I had the taste of the alcohol since I was 11. It allowed me to be clever, charming and to behave outrageously. Acting also allowed me not to be me. So I could indulge every fantasy in this paradise of America. – Malachy McCourt
I don’t smoke marijuana anymore. I don’t drink. Marijuana is a handicap. So is alcohol. Alcohol is a terrible handicap. But in spite of being a handicap, it shouldn’t be criminal. – Gary Johnson
Just as the process of repealing national alcohol prohibition began with individual states repealing their own prohibition laws, so individual states must now take the initiative with respect to repealing marijuana prohibition laws. – George Soros
Alcohol is a very patient drug. It will wait for the alcoholic to pick it up one more time. – Mercedes McCambridge
But when alcohol comes in, start running. Because there’s a demon there, and it goes back to her childhood. – David Gest
My peers, lately, have found companionship through means of intoxication – it makes them sociable. I, however, cannot force myself to use drugs to cheat on my loneliness – it is all that I have – and when the drugs and alcohol dissipate, will be all that my peers have as well. – Franz Kafka
Not having alcohol has kept the weight off around my waist; my skin feels so much better, and I am sleeping really well. – Marie Helvin
We tax air passengers like cigarettes and alcohol – we impose sin taxes on travellers. – Gordon Bethune
If I go out to dinner with you and you order wine, I leave. I won’t be around drugs and alcohol at all. – Penn Jillette
We’d boil this whisky because we thought that would make it stronger. So we thought we were getting drunk, but in fact there’d be no alcohol left in it. – Neneh Cherry
When I have an idea, I turn down the flame, as if it were a little alcohol stove, as low as it will go. Then it explodes and that is my idea. – Ernest Hemingway
Minimum sales prices for alcohol are a startlingly bad idea. As with excise duties, the effects are regressive. – Nigel Farage
Hindered by asthma since I was six weeks old, I had begun experimenting with my diet and discovered a disquieting correlation. When I stopped eating the normal American diet of sugar, fats, alcohol, chemicals, and additives, I felt better. I could breathe freely. When I tried to sneak in a hamburger and a Coke, my body rebelled. – Paul Hawken
If you substitute marijuana for tobacco and alcohol, you’ll add eight to 24 years to your life. – Jack Herer
I don’t even drink! I can’t stand the taste of alcohol. Every New Year’s Eve I try one drink and every time it makes me feel sick. So I don’t touch booze – I’m always the designated driver. – Kim Kardashian
Some people recovering from drugs or alcohol stay with the programs indefinitely, making the recovery program their family, a long-term source of attention rewards. – Keith Henson
I do like beer, but lately I’ve started drinking non-alcoholic beer and I like the taste of it and I don’t get the alcohol, so that’s a good alternative also. – Mike Ditka
I’m a germ-phobe when I meet a lot of people or shake a lot of hands. I always have hand sanitizer and alcohol swabs so I can sort of go back and forth between the two. – Mandy Moore
Avoid using cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs as alternatives to being an interesting person. – Marilyn vos Savant