"If you want to talk about distributing substances that are lethal, . . . let's be serious. Tobacco is far ahead of anything else. Alcohol is second."
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"I was daily intoxicated, yet no man could call me intemperate."
"Am I self-righteous? Why not? It's not like I can count on you to be righteous for me."
"No time for drug addiction, no time for smoke or booze. Too strong for a shortened life span, I've got no time to lose."
"Christianity, alcohol the two great means of corruption."
"As for drugs, it annoys me that people think it`s the worst thing in the world compared with, say, not paying your taxes. If you don`t pay tax, you may be stealing from someone who needs an operation. As for me and drugs or alcohol: No thanks, I`m abstaining for a while."
"Alcohol is the cause of all my problems."
"Have you ever been experienced? Not necessarily stoned, but beautiful."
"Nothing to show but this brand new tattoo. But it's a real beauty, a Mexican cutie, how it got here I haven't a clue."
"I'd get very nervous and uncomfortable in social situations and the only way I could feel at all normal was, well, to drink my guts out."
"I'm a dumb-ass, and I poisoned myself for years. Now I understand things better."
"I was never a cokehead or anything like that. I always despised that drug. I thought it was a waste of time, pointless."
"Pretty much any drug you can name, I've done it."
"Whoever takes just plain ginger ale soon gets drowned out of the conversation."