John MacDonald Quotes

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

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.

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

... the sin of drunkenness which is the root of all sins.

I never had one beer. If I bought a six-pack of beer, I kept drinking till all six beers were gone. You have to have that kind of understanding about yourself. I haven't had a drink now in 12 years.

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

Drunkenness excuseth no vice.

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

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.

If you are to be employed by the BBC, you must promise not to get drunk…. You look as if you will be washed out of poetry by whisky.

Since the creation of the world there has been no tyrant like Intemperance, and no slaves so cruelly treated as his.

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.

The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind.

I used to drink a lot. I had to stop drinking because it was getting the better of me, and I replaced that with really doing shows.

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

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!'

I only drank for three years of my life, but I drank enough in those three years to last me the rest of my life... It's a religious thing.

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

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

When I stopped drinking, it was only because I thought if I don't stop, I'm going to die.

I keep telling people: Don't make me the poster boy for AA because I don't know a lot about sobriety, but I do know a lot about drinking.

And we used to do a lot of drugs and get very drunk on very cheap wine.

Now don't say you can't swear off drinking; it's easy. I've done it a thousand times.

It's not cool to be an alcoholic.

When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvelous personality that started you drinking in the first place.