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Escape It is hard to hide one's folly when relaxed over the winecup. Greek proverb A temperate temperance is best. Mark Twain Sitting here, staring into the wide open spaces, dreaming of places here and gone. Seen it all, done it all, can't remember most of it. There is nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation. John Ciardi I never resist temptation because I have found that the things that are bad for me do not tempt me. George Bernard Shaw Reality is only the present day's illusion. An innkeeper loves a drunkard, but not for a son-in-law. Sholom Aleichem I can resist anything except temptation. Oscar Wilde Reality is a crutch for people who can't handle drugs. Moderation is a fatal thing. Lady Hunstanton Marijuana is nature's way of saying high. Never drink water, it only looks like vodka. Russian proverb All the things I really like to do are either immoral, illegal or fattening. Alexander Woolcott Be moderate in everything, including moderation. Horace Porter Whisky, you're the devil, you're leading me astray. Whisky, you're my darling, drunk or sober. Irish Folk Song Can you give me soft asylum? I can't make it any more. The man is at the door! Jim Morrison I've made it a rule never to drink by daylight and never to refuse a drink after dark. H.L. Mencken A bartender is just a pharmacist with a limited inventory. Many people have too much will power. It's won't power they lack. John A. Shedd Hey, who took the cork off my lunch? W.C. Fields I'm not as think as you drunk I am. Rehab is for quitters. Sometimes too much to drink is not enough. The most powerful drug law is the law of supply and demand. Why oh why do I get high? Is it for the pass-me by? Reality pushed to its extreme ends in unreality. Jean Giono The cost of living has gone up another dollar a quart. W.C. Fields Reality? Is that where the pizza guy comes from? Quitting smoking is easy. I have done so myself, upwards of a thousand times. Mark Twain Vision is the art of seeing things invisible. Okay, who stopped payment on my reality check? Show me the way to the next whiskey bar, Oh, don't ask why, oh, don't ask why. Jim Morrison Never trust the ales of a God fearin' people. Quark It is better to burn out than to fade away. Neil Young LSD consumes 47 times its weight in excess reality. Illusion is the first of all pleasures. Oscar Wilde Avoid hangovers, stay drunk. Everyone complains of his memory, but no one complains of his judgment. Duke de la Rochefoucauld Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker. Ogden Nash Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder ... A mind is a terrible thing to lose. Dan Quayle Drive fast, get blitzed and party naked! Teenager's creed Work is the curse of the partying class! I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy. Beware of strong drink, it can make you shoot at tax collectors and miss. Notebooks of Lazarus Long 24 hours in a day ... 24 beers in a case ... coincidence? Mother's milk leads to heroin. George Carlin Consciousness: That annoying time between naps. What we feel supersedes and influences what we perceive as reality. Prof. Prentice, UALR Cocaine is God's way of telling you, you have too much money. George Carlin Out here in the perimeter there are no stars, Out here we is stoned Immaculate. Jim Morrison Smoke pot! The thinking man's cigarette! Dave Von Ronk Why do you think they call it dope? 1968 Anti-drug advertisement Paul's Law- You can't fall off the floor. LSD and BSD both come out of Berkeley. We don't consider this to be coincidence. How many drug counselors does it take to change a light bulb? Just one, but the light bulb has to really want to change. Thank you for not asking me not to smoke. Copyright İRonald W. Sitton, 2009. Revised 022606 - http://southerner.net/sitron/wis/wescp.html |