Quotes tagged ‘Alcoholism’

“ESPN Announcer: So Roy, where have you been for the last fifteen years? Roy: Well, I uh, well, ya see, I uh...drinking. Lot a drinking. ESPN Announcer: I see. Well, are you still drinking? Roy: No. I uh...I put...uh...why, you buying?”

— Barry Fanaro, Mort Nathan, Roy Munson, Woody Harrelson, imdb.com

“I was in such need to become somebody. I grew up in this little town in Austria, and it was after the Second World War. It was miserable. There was starvation. People were angry because they just lost the war. And there was frustration, alcoholism, all of those things. It was a tough life. And so I…”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger, amazon.com

“No-one wants to admit there's a problem because then they don't get to have crazy nights out with Fun Drunk Martin. He's one of those men who is explosively sexually inappropriate with everyone, but makes you feel bad if you take offense because he was 'just being fun.'”

— Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, imdb.com

“There’s only one tense in which I can talk about new starts, and it is the past perfect: I stopped drinking when I accepted that I would never be able to stop drinking.”

— Grace Lavery, gay.medium.com

“The only disease that can survive in our bloodstreams is alcoholism.”

— Callie Khouri, Caro Eliza Bennett, Maggie Smith, imdb.com

“If I have just one sip of wine, by the end of the evening I'll be, like, rimming waiters for their tips, just to get me hands on a rock. You know what I mean?”

— Jason Segel, Aldous Snow, Russell Brand, imdb.com

“Don’t make me drink alone. Don’t make me drink alone!”

— Scotty Landes, Sue Ann, Octavia Spencer, imdb.com

“[staring at the drink in his hand] Here's to five miserable months on the wagon, and all the irreparable harm it has caused me.”

— Stanley Kubrick, Diane Johnson, Jack Torrance, Jack Nicholson, imdb.com

“May I say, Dan, having resumed drinking alcohol, I cannot for the life of me remember why I ever gave it up.”

— Malcolm MacRury, A.W. Merrick, Jeffrey Jones, imdb.com

“You don't have the luxury of a couple of beers every now and then... because if you're anything like me, pretty quickly that couple of beers can become a six-pack, and then that six-pack is all you think about. It happened to my dad, it happened to me, and I'm going to do everything in my power to m…”

— Lizzy Weiss, Regina Vasquez, Constance Marie, imdb.com

“Nobody ever thought of telling Frey she might be killing herself.”

— Dave McKenna, deadspin.com

“I am so pleased I gave up drinking. At one point, I never ever imagined going a day. I was a raging alcoholic. When I used to drink booze, I’d buy a Ferrari or whatever, and Sharon would always be getting rid of them so I didn’t do anything stupid when I was drunk.”

— Ozzy Osbourne, theguardian.com

“Stan: Dad, you like to drink. So have a drink once in a while. Have two. If you devote your whole life to completely avoiding something you like, then that thing still controls your life and you've never learned any discipline at all. Randy: But, maybe...I'm just the kind of person who needs to have…”

— Erica Rivinoja, Trey Parker, Stan Marsh, Trey Parker, imdb.com

“I don't drink any more. Of course, I don't drink any less, either!”

— Danny Arnold, Rex Barker, Jack Warden, imdb.com

“OK, Rule number 1: Unless you're served in a frosted glass, never come within four feet of my lips.”

— Alex Herschlag, Karen Walker, Megan Mullally, imdb.com

“Honey, my catchphrase is: 24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case, you figure it out.”

— David Kohan, Karen Walker, Megan Mullally, imdb.com

“I've got drinks piling up on my desk and a stack of pills I have even opened yet!”

— Sonja Warfield, Karen Walker, Megan Mullally, imdb.com

“Oh my God, how can you drink straight orange juice first thing in the morning?”

— Alex Herschlag, Karen Walker, Megan Mullally, imdb.com

“You say potato, I say vodka.”

— Jon Kinnally, Tracy Poust, Karen Walker, Megan Mullally, imdb.com

“Potter: I gather you drink. Hawkeye: Only to excess.”

— Larry Gelbart, James Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum, Hawkeye Pierce, Alan Alda, imdb.com