Wine Quotes · Page 188

Man being reasonable must get drunk; The best of life is but intoxication; Glory, the grape, love, gold - in these are…

— Lord Byron

Look not thou on beauty's charming; Sit thou still when kings are arming; Taste not when the wine-cup glistens; Speak not when…

— Walter Scott

Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And…

— Ben Jonson

Happiness is a fragile thing, and alcohol, as I know from the house I grew up in, is dangerous to it.

— Marian Engel

Mirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with zestful life unto God.

— Henry Ward Beecher

I had a hollow leg. I could drink everyone under the table and not get drunk. My capacity was terrifying.

— Elizabeth Taylor

But on the other hand, pot is the best recreational substance for teenagers, athletes, people who have naturally high adrenaline.

— Tommy Chong

What does drunkenness accomplish? It discloses secrets, it ratifies hopes, and urges even the unarmed to battle.

— Horace

I think hemp is one of the greatest plants that God put in the ground, and I don't think anybody has the…

— Willie Nelson

I have lived hard and ruined the essential innocence [sic] in myself that could make it that possible [sic], and the fact…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

I'm an outlaw, not a philosopher, but I know this much: there's meaning in everything, all things are connected, and a good…

— Tom Robbins

I was just staying home and getting stoned and drinking. It was a pretty rough period. I think that's kind of the…

— Lydia Loveless

“That summer I also discovered the first alcoholic drink I actually liked the taste of, a drink that was very hip and…

— Lauren Graham

“We do not want to believe that we cannot control alcohol and that alcohol is, in truth, controlling and dictating our lives.…

— Liz Hemingway

I too searched far and wide for the cure to addiction, but my medical and psychiatric background did not lead me to…

— Abraham J. Twerski

I started running around my 30th birthday. I wanted to lose weight; I didn't anticipate the serenity. Being in motion, suddenly my…

— Michael Weatherly

My favorite drink is a Coke and vodka - very simple. Or a red wine, if Im being more chill.

— Kenya Kinski-Jones

I dont drink so that Im more fun to be around. I drink so that youre more fun to be around!..

— Anonymous

My voice? Yeah, well, I used to drink a lot of beer when I was a kid and I sounded like a…

— Eric Burdon

“They talk on about death, about boredom, they drink wine, they laugh, they have a good time, they are happy.”

— Milan Kundera

“There are two things you should never do alone: one is get divorced, the other is drink.”

— Cheryl Nielsen

“The doctor lifted the bottle. “Thank you,” said Felix. “I never drink spirits.” “You will,” said the doctor.”

— Djuna Barnes

I like this world. I like drinking champagne. I like not smoking. I like Dutch people speaking Dutch.

— John Green

“Unmatch'd at the bottle, unconquer'd in war, He drank his poor god-ship as deep as the sea; No tide of the Baltic…

— Robert Burns

“There's a reason people get drunk after funerals, and I suddenly know what it is: the flip side of sadness is a…

— Hilary T. Smith

I can take pot or leave it. I got busted in Japan for it. I was nine days without it and there…

— Paul McCartney

He is not drunk, who from the floor, Can rise again and drink some more; But he is drunk who prostrate lies,…

— Omar Khayyam

Drinking alcohol will reduce your pain or not, I can not sure! But of course will lower your honor

— Mak_786

You can't rush good wine. It has to sit. And when you finally drink it, it's the bomb. It's worth the wait.

— Leslie Jones

“You’ve taken so many drugs that you couldn’t legally operate a pair of safety scissors.”

— S.M. Reine

People who smoke cigarettes, they say "You don't know how hard it is to quit smoking." Yes I do. It's as hard…

— Mitch Hedberg

I think the only remotely interesting drug was acid. I had a slightly peculiar attitude towards it I think. Just about everything…

— Jonathan Meades

To a drinker the sensation is real and pure and akin to something spiritual: you seek; in the bottle, you find.

— Caroline Knapp

Being a functioning alcoholic is kind of like being a paraplegic lap dancer - you can do it, just not as well…

— Robin Williams

He's so full of alcohol, if you put a lighted wick in his mouth he'd burn for three days.

— Groucho Marx

I can't stand when people use drugs as an escape. It's like, everybody suffers. Deal with your issues, you'll feel so much…

— Alyson Hannigan

People should stop choosing their partners whilst they are drunk, on the grounds they must sober up at some point.

— Steve Fowler

“We drank our whiskeys. It was the good stuff and it tasted of salt, sea, rain, wind and the Old Testament.”

— Adrian McKinty

This is the way I look when I'm sober. That's enough to make a person drink, wouldn't you say?

— James Pinckney Miller

I prefer old books and find them more relevant. I dislike new books. It's like drinking wine that's not ready.

— Jonathan Lethem