Drinking Quotes · Page 47

I made the greater progress, from that clearness of head and quicker apprehension which generally attend temperance in eating and drinking.

— Benjamin Franklin

“I drink much less than most people think, and I think much more than most people would believe.”

— Hunter S Thompson

There are more old drunkards than old physicians. [Fr., Il y a plus de vieux ivrongnes qu'il y a de vieux medecins.]

— Francois Rabelais

It's quite true I'm not drinking anymore; however, I'm not drinking any less either.

— W. C. Fields

nobody ever stops drinking until the cost of drinking becomes higher than the cost of not drinking.

— Isabelle Holland

“Indeed, these are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only nine o’clock in the morning.”

— Acts 2:15

breathing, sleeping, drinking, eating, working, dreaming, everything we do is dying. to live, in fact, is to die.

— Guy de Maupassant

When a man who is drinking neat gin starts talking about his mother he is past all argument.

— Anonymous

Drunkards are doomed to hell, so men declare, Believe it not, 'tis but a foolish scare; Heaven will be empty as this…

— Omar Khayyam

The Country Music Awards were held Wednesday night at Universal City. The best country songs are always about drinking and guns and…

— Argus Hamilton

I guess we all had that work ethic. None of us were rock stars, so if you had time in a studio,…

— David Toop

I'm that person in the bar who's like 'Can they turn the music down ? I would like to chat.' I don't…

— Domhnall Gleeson

It is most absurdly said, in popular language, of any man, that he is disguised in liquor; for, on the contrary, most…

— Thomas de Quincey

In more than 20 years of opening beers with guys, I have NEVER seen the Swedish Bikini Team show up. Almost always,…

— Dave Barry

If you can't do something willingly and joyfully, then don't do it. If you give up drinking, don't go moaning about it;…

— Peter O'Toole

People ask me: "Why do you write about food, and eating, and drinking? Why don't you write about the struggle for power…

— M. F. K. Fisher

Do not use intoxicants of any sort. We who should be serving the world should not ruin our health by smoking and…

— Mata Amritanandamayi

I train twice a day and I make sure I eat right. I'm an avid tea drinker and I enjoy the benefits…

— Miesha Tate

When I was home, traditionally since I was young, I'd write in cafés. That was the romantic notion in 1963. Café atmospheres…

— Patti Smith

I once heard a sober alcoholic say that drinking never made him happy, but it made him feel like he was going…

— Heather King

“All round there was a rising tide of beer, widow Désir's barrels had all been broached, beer had rounded all paunches and…

— Émile Zola

My friend I wish health to you, I also wish wealth to you; I wish the best that life can give to…

— Willie Jolley

I drink out of desperation. Life is too dreary to endure. The misery, loneliness, crampedness - they're heartbreaking.[...] What feelings do you…

— Osamu Dazai

Drinking is an emotional thing. It joggles you out of the standardism of everyday life, out of everything being the same. It…

— Charles Bukowski

I had to stop drinking alcohol, because I used to wake up nude in front of my car with my keys in…

— Robin Williams

Drinking is an emotional thing. It joggles you out of the standardism of everyday life, out of everything being the same.

— Charles Bukowski

It's almost hump day which is close to Thursday which is close to Friday so it's okay for me to drink today...as…

— Anonymous

The heaviest object in the world is the body of the woman you have ceased to love.

— Luc de Clapiers

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house unless they have a well-stocked bar.

— W. C. Fields

If you ever reach total enlightenment while drinking beer, I bet it makes beer shoot out your nose.

— Jack Handey

Falling in love is like getting drunk. You wake up with a horrible hangover, swearing that you'll never drink again.

— Anonymous

Nothing is more American than stuffing your face with loaded potato skins while drinking loaded mudslides.

— Chelsea Handler

“Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. [misquote of a letter about wine, see quotes/831031]”

— Benjamin Franklin

I know a good woman who thinks that her son lost his life because he took to drinking water only.

— Henry David Thoreau

Drinking good wine with good food in good company is one of life's most civilized pleasures.

— Michael Broadbent

Im trippin on that gin and j. I'm trippin on that cognac I aint trippin on that whiskey all day long I'm…

— Dopeboy

Have you ever head this theory about drinking yourself sober?' Eddie asked. 'It's a very popular theory. Amongst drunks, anyway.

— Robert Rankin

Summer Drinking Rule number 2: There are no bad beers. Some beers are just better than others.

— Anonymous

Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.

— Dorothy Parker

“If your drinking water the glass is always half full. If your drinking alcohol the glass is always half empty.”

— Robert M. Roberts