Tuesday, May 31, 2005

Wisdom

"Son, never trust a man who doesn't drink because he's probably a self-righteous sort, a man who thinks he knows right from wrong all the time. Some of them are good men, but in the name of goodness, they cause most of the suffering in the world. They're the judges, the meddlers. And, son, never trust a man who drinks but refuses to get drunk. They're usually afraid of something deep down inside, either that they're a coward or a fool or mean and violent. You can't trust a man who's afraid of himself. But sometimes, son, you can trust a man who occasionally kneels before a toilet. The chances are that he is learning something about humility and his natural human foolishness, about how to survive himself. It's damned hard for a man to take himself too seriously when he's heaving his guts into a dirty toilet bowl."
- James Crumley

Many of you have seen that before but I was screwing around on the net before taking off from work and I came across it.
After this weekend there's no way I can handle a martini night tonight but let's all have a few whiskeys OK?

3 Comments:

At 7:53 PM, Blogger Isabella said...

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At 7:53 PM, Blogger Isabella said...

it brought a tear to my eye.

its been a long time since i been'd drunk (over a month) but i think i will make this Friday (pay day tomorrow) a tribute to you and the wise men & women who've written things like this.

 
At 6:12 PM, Blogger Dirty Dan Sin said...

great quote...thanks!

 

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