(82 quotes found)
“I don't really buy any, but I have a lot of friends who do, so I go out sober and say I'm not gonna take any drugs and then I end up drunk and do it. And then wake up the next day and say I'm never doing that again.”
Damien Hirst
“So long as the two sides can have a sober head to face the overall situation and handle the existing problems with a pragmatic attitude, can they seek the opportunities and promote the positive and sound development of the bilateral relations. Otherwise, they will miss the chances or even make historical mistakes.”
Zheng Bijian
“People of the Gulf Coast deserve a sober assessment of what went right and what went wrong.”
Charlie Melancon
“Since we saw the first Sober worm back in October 2003, its author has tried to improve upon tried-and-tested tricks to dupe computer users into launching infected attachments. This latest worm purports to be a warning from CIA and FBI agents, accusing recipients of visiting illegal websites. Mocking the feds is a sure-fire way of goading the authorities, and you can't help but wonder whether the author is desperate to be caught.”
Carole Theriault
“Once I went to prison, I figured no one was ever going to hire me again, ... Being clean and sober has given me the opportunity to become someone who if I say I'm going to do something, I do it and just try to be a productive member of society.”
Gary Davis
“Those are very sobering numbers.”
Fuk Li
“I know she was being pulled over. She wasn't lying when I talked to her. She was stone-sober. She didn't drink. What really happened, we'll never know.”
Daniel Conley
“The survey findings are sobering, even if we adjust for the fact that public concerns may have been heightened following the London subway bombings. Even when possible attacks on trains or subways are excluded, more than 80 percent expected at least one more terrorist attack in their lifetime and 55 percent believe that at least one of each type of incident would occur.”
Tom Stinson
“The days of the rock star board member are over. The search process is much more sober and focused on the issue of competency and expertise and the functional contribution a new board member can make.”
George Davis
“[Gilberto Gil wears a sober suit and tie these days, and his dreadlocks are greying at the temples. But you soon remember that, as well as the serving culture minister of Brazil, you are in the presence of one of the biggest Latin American musicians of the 60s and 70s when you ask him about his intellectual influences and he cites Timothy Leary.] Oh, yeah! ... For example, all those guys at Silicon Valley - they're all coming basically from the psychedelic culture, you know? The brain-expanding processes of the crystal had a lot to do with the internet.”
Gilberto Gil
