"I've Stopped Drinking, But Only While I'm Asleep"
George Best
May 22, 1946 - November 25, 2005
My second favorite Best quote:
"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered."
posted by brainmarket @ 3:53 PM
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
George Best
May 22, 1946 - November 25, 2005
My second favorite Best quote:
"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered."
4 Comments:
That's good stuff. I'm going to add them to my storehouse of drinking quotes (which I frequently use at cocktail parties without proper citation). Here are some for you in return:
The only time I ever said no to a drink was when I misunderstood the question. - Will Sinclair
When I was younger I made it a rule never to take a strong drink before lunch. It is now my rule never to do so before breakfast. - Winston Churchill
I never have more than one drink before dinner, but I do like that one to be large and very strong and very well made. - James Bond (aka Ian Flemming)
Martinis should always be stirred and not shaken so that the molecules lie sensuously on top of one another. - W. Somerset Maugham
That last one is good enough to justify Maugham as a novelist without any reference to the novels themselves.
Cheers!
P.S. As to your previous post about the problem about confidentiality, what you are finding for yourself as a writer is of the utmost importance. I don't really have the space here to go off on this, but I struggle under similar circumstances in a very different setting. Don't lose your courage, even if you have to rephrase it. I am convinced that the future depends on people right now who don't lose their nerve in an increasingly regulated environment.
One more:
The problem with the world is that everybody in it is three drinks behind.
That one is completely off the top of my head. I think it's Johnny Carson, and I'm not positive it's accurate as I've written it. But it's a thing of beauty regardless, if I do say so myself.
also by churchill, in response to somebody (lady astor i believe) accusing him of being drunk:
"And you are ugly, ma'am. But I shall be sober in the morning."
I thought you said you just had one drink?
I had just one all night, you never asked how many times I filled it.
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