Quotes by Drinking Once you have established yourself as a center of love and kindness radiating throughout your being, which amounts to a cradling of yourself in loving kindness and acceptance, you can dwell here indefinitely, drinking at this fount, bathing it in, renewing yourself, nourishing yourself, enlivening yourself. This can be a profoundly healing practice for body and soul. Jon Kabat-Zinn healingdrinkingkindness We say, 'Shall we meet for a drink?', as though drinking were the main end of the appointment, and the matter of company only incidental, we are so shy about admitting our need for one another.[...]We say, 'Would you like to come for some coffee?', as though it were less frightening to acknowledge that we are heavily dependent on mildly stimulating drinks, than to acknowledge that we are at all dependent on the companionship of other people. Jonathan Coe coffeedrinkingpeople Nourishing the soul is the process of drinking at the life stream, coming back to one's true self, embracing the whole of one's experience - good, bad, or ugly; painful or exalted; dull or boring. Jon Kabat-Zinn soulselfdrinking I discovered John Fante when I was 17 years old - strangely, not through Charles Bukowski, but through William Saroyan, who was his drinking buddy. Jonathan Evison drinking-buddydrinkingyears Phil [Wood] was very passionate. Very committed. He felt very blessed that the people that cared about him and took him aside... if he was out of line or drinking too much, being too surly. Jon Gordon blesseddrinkingpeople Condoleezza Rice was confirmed by a vote of 85, 13, despite a contentious but futile protest vote by democrats. By the way, for a fun second term drinking game, chug a beer every time you hear the phrase 'contentious but futile protest vote by democrats.' By the time Jeb Bush is elected, you'll be so wasted you won't even notice the war in Syria. Jon Stewart drinkingfunwar A tavern is a place where madness is sold by the bottle. Jonathan Swift bottlesliteraturedrinking I prefer old books and find them more relevant. I dislike new books. It's like drinking wine that's not ready. Jonathan Lethem winedrinkingbook The only really indecent people are the chaste. Joris-Karl Huysmans chastedrinkingpeople Discouraging smoking and drinking is a left ideal. Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero discouragingdrinkingsmoking Drinking spirits cannot cause spiritual damage. Jose Bergamin damagespiritualdrinking The Christmas parties were orgies of drinking and singing and groping and pawing. Cartoon staffers invested their own money in preparatory liquor. Joseph Barbera singingpartydrinking When animators weren't sleeping, they were drinking. Joseph Barbera animatordrinkingsleep I'm drinking champagne, got the head phones up high, can't numb you out. Joni Mitchell sadnessphonesdrinking That wine drinking is more effete than beer drinking? No question. Joseph Epstein winedrinkingbeer The custom of saluting [i.e., embracing] ladies by their relatives and friends was introduced, it is said, by the early Romans, not out of respect originally, but to find by their breath whether they had been drinking wine, this being criminal for women to do, as it sometimes led to adultery. Joseph Haydn relatives-and-friendswinedrinking If four or five guys tell you that you're drunk, even though you know you haven't had a thing to drink, the least you can do is to lie down a little while. Joseph M. Schenck drunkdrinkinglying I do, but I don't like doing that. I would do it out of hate or anger. I would do it because some- one was pushing my buttons, but really I don't want to break my back in some European city while everyone else is drinking espresso. I only do it because someone refused to pay for the shipping, or something like that. I don't want to let a whole city of people down. Josh Smith espressohatedrinking Well, I stopped drinking. That was actually a big deal. I didn't go through any harrowing rock-bottom experience. I just made a decision to stop drinking. Josh Radnor rocksdecisiondrinking Were I to prescribe a rule for drinking, it should be formed upon a saying quoted by Sir William Temple: the first glass for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the fourth for mine enemies. Joseph Addison glassesdrinkingenemy«4950515253545556575859»
