Alcohol Quote by Jean Kennedy Smith

“In the first decade of the 20th century, drinking rates actually increased. The advertising of alcohol in the early 20th century was sophisticated and…

— Charles River Editors

I know my grandfather drank occasionally socially, what we call "taking a sip." And my father never touched the bottle. He condemned my grandfather…

— David C. Driskell

“Nearly 40% of iGen high school seniors in 2016 had never tried alcohol at all, and the number of 8th graders who have tried…

— Jean M. Twenge

“off that for a long time. I was an alcoholic before I was thirty. Perhaps before I was twenty, it depends on how you…

— Jo Nesbø

“The United States had one year to prepare for Prohibition from its ratification on January 16, 1919, and in those 12 months, many people,…

— Charles River Editors

“Years of alcohol can do that to a person, make him dead but not departed, make him indelible to those who have had the…

— Monique Truong

“Young people who begin drinking before age fifteen are four times more likely to develop alcoholism than those who begin drinking at twenty-one.”

— Joe Bruzzese

It says that alcoholism is a disease, and that it gets passed on from generation to generation. I've told my kids about that: "You've…

— Nikki Sixx

“alcohol consumption fell sharply at the beginning of Prohibition, to approximately 30 percent of its pre-Prohibition level,” and by the time of Repeal had…

— Daniel Okrent

It is the unbroken testimony of all history that alcoholic liquors have been used by the strongest, wisest, handsomest, and in every way best…

— George Saintsbury

When Prohibition was first enacted in 1920, most people stockpiled alcohol, thinking they'd have enough to last them for years. By 1923, that was…

— Terence Winter

My grandpa could go days, weeks, even months without a drink but if he took that first drink, he couldn't stop. Once, when I…

— Brian Lindstrom