a more safe inspirer of social joy.

  James Boswell

  Writing, Yield, Joy

  James Boswell (1956). “London Journal, 1762-1763, as First Published in 1950 from the Original Manuscript”

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