Arrivals Quote by W. C. Fields

It is well to remember that there are five reasons for drinking: the arrival of a friend, one's present or future thirst, the excellence…

— Latin Proverb

There are two reasons for drinking: one is, when you are thirsty, to cure it; the other, when you are not thirsty, to prevent…

— Thomas Love Peacock

The chief reason for drinking is the desire to behave in a certain way, and to be able to blame it on alcohol.

— Mignon McLaughlin

To drink is to warm the heart; without dispelling reason, it gives reason to life.

— Jose Maria Peman

Drink is the feast of reason and the flow of soul.

— Alexander Pope

“If all be true that I do think, there are five reasons we should drink. Good friends, good times, or being dry, or lest…

— Thomas Jefferson

One key symptom of alcoholism is that the individual comes to need a drink for every mood-one to calm down, one to perk up,…

— Phyllis A. Balch

...maybe I've just read too many novels. In novels, alcoholics are always attractive and fuuny and charming and complex, like Sebastian Flyte or ABe…

— David Nicholls

The culture of drink endures because it offers so many rewards: confidence for the shy, clarity for the uncertain, solace to the wounded and…

— Pete Hamill

Thirst comes with drinking when the wine is good.

— Emile Augier

If on my theme I rightly think, There are five reasons why men drink, - Good wine, a friend, because I'm dry, Or lest…

— Omar Khayyam

There's only one reason why a character drinks: to seek confrontation. To fight for what they want in ways normally denied them.

— Michael Shurtleff