Roy Blount Jr. Quotes

An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men.

I am too much of a control freak to be a drinker.

What's the point of staying sober?

Sometimes it would be nice to just have some red wine with dinner, but it's not worth the risk. I have a great life, a great situation. Why would I want to risk self-destructive behaviour?

I could not do what I do, and teach a class, and never miss a deadline, never be late for anything if I was a lush, OK? I would really love to read a piece that said, 'He is not a lush.' That would be fabulous, it would be a first, I could show it to people and say, 'Look!'

No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut.

If I had not some strength of will I would make a first class drunkard.

Being sober is not a struggle for me.

I don't smoke. I don't drink. I don't do nothing, bro.

I exercise strong self control. I never drink anything stronger than gin before breakfast.

And I have always told the patients when I talk to them. When they come around and say, 'What will you have to drink? Oh that's right you don't drink.' Just speak up and say, 'Of course I drink. But I just don't drink alcohol.'

Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life. Too many of us divide and dissipate our energies in debating actions which should be taken for granted.

I'm the worst ad anyone could possibly be for abstaining from anything.

Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.

Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.

Hell, if I didn't drink drink or smoke, I'd win twenty games every year. It's easy when you don't drink or smoke or horse around.

It is easy enough to be moral after a good dinner beside a snug coal fire, and with our hearts well warmed with fine old port.

I used to be a drinker but I found out how bad it was and I let it alone.

I quit drinking, so I can think clear. When you have chop trouble, drinking doesn't help the healing process.

I've never taken drugs. My drug, I suppose, is drink. I never drink before I sing, but I do make up for it when I come off!

So I did quit coffee and I did quit smoking. But I haven't managed that with drinking!

I cannot drink or do anything that changes the mind.

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

The thing is, if I don't have sobriety, I don't have anything.

Sobriety and health is the greatest thing.