--- title: "Drinking Words and Sayings" description: "Browse 2,711 Drinking quotes by 1,790 authors. Discover the best Drinking sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51b/william-proxmire-37530_danger_the-biggest-danger-for-a-politician-is-t_1930724.png" --- > [The biggest danger for a politician is to shake hands with a man who is physically stronger, has been drinking, and is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-proxmire/the-biggest-danger-for-a-politician-is-to-shake-hands-with-a-man-who/) [William Proxmire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-proxmire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51b/william-proxmire-37530_danger_the-biggest-danger-for-a-politician-is-t_1930724.png) > [There's something in the rhythm and roll of it that is connected to the way Hitchcock thinks and moves. Then there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toby-jones/there-s-something-in-the-rhythm-and-roll-of-it-that-is-connected-to/) [Toby Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toby-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4b/toby-jones-11094_cigar_there-s-something-in-the-rhythm-and-roll_2483710.jpg) > [It is critical that parents and other trusted adults initiate conversations with kids about underage drinking well in advance of the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xavier-becerra/it-is-critical-that-parents-and-other-trusted-adults-initiate/) [Xavier Becerra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xavier-becerra/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e70/xavier-becerra-25040_adults_it-is-critical-that-parents-and-other-tr_1520077.jpg) > [“Drinking is such a necessity to human life that people cannot fathom an individual who, like a child confined to a church…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/criss-jami/drinking-is-such-a-necessity-to-human-life-that-people-cannot-fathom/) [Criss Jami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/criss-jami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28b/criss-jami-320_addiction_drinking-is-such-a-necessity-to-human-li_1838899.jpg) > [Thanks be to God. Since my leaving the drinking of wine, I do find myself much better, and do mind my business…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-pepys/thanks-be-to-god-since-my-leaving-the-drinking-of-wine-i-do-find/) [Samuel Pepys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-pepys/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1a/samuel-pepys-13758_business_thanks-be-to-god-since-my-leaving-the-dr_1065994.jpg) > [My parents always knew I was hopeless at everything else, I was fortunate in that I was backed all the way. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-eccleston/my-parents-always-knew-i-was-hopeless-at-everything-else-i-was/) [Christopher Eccleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-eccleston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d7/christopher-eccleston-15357_drinking_my-parents-always-knew-i-was-hopeless-at_2874993.jpg) > [He leaned over and kissed me. A long, deep kiss filled with promise and passion. I loved the way he kissed me.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeaniene-frost/he-leaned-over-and-kissed-me-a-long-deep-kiss-filled-with-promise-and/) [Jeaniene Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeaniene-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd7/jeaniene-frost-335_coming-back_he-leaned-over-and-kissed-me-a-long-deep_1938195.png) > [You'd give up drinking to go see your dad?" "Well, not permanently," he said. "That'd be ridiculous. But maybe I could switch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richelle-mead/you-d-give-up-drinking-to-go-see-your-dad-well-not-permanently-he/) [Richelle Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richelle-mead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40e/richelle-mead-46_cheaper_you-d-give-up-drinking-to-go-see-your-da_542003.jpg) > [Additional federal studies are under way to see if any contamination reaches taps or ground water used for drinking, but the program…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-revkin/additional-federal-studies-are-under-way-to-see-if-any-contamination/) [Andrew Revkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-revkin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/459/andrew-revkin-34684_administration_additional-federal-studies-are-under-way_1325779.jpg) > [Sipping a cup of tea, going for a morning walk, doing your work - all these small activities make up your living.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/sipping-a-cup-of-tea-going-for-a-morning-walk-doing-your-work-all/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2af/rajneesh-54_activity_sipping-a-cup-of-tea-going-for-a-morning_1634107.jpg) > [There is a brotherliness about a drinking person, which is coldly lacking in the straight and narrow enemies of drink; the difference…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caitlin-thomas/there-is-a-brotherliness-about-a-drinking-person-which-is-coldly/) [Caitlin Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caitlin-thomas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6f/caitlin-thomas-17205_belief_there-is-a-brotherliness-about-a-drinkin_948269.png) > [It doesn't matter how many drugs I take, I'm not fulfilled. This isn't satisfying. There's a spiritual hunger going on. Everybody feels…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-cooper/it-doesn-t-matter-how-many-drugs-i-take-i-m-not-fulfilled-this-isn-t/) [Alice Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-cooper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d73/alice-cooper-2435_beer_it-doesn-t-matter-how-many-drugs-i-take_2507630.png) > [Other countries drink to get drunk, and this is accepted by everyone; in France, drunkenness is a consequence, never an intention. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roland-barthes/other-countries-drink-to-get-drunk-and-this-is-accepted-by-everyone/) [Roland Barthes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roland-barthes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/007/roland-barthes-1062_accepted_other-countries-drink-to-get-drunk-and-t_2557041.png) > [Why are you drinking? demanded the little prince. "So that I may forget," replied the tippler. "Forget what?" inquired the little prince,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/why-are-you-drinking-demanded-the-little-prince-so-that-i-may-forget/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42a/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry-174_ashamed_why-are-you-drinking-demanded-the-little_2883458.jpg) > [This is my drink. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My drink is my best friend. