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title: "19 Start Drinking Quotes by 19 authors"
description: "Browse 19 Start Drinking quotes by 19 authors. Discover the best Start Drinking sayings and thoughts."
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> [If you don't start drinking, I'm gonna leave.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-thorogood/if-you-don-t-start-drinking-i-m-gonna-leave/)

[George Thorogood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-thorogood/)

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> [After a theatre run, it took me a long time to start drinking again during the day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/after-a-theatre-run-it-took-me-a-long-time-to-start-drinking-again/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I try to start drinking water as soon as my feet hit the floor in the morning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-andrews/i-try-to-start-drinking-water-as-soon-as-my-feet-hit-the-floor-in-the/)

[Mary Kay Andrews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-andrews/)

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> [Don't start drinking before the fifth song.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-wogan/don-t-start-drinking-before-the-fifth-song/)

[Terry Wogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-wogan/)

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> [My advice to you... is to start drinking heavily.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-belushi/my-advice-to-you-is-to-start-drinking-heavily/)

[John Belushi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-belushi/)

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> [When you start drinking, everything goes out of the window. You don't care about anything. You don't even care about yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-merson/when-you-start-drinking-everything-goes-out-of-the-window-you-don-t/)

[Paul Merson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-merson/)

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> [You might be a redneck if you're a lite beer drinker, because you start drinking when it gets light.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-foxworthy/you-might-be-a-redneck-if-you-re-a-lite-beer-drinker-because-you/)

[Jeff Foxworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-foxworthy/)

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> [Start drinking vodka instead of beer, and try to get a six-pack as early as possible and you'll be a much more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-pattinson/start-drinking-vodka-instead-of-beer-and-try-to-get-a-six-pack-as/)

[Robert Pattinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-pattinson/)

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> [Once you start drinking a little of meditativeness, a little of love, you start growing wings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/once-you-start-drinking-a-little-of-meditativeness-a-little-of-love/)

[Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/)

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> [“You're going to start drinking already?" said Nim, her tear-stained face bleak. "No," said Theo. "I'm going to \*continue\* drinking.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-bardugo/you-re-going-to-start-drinking-already-said-nim-her-tear-stained-face/)

[Leigh Bardugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-bardugo/)

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> [As you get a little older and start drinking a bit more coffee, you start talking about big-boy things a little more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/synyster-gates/as-you-get-a-little-older-and-start-drinking-a-bit-more-coffee-you/)

[Synyster Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/synyster-gates/)

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> [I'll start drinking tea over coffee when the big hand is on Never and the little hand is on Ain't Gonna Happen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lileks/i-ll-start-drinking-tea-over-coffee-when-the-big-hand-is-on-never-and/)

[James Lileks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lileks/)

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> [I would start drinking something terrible if I were in a situation where I was surrounded by lies or quiet or secrets.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angelina-jolie/i-would-start-drinking-something-terrible-if-i-were-in-a-situation/)

[Angelina Jolie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angelina-jolie/)

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> [Frankly, alcohol leads to a lot of other things when you start drinking at 12-years old. It is a big problem that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zach-wamp/frankly-alcohol-leads-to-a-lot-of-other-things-when-you-start/)

[Zach Wamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zach-wamp/)

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> [I should just put it bluntly, because we're all sort of friends here now - it's exceedingly likely that my greatest success…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/i-should-just-put-it-bluntly-because-we-re-all-sort-of-friends-here/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [I have a very powerful form of alcoholism. I finally gave up and accepted the fact that if I even smell too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-rzeznik/i-have-a-very-powerful-form-of-alcoholism-i-finally-gave-up-and/)

[John Rzeznik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-rzeznik/)

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> [I like to think I'm a night person, because that's my job, but now I'm a father of three. I'm trying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-matthews/i-like-to-think-i-m-a-night-person-because-that-s-my-job-but-now-i-m/)

[Dave Matthews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-matthews/)

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> [“Isn’t eight thirty in the morning a little early to start drinking?” “Look,” she snarled, pointing the utensil his way. “In less…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terri-osburn/isn-t-eight-thirty-in-the-morning-a-little-early-to-start-drinking/)

[Terri Osburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terri-osburn/)

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> [I took it upon myself to give it everything to become a professional footballer and then, when I made it, I didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darren-fletcher/i-took-it-upon-myself-to-give-it-everything-to-become-a-professional/)

[Darren Fletcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darren-fletcher/)

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