Tomorrow never comes, man. It’s all the same fucking day.
—Janis Joplin, 1972
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We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament and embrace it with passion if we want to be happy.
—Cyril Connolly, 1944I used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to, too.
—Mitch Hedberg, 1999I’m president of the United States, and I’m not going to eat any more broccoli!
—George H. W. Bush, 1990For sooner will men hold fire in their mouths than keep a secret.
—Petronius, c. 60The only thing that really worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. And I knew we’d get into that rotten stuff pretty soon. Probably at the next gas station.
—Hunter S. Thompson, 1971A woman should never be seen eating or drinking unless it be lobster salad and champagne, the only truly feminine and becoming viands.
—Lord Byron, 1812Mother died today. Or maybe it was yesterday, I don’t know.
—Albert Camus, 1942And to our age’s drowsy blood / Still shouts the inspiring sea.
—James Russell Lowell, 1848Vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
—Ecclesiastes, c. 250 BCAlcohol is the monarch of liquids.
—Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, 1825Other nations use “force”; we Britons alone use “might.”
—Evelyn Waugh, 1938Men are generally more pleased with a widespread than with a great reputation.
—Pliny the Younger, c. 110