Haven Emerson Quotes

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

A drunkard is one thing, and a temperate man is quite another.

I cannot drink or do anything that changes the mind.

I promise ... to abstain from all kinds of intoxicating drink, unless used medically.

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.

As regards the use of wine, remember that we drink to quench thirst, and that the limit of moderation is reached when the edge of the intellect is dulled. A boy should be brought up to avoid wine…. Your own countrymen, like all northern peoples, are, I know, sore offenders in this matter of eating and drinking. But I count upon your own innate self-respect to preserve you from such bad example, and to enable you to despise the sneers and complaints of those around you.

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

All the mistakes I've ever made in my life have been when I've been drunk. I haven't made hardly any mistakes sober, ever, ever.

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

I drink no more than a sponge.

Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.

I neither drink nor smoke, because my schoolmaster impressed upon me three cardinal virtues; cleanliness in person, cleanliness in mind; temperance.

There is nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.

We have drunk too much of your rum already, which has occasioned our destruction; we will, in the future, beware of it.

Abstinence from spirituous liquors is the best safeguard of morals and health.

I am not a member of any temperance society; but I am temperate, in this, that I don’t drink anything.

Smoking, chewing betel nut, and taking drugs for pleasure are not for Christians. These practices are wrong because (1) they make us their slaves, (2) they harm our bodies, and (3) they are unclean … It can be very hard to give up these habits. But we must do so to please Jehovah.

Take heed to your selves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness.

I don't believe in alcohol. It's a sort of a medicinal necessity for the human condition, none of that stuff. I'm not a gambling man.

Donald Trump does not touch alcohol, which is really respectable. But think about that. That means every statement, every interview, every tweet - completely sober.

I have a reputation for drinking a lot. Indeed, I drink quite much. However, I give it up when I wish to do so. I never, ever drink while on duty. The drinking is only for my pleasure. I do not remember neglecting my duties because of drinking even once.

I love a drink. But I've never, ever in my life been on a stage and done a performance with an alcoholic drink inside me. Never have, never would. I've seen people who do and invariably they're never as good as they think they are.

I don't drink at all.

I've never done a drug. I don't drink. I refuse to alter my mind in any way.

I try to have little or no alcohol when I go to a big conference. Sorry to be a party pooper, but that stuff can regress you really fast, and this is not a good place to regress.