Alcohol is a very patient drug. It will wait for the alcoholic to pick it up one more time.

the Irish ... are full of the fear of the Lord and the joy of living, and they don't know how to combine the two, but they'll sure have a good time trying.

I can choose to accelerate my disease to an alcoholic death or incurable insanity, or I can choose to live within my thoroughly human condition.

Most people call me Mercy. I like it

A rich man can afford to be generous to many.

I cannot sustain hate for longer than a couple of years.

So many people have really wanted to die. They seem ashamed to say so. I think it would help if they would say so