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

Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you fight with your neighbor.It makes you shoot at your landlord and it makes you…

— Irish Proverb

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

— Horace

Drink reacts on its practitioners in conflicting ways. One brave can knock off a quart of Scotch and look and act as sober as…

— Tallulah Bankhead

How to Drink Like a Gentleman: The Things to Do and the Things Not To, as Learned in 30 Years' Extensive Research.

— H. L. Mencken

Drunkenness is an immoderate affection and use of drink. That I call immoderation that is besides or beyond that order of good things for…

— Jeremy Taylor

Coffee leads men to trifle away their time, scald their chops, and spend their money, all for a little base, black, thick, nasty, bitter,…

— Anonymous

Drink promises you everything, but gives nothing.

— Nancy Astor

There are two things that will be believed of any man whatsoever, and one of them is that he has taken to drink

— Booth Tarkington

Please, Lord Maccon, use one of the cups. My delicate sensibilities.” The earl actually snorted. “My dear Miss Tarabotti, if you possessed any such…

— Gail Carriger

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