Poll: Raise Your Glass
December 5th is Repeal Day in the US. It celebrates the repeal of the 18th Amendment, which had outlawed the use of alcoholic products. While "speakeasies" - illegal bars serving alcohol brought in from Canada - popped up all over the place, leading to rampant crime. Now the masses could again enjoy "a cold one" any time any where. Which of these quotes best mirrors your relationship with alcohol? Discuss the list here
Vote:
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Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn in The African Queen (1951)
"A man takes a drop too much once in a while, it's only human nature." - Charlie Allnut, The African Queen -
Michael J. Fox and Lea Thompson in Back to the Future (1985)
"Don't be such a square. Everybody who's anybody drinks." - Lorraine Baines, Back to the Future -
Alice Krige and Mickey Rourke in Barfly (1987)
"Anybody can be a non-drunk. It takes a special talent to be a drunk. It takes endurance. Endurance is more important than truth." - Henry Chinaski, Barfly -
Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick in Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
"The world looks so dirty to me when I'm not drinking." - Kirsten Arnesen, Days of Wine and Roses -
Krysten Ritter in Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 (2012)
"You know what's fun? Alcohol." - Chloe, Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 -
Justin Chambers and Ellen Pompeo in Grey's Anatomy (2005)
"When your life is sucky you get drunk and sleep with inappropriate men. It's your thing." - Dr. Alex Karev, Grey's Anatomy -
Omar Epps and Olivia Wilde in House (2004)
"Being drunk doesn't change who you are. It just reveals it." - Dr. Remy "Thirteen" Hadley, House -
Mike Myers and Michael Fassbender in Inglourious Basterds (2009)
"There's a special rung in hell reserved for people who waste good scotch." - Lt. Archie Hicox, Inglourious Basterds -
"The Lost Weekend" Ray Milland, Howard Da Sylva 1945 Paramount / MPTV
"One drink's too many, and a hundred's not enough." - Nat, The Lost Weekend -
Alison Pill in Midnight in Paris (2011)
"I realize that I'll never write a great lyric and that my talent really lies in drinking." - Zelda Fitzgerald, Midnight in Paris -
Jake Johnson in New Girl (2011)
"You treat an outside wound with rubbing alcohol, and an inside wound with drinking alcohol. It's science." - Nick Miller, New Girl -
Eliza Taylor and Eli Goree in The 100 (2014)
"Alcohol is toxic." - Wells Jaha, The 100 -
Rashida Jones and Nick Offerman in Parks and Recreation (2009)
"Clear alcohols are for rich women on diets." - Ron Swanson, Parks and Recreation -
Johnny Depp and Keira Knightley in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
"[It] is a vile drink that turns even the most respectable men into complete scoundrels." - Elizabeth Swann, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl -
Hugh Jackman in The Prestige (2006)
"You would drink, too, if you knew the world half as well as I do." - Gerald Root, The Prestige -
Jack Nicholson in The Shining (1980)
"God, I'd give anything for a drink... I'd give my god-damned soul for just a glass of beer!" - Jack Torrance, The Shining -
The Simpsons (1989)
"To alcohol! The cause of... and solution to... all of life's problems." - Homer Simpson, The Simpsons -
"Some Like It Hot" 1959
"I don't want you to think I'm a drinker. I can stop if I want to, only I don't want to." - Sugar Kane Kowalczyk, Some Like It Hot -
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Edward Norton, and Barry Pepper in 25th Hour (2002)
"Champagne for my real friends and real pain for my sham friends." - Monty Brogan (after Francis Bacon). 25th Hour -
Sean Hayes and Megan Mullally in Will & Grace (1998)
"Honey, I'd suck the alcohol out of a deodorant stick." - Karen Walker, Will & Grace -
Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill in The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
"I am not gonna die sober!" - Jordan Belfort, The Wolf of Wall Street