Alcohol and Alcoholism Quotes

77 quotations about Alcohol and Alcoholism
One reason I don't drink is that I want to know when I am having a good time.
Lady Nancy Astor · Alcohol and Alcoholism
An alcoholic has been lightly defined as a man who drinks more than his own doctor.
Alvan L. Barach · Alcohol and Alcoholism
The best audience is one that is intelligent, well-educated, and a little drunk.
Alben W. Barkley · Alcohol and Alcoholism
One drink is too many for me and a thousand not enough.
Brendan F. Behan · Alcohol and Alcoholism
Wine is a mocker, and strong drink is raging; and who is deceived by it is not wise.
Bible · Alcohol and Alcoholism
The whole world is about three drinks behind.
Humphrey Bogart · Alcohol and Alcoholism
Never accept a drink from a Urologist.
Erma Bombeck · Alcohol and Alcoholism
Wine is a treacherous friend who you must always be on guard for.
Christian Nevell Bovee · Alcohol and Alcoholism
The decline of the aperitif may well be one of the most depressing phenomena of our time.
Luis Bunuel · Alcohol and Alcoholism
When I played drunks I had to remain sober because I didn't know how to play them when I was drunk.
Sir Richard Burton · Alcohol and Alcoholism
Let us have wine and women, mirth and laughter. Sermons and soda water the day after.
Lord Byron · Alcohol and Alcoholism
Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication.
Lord Byron · Alcohol and Alcoholism
I have been brought up and trained to have the utmost contempt for people who get drunk.
Winston Churchill · Alcohol and Alcoholism
I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.
Winston Churchill · Alcohol and Alcoholism
Some men are like musical glasses; to produce their finest tones you must keep them wet.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge · Alcohol and Alcoholism
Bring in the bottled lightning, a clean tumbler, and a corkscrew.
Charles Dickens · Alcohol and Alcoholism
He is a drunkard who takes more than three glasses though he be not drunk.
Epictetus · Alcohol and Alcoholism
I have fed purely upon ale; I have eat my ale, drank my ale, and I always sleep upon ale.
George Farquhar · Alcohol and Alcoholism
Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.
Henry Fielding · Alcohol and Alcoholism
I never drink water. I'm afraid it will become habit-forming.
W. C. Fields · Alcohol and Alcoholism
I never drink water; that is the stuff that rusts pipes.
W. C. Fields · Alcohol and Alcoholism
You can't trust water: Even a straight stick turns crooked in it.
W. C. Fields · Alcohol and Alcoholism
It was a woman who drove me to drink, and I never had the courtesy to thank her for it.
W. C. Fields · Alcohol and Alcoholism
The cost of living has gone up another dollar a quart.
W. C. Fields · Alcohol and Alcoholism
Somebody left the cork out of my lunch.
W. C. Fields · Alcohol and Alcoholism

Authors on Alcohol and Alcoholism

Lady Nancy Astor Alvan L. Barach Alben W. Barkley Brendan F. Behan Bible Humphrey Bogart Erma Bombeck Christian Nevell Bovee Luis Bunuel Sir Richard Burton Lord Byron Winston Churchill Samuel Taylor Coleridge Charles Dickens Epictetus George Farquhar Henry Fielding W. C. Fields Thomas Fuller John Gay