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nurija-hamidovic/this-is-my-drink-there-are-many-like-it-but-this-one-is-mine-my-drink/) Nurija Hamidovic [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a9/nurija-hamidovic-162984_alcohol_this-is-my-drink-there-are-many-like-it_495631.jpg) > [I’m not good-looking. I used to be, but not anymore. Not like Robert Taylor. What I have got is I have character…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/humphrey-bogart/i-m-not-good-looking-i-used-to-be-but-not-anymore-not-like-robert/) [Humphrey Bogart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/humphrey-bogart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a2/humphrey-bogart-9675_awful_i-m-not-good-looking-i-used-to-be-but-no_1227631.jpg) > [I have a reputation for drinking a lot. Indeed, I drink quite much. However, I give it up when I wish to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mustafa-kemal-ataturk/i-have-a-reputation-for-drinking-a-lot-indeed-i-drink-quite-much/) [Mustafa Kemal Ataturk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mustafa-kemal-ataturk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20d/mustafa-kemal-ataturk-7557_drinking_i-have-a-reputation-for-drinking-a-lot-i_3112142.png) > [When you're thirty-five, you can't take as much booze ... and I always got a little violent on drink...So it was kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/when-you-re-thirty-five-you-can-t-take-as-much-booze-and-i-always-got/) [John Lennon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lennon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/john-lennon-322_believe_when-you-re-thirty-five-you-can-t-take-a_2309435.jpg) > [“There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions, who will do anything. Of course we make him pay afterward…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/there-is-something-awe-inspiring-in-one-who-has-lost-all-inhibitions/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66b/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_drinking_there-is-something-awe-inspiring-in-one_452108.jpg) > [I live in New Orleans, because it's the strangest city in the United States. It has the highest murder rate in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-rich/i-live-in-new-orleans-because-it-s-the-strangest-city-in-the-united/) [Nathaniel Rich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-rich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04b/nathaniel-rich-51063_because_i-live-in-new-orleans-because-it-s-the-s_1504050.jpg) > [I'm scared by the enormous amount of bottled water being consumed today, instead of people drinking filtered tap water. Did you know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-englund/i-m-scared-by-the-enormous-amount-of-bottled-water-being-consumed/) [Robert Englund](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-englund/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ec/robert-englund-2458_amount_i-m-scared-by-the-enormous-amount-of-bot_2016791.jpg) > [I'm just saying, tonight, if you're going through a breakup and you're drinking, don't call. Just don't do it. Don't call. Because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-behrendt/i-m-just-saying-tonight-if-you-re-going-through-a-breakup-and-you-re/) [Greg Behrendt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-behrendt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28e/greg-behrendt-2271_booze_i-m-just-saying-tonight-if-you-re-going_1028702.png) > [People are the only animals that drink the milk of the mother of another species. All other animals stop drinking milk altogether…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-klaper/people-are-the-only-animals-that-drink-the-milk-of-the-mother-of/) [Michael Klaper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-klaper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ae/michael-klaper-50514_animal_people-are-the-only-animals-that-drink-t_1986517.jpg) > [“It's impossible to be a good writer if you haven't lived badly. A past life of drinking heavily, fighting and whoring all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-scott/it-s-impossible-to-be-a-good-writer-if-you-haven-t-lived-badly-a-past/) [Ken Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-scott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a60/ken-scott-34558_drinking_it-s-impossible-to-be-a-good-writer-if-y_1846865.jpg) > [“Ivanov: Gentlemen, you've again set up a drinking shop in my study... I have asked each and every one of you a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anton-chekhov/ivanov-gentlemen-you-ve-again-set-up-a-drinking-shop-in-my-study-i/) [Anton Chekhov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anton-chekhov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6a/anton-chekhov-298_drinking_ivanov-gentlemen-you-ve-again-set-up-a-d_2498597.jpg) > [What does this patch-sewing mean you ask? Eating and drinking. The heavy cloak of the body is always getting torn. You patch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/what-does-this-patch-sewing-mean-you-ask-eating-and-drinking-the/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/615/rumi-56_asks_what-does-this-patch-sewing-mean-you-ask_1128927.jpg) > [Just take it a day at a time. If you think, "I'm never drinking again in my life," you're setting yourself up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-montgomery/just-take-it-a-day-at-a-time-if-you-think-i-m-never-drinking-again-in/) [Ryan Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-montgomery/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a38/ryan-montgomery-15724_consistency_just-take-it-a-day-at-a-time-if-you-thin_885254.jpg) > [Greek customs such as wine drinking were regarded as worthy of imitation by other cultures. So the ships that carried Greek wine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-standage/greek-customs-such-as-wine-drinking-were-regarded-as-worthy-of/) [Tom Standage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-standage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48f/tom-standage-21003_achievement_greek-customs-such-as-wine-drinking-were_2534508.png) > [I often joke with my audiences that I make most of my income on a ski pole. People smile but they get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-sharma/i-often-joke-with-my-audiences-that-i-make-most-of-my-income-on-a-ski/) [Robin Sharma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-sharma/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ff/robin-sharma-453_audience_i-often-joke-with-my-audiences-that-i-ma_497819.jpg) > [For both excessive and insufficient exercise destroy one's strength, and both eating and drinking too much or too little destroy health, whereas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/for-both-excessive-and-insufficient-exercise-destroy-one-s-strength/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cf/aristotle-78_clear_for-both-excessive-and-insufficient-exer_110359.png) > [If unable to abstain from drinking, a man may get drunk three times a month; if he does it more than three…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/genghis-khan/if-unable-to-abstain-from-drinking-a-man-may-get-drunk-three-times-a/) [Genghis Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/genghis-khan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46d/genghis-khan-13891_doe_if-unable-to-abstain-from-drinking-a-man_1892394.jpg) ## Top authors on Drinking - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-bukowski-22166.jpg) Charles Bukowski 26 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/drinking/charles-bukowski/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-w-c-fields-1625.jpg) W. 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