If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don't even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind ~ Charles Bukowski

For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled ~ Hunter S. Thompson

Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made ~ Franz Kafka

Work is the curse of the drinking classes ~ Oscar Wilde

The first draft of anything is shit ~ Ernest Hemingway

It is better to die of drink than to die of thirst ~ John Fante

The culture of drink endures because it offers so many rewards: confidence for the shy, clarity for the uncertain, solace to the wounded and lonely, and above all, the elusive promises of friendship and love. ~ Pete Hamill

If your kid needs a role model and you ain't it, you're both fucked ~ George Carlin

The more I know about people, the better I like my dog ~ Mark Twain

If you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you ~ Friedrich Nietzsche