Now and then I become conscious of having the reputation of being one of the great drinkers, if not one of the great drunks, of our time.

Self criticism must be my guide to action, and the first rule for its employment is that in itself it is not a virtue, only a procedure.

I'll pour you the first one and after that, if you don't have one, it's your own f****** fault. You know where it is.

It is natural and harmless in English to use a preposition to end a sentence with.

One of the great benefits of organised religion is that you can be forgiven your sins, which must be a wonderful thing. I mean, I carry my sins around with me, there's nobody there to forgive them.

Doing what you wanted to do was the only training, and the only preliminary, needed for doing more of what you wanted to do.

If you are using an adverb, you have got the verb wrong.