Alexander Brome Quotes

I have been in love, and in debt, and in drink, this many and many a year.

I am not drinking now but I cannot guarantee tomorrow.

I was in love with a beautiful blonde once. She drove me to drink. That's the one thing I'm indebted to her for.

I'm like the drunk in the bar who wants just one more for the road.

We all know of families who have obligated themselves for more than they could pay. There is a world of heartache behind such cases.

Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime.

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

The wages of Gin is Debt.

Many a poor soul has had to suffer from the weight of the debts on him, finding no rest or peace after death.

Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker.

There is nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.

There's a foot race between gas bills and paychecks.

The white traders keep these poor Indians continually under the force of liquor. They entirely estrange the affections of the Indians from the English.

The speech of a Creek—Indian, against the immoderate use of spirituous liquors. Delivered in a national assembly of the Creeks, upon the breaking out of the late war.

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

See them coming into our towns with their rum! See them offering it to us with persuasive kindness. Hear them cry, “Drink! Drink!” and when we are drunk, and act like the crazed, behold these good white, these man of a benevolent race, standing by, laughing among themselves, and saying, “Oh, what fools! What great fools the Shawanese are!” But who made them fools? Who are the cause of their madness?

First the man takes a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes the man.

Prohibition created more drunks than anything else.

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

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.

Ye Dutch, Sweed, and English have by Brandy and Specially Rum, almost Debaucht ye Indians all. When Drunk ye most Wretched of Spectacles. They had been very Tractable but Rum is so dear to them

… a jackass in the original package. He is a poor drunken imbecile.

After all is said that can be said upon the liquor traffic, its influence is degrading upon the individual, the family, politics and business, and upon everything that you touch in this old world

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 did so many crazy things while drinking.