“Those who have been once intoxicated with power, and have derived any kind of emolument from it, even though but for one year, never can willingly abandon it. They may be distressed in the midst of all their power; but they will never look to anything but power for their relief.”
Edmund Burke
“I kind of like things slightly out of tune. It makes me feel... intoxicated almost... but in a good way. Like I'm at a carnival in a dream. Not sure that makes sense, but I do have pretty good pitch recognition. I see colors for different key signatures, notes, etc.”
Christine Anderson
“The intoxication of power rapidly sobers off in the knowledge of its restrictions and under the prompt reminder of an ever-present and not always considerate press, as well as the kindly suggestions that not infrequently come from Congress”
William Howard Taft
“Public intoxication will get you arrested, but private intoxication makes you an alcoholic.”
Amber Nicole Limbaugh
“The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication.”
Aristotle
“Not wine... men intoxicate themselves; Not vice... men entice themselves.”
William Shakespeare
“The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up.”
Cyril Connolly
