“The worst disease which can afflict executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism; it's egotism.” PoliticsBusinessWorstDiseaseDrinkingAlcoholExecutivesAlcoholismEgotismIcy Author:Robert Frost
“A lot of people that are in the disease of drinking and using can be caught up on the denial aspect of it. I don't have a problem with that. I am very sensitive. I can just feel when things are getting out of control and I go, 'Oh, you have to deal with this. Because you can die.' I've always sort of had that.” PeopleFeelsI CanProblemDiesDealsDiseaseAspectDrinkingCaughtDenialSensitiveCaught Up Author:Bobby Lee
“The third class of evils comprise those which everyone causes to himself by his own action. This is the largest class, and is far more numerous than the second class. It is especially of these evils that all men complain, - only few men are found that do not sin against themselves by this kind of evil. ...This class of evil originates in man's vices, such as excessive desire for eating, drinking, and love; indulgence in these things in undue measure, or in improper manner, or partaking of bad food. This course brings diseases and afflictions upon the body and soul alike.” MenKindSoulBodyActionDesireCoursesEvilFoundCausesSinClassDiseaseEatingAnd LoveThirdsDrinkingVicesComplainingAfflictionIndulgenceBad Food Author:Maimonides
“It seems The Journal of Neurology reports that the longer you smoke, the less likely you are to develop Parkinson's disease. So what are they telling us? Follow me guys. Remember, a couple of months ago, doctors said drinking a glass of alcohol every day was good for your heart. Smoking prevents Parkinson's disease. Marijuana is good for glaucoma. Sex is good for your prostate. You know, screw health care. Let's party!” KnowsHeartSaidSeemsCareRememberGuySexPartyMonthsCoupleDiseaseDoctorsDrinkingGlassesAlcoholSmokeHealth CareSmokingReportsMarijuanaJournalScrewsFollow MeNeurologyParkinsonParkinson'sProstateGlaucoma Author:Jay Leno
“There are scarcities in drinking water when you pollute the groundwater with nitrates. There is a scarcity in diversity when you create huge cornfields with the same strain of corn so that when one disease strikes - which happened in the United States in the 70s - all the cornfields in the country are wiped out. That was the first time the U.S. realized the value of diversity in agriculture and began to discuss genetic resources and their conservation.” FirstsCountryStatesValuesWaterUnitedUnited StatesHappenedHugeDiseaseDiversityResourcesFirst TimeDrinkingStrikesAgricultureConservationStrainCornScarcityDrinking WaterGroundwater Author:Vandana Shiva
“In time of war, soldiers, however sensible, care a great deal more on some occasions about slaking their thirst than about the danger of enteric fever. Better known as typhoid, the disease is often spread by drinking contaminated water.” WarCareWaterDealsKnownDangerDiseaseDrinkingSoldierSpreadOccasionsSensibleThirstFeverSoldiers At WarTyphoid Author:Winston Churchill
“Gardening is a kind of disease. It infects you, you cannot escape it. When you go visiting, your eyes rove about the garden; you interrupt the serious cocktail drinking because of an irresistible impulse to get up and pull a weed.” KindEyeSeriousDiseaseGardenDrinkingGet UpImpulseWeedGardeningGardenerIrresistibleVisitingCocktails Author:Lewis Gannett
“Alcoholism is the only disease that you can get yelled at for having.” DiseaseDrinkingAlcoholAlcoholismFunny DrinkingFunny Alcohol Author:Mitch Hedberg
“When we hang on to resentments, we poison ourselves. As compulsive overeaters, we cannot afford resentment, since it exacerbates our disease.” DiseaseDrinkingPoisonResentmentDrinking Poison Author:Elizabeth I