(37 quotes found)
“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
“To be a teacher was to be a student anew, to relive the intoxication of insight, and to be a prophet, to sketch the world down to its very foundation — not simply to tease sight from blindness, but to demand that another see.”
R. Scott Bakker
“[Ken] Kesey practices what has come to be known as gonzo journalism. The reporter, often intoxicated, fails to get the story but delivers instead a stylishly bizarre account that mocks conventional journalism.”
R. Z. Sheppard
“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 belief may be too often mistaken, but the illusion of coming into direct contact with the past is intoxicating and persuasive, and can result in an interpretation that carries conviction. Sometimes confidence is all that's needed.”
Charles Rosen
“People are being arrested for being intoxicated in public to the extent that they might be a danger to themselves and others.”
Carolyn Beck
“There was something really uneasy about him. He was fumbling around. He looked intoxicated. He looked out of sorts.”
April Taylor
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