Scottish Drinking Quotes & Sayings

the wise man regards the reason for all his actions, but not the results. — Seneca.

Love brought me that far by the hand, without The slightest doubt or irony, dry-eyed And knowledgeable, contrary as be damned; Then just kept standing there, not letting go. — Seamus Heaney

I make the road. I draw the map. Nothing just happens to me ... I'm the one happening. — Denis Johnson

The wonder is not that some married people are less happy than they hoped to be, but that any married people, out of the honeymoon, or even in it, are ever happy at all. — Dinah Maria Murlock Craik

Give me release.
I'm tired of this world of appearances. Pigs that only look fat. Families that look happy.
Give me deliverance.
From what only looks like generosity. What only looks like love.
Flash. — Chuck Palahniuk

We humans are naturally disposed to worship gods and heroes, to build our pantheons and valhallas. I would rather see that impulse directed into the adoration of daft singers, thicko footballers and air-headed screen actors than into the veneration of dogmatic zealots, fanatical preachers, militant politicians and rabid cultural commentators. — Stephen Fry

I grew up with a lot of spirituality. It wasn't necessarily organized religion, because my mom was Jewish and my dad was Muslim. I went to Catholic school. There was a lot of conversation about comparative religions. — Patricia Arquette

I don't want to be an actor or nothing but if I have to, I'll act if it's the right thing. — Obie Trice

The stars were out in full, the crickets a little quieter. He had enjoyed talking to Allie and wondered what she'd thought about his life, hoping it would somehow make a difference, if it could. — Nicholas Sparks

I always admire writers. My father was a writer, a poet. I always admire people who can clearly state their mind. — Ai Weiwei

I often wondered whether any of the others grasped that I had done it solely to avoid looking a fool. — George Orwell

I never expect men to give us liberty. No, women, we are not worth it until we take it. — Voltairine De Cleyre

Folly is the only soup cooked by a multitude of counselors. — Ray Anyasi

You speak of my drinking, yet you don't know my thirst — Scottish Proverb