Carl Sandburg Quotes

It pays to get drunk with the best people.

It's not a crime to get drunk.

Drunkenness was attacked in the same manner; it was discountenanced on every occasion by those who had charge of any department: its destructive and pernicious effects were frequently stated by his own more prudent comrades, at the proper moment when the individual was soberly suffering from the effects of his previous excess; pot- and public-houses were gradually removed from the immediate vicinity of their dwellings; the health and comfort of temperance were made familiar to them; by degrees drunkenness disappeared, and many who were habitual bacchanalians are now conspicuous for undeviating sobriety.

One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.

I have never been drunk in my life, and I don't expect I ever will be.

But I've never been the type to be sloppy drunk in public.

No matter how you handle alcohol at your wedding, you will most likely be upsetting someone.

What is a gathering without unseemly drunkenness?

The first draught serveth for health, the second for pleasure, the third for shame, and the fourth for madness.

Rum, n. Generically, fiery liquors that produce madness in total abstainers.

I definitely think we should not serve alcoholic beverages at the lunch break.

I admit I was drinking a Guinness... but I did not swallow.

I still party all the time and hang out with everyone who drinks, but I just don't personally, and don't really have the desire to get blitzed drunk any more.

Not drunk is he who from the floor - Can rise alone and still drink more; But drunk is They, who prostrate lies, Without the power to drink or rise.

You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.

Beer makes you feel the way you ought to feel without beer.

A man is never drunk if he can lay on the floor without holding on.

I never worry about being driven to drink; I just worry about being driven home.

I used to like whiskey. But it's been a long time since I've been drunk.

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is riotous; and whoever is deceived by it is not wise

What's drinking? A mere pause from thinking!

The Prophet hath cursed ten persons on account of wine: one, the first extractor of the juice of the grape for others; the second, for himself; the third, the drinker of it; the fourth, the bearer of it; the fifth, the person to whom it is brought; the sixth, the waiter; the seventh, the seller of it; the eighth, the eater of its price; the ninth, the buyer of it; the tenth, that person who hath purchased it for another.

Drunkenness is the Touch Stone by which they try every man; and he that cannot or will not drink, has a mark set upon Him. He is abused behind his Back. He is hurt in his Property, and he is persecuted as far as the Power of Malice and Intemperance.

Liquor drinking is not a wrong; but excessive drinking is.

At the third cup, wine drinks the man.