Alcohol Quote by William Shakespeare

Drink, sir, is a great provoker of three things . . . nose-painting, sleep, and urine. Lechery, sir, it provokes, and unprovokes; it provokes…

— William Shakespeare

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

Strong drink stupefies a man and makes it possible for him to forget; it gives him an artificial cheeriness, an artificial excitement; and the…

— Alexander Herzen

Strong drink stupefies a man and makes it possible for him to forget; it gives him an artificial cheeriness, an artificial excitement; and the…

— Alexander Herzen

There is not a little generalship and stratagem required in the managing and marshalling of our pleasures, so that each shall not mutually encroach…

— Charles Caleb Colton

it provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance

— William Shakespeare

“We've been told that with regard to seduction, "candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker," but in truth, rather, properly selected: "candy makes randy;…

— Rick Doblin

It should stimulate the mind as well as the appetite. The well made cocktail is one of the most gracious of drinks. It pleases…

— David A. Embury

It is not true that drink changes a man's character. It may reveal it more clearly.

— John Osborne

That nameless and infinitely delicate aroma of inexpressible tenderness and attentiveness which, in every refined and honorable attachment, is contemporary with the courtship, and…

— Herman Melville

The rapturuous, wild, and ineffable pleasure of drinking at somebody else's expense

— Leigh Hunt

“A proper drink at the right time—one mixed with care and skill and served in a true spirit of hospitality—is better than any other…

— David Wondrich