I drink to make other people more interesting.
“Intelligence is so damn rare and the people who have it often have such a bad time with it that they get bitter or propagandistic and then it's not much use.”
“Look at thingsand listenand feel.”
“Good writing is good conversation, only more so.”
“It is not the drinker, but the man who has just stopped drinking, who thinks the world is going to the dogs.”
“Scotch needs water like a fish needs a bicycle.”
“The water was not fit to drink. To make it palatable, we had to add whisky. By diligent effort, I learned to like it.”
“The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.”
“Politicians are not born; they are excreted.”
“One great thing about getting old is that you can get out of all sorts of social obligations just by saying you're too tired.”
