Drinking Quotes
Most popular drinking quotes
![Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation. - Benjamin Franklin quote.](/img/q/91/10491A-eat-not-to-dullness-drink-not-elevation-benjamin-franklin.png)
Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.
![In wine, there is the truth. - Pliny the Elder quote.](/img/q/80/18680A-in-wine-there-is-the-truth-pliny-the-elder.png)
In wine, there is the truth.
![Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. - Ernest Hemingway quote.](/img/q/82/18682A-always-do-sober-what-you-said-youd-do-drunk-that-ernest-hemingway.png)
Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows. But now the damned things have learned to swim, and now decency and good behavior weary me.
![Drunkenness is temporary suicide. - Bertrand Russell quote.](/img/q/84/18684A-drunkenness-is-temporary-suicide-bertrand-russell.png)
Drunkenness is temporary suicide.
![That which the sober man keeps in his breast, the drunken man lets out at the lips. Astute people, when they want to ascertain a man's true character, make him drunk. - Martin Luther quote.](/img/q/07/18807A-that-which-the-sober-man-keeps-his-breast-drunken-man-martin-luther.png)
That which the sober man keeps in his breast, the drunken man lets out at the lips. Astute people, when they want to ascertain a man's true character, make him drunk.
The secret to a long life is to stay busy, get plenty of exercise and: Don't drink too much! Then again: Don't drink too little!
![When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvelous personality that started you drinking in the first place. - Jimmy Breslin quote.](/img/q/92/19892A-when-you-stop-drinking-you-have-deal-with-this-marvelous-jimmy-breslin.png)
When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvelous personality that started you drinking in the first place.
![Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with, that it's compounding a felony. - Robert Benchley quote.](/img/q/93/19893A-drinking-makes-such-fools-of-people-people-are-such-fools-robert-benchley.png)
Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with, that it's compounding a felony.
![What contemptible scoundrel stole the cork from my lunch? - W. C. Fields quote.](/img/q/94/19894A-what-contemptible-scoundrel-stole-the-cork-from-my-lunch-w-c-fields.png)
What contemptible scoundrel stole the cork from my lunch?
![An alcoholic is someone you don't like, who drinks as much as you do. - Dylan Thomas quote.](/img/q/95/19895A-an-alcoholic-is-someone-you-dont-like-who-drinks-as-dylan-thomas.png)
An alcoholic is someone you don't like, who drinks as much as you do.
Wonderful euphemisms for drunk: blitzed, blasted, blotto, bombed, cockeyed, crocked, ripped, looped, loaded, leveled, wasted, wiped, soused, sozzled, smashed, and schnockered. Stewed, stinko, stupid, tanked, totaled, tight, and tipsy. Not to mention feeling no pain, three sheets to the wind, in one's cups, intoxicated, addlepated, and pixelated.
![The whole world is about three drinks behind. - Humphrey Bogart quote.](/img/q/98/19898A-the-whole-world-is-about-three-drinks-behind-humphrey-bogart.png)
The whole world is about three drinks behind.
![Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness. - Seneca quote.](/img/q/99/19899A-drunkenness-is-nothing-but-voluntary-madness-seneca.png)
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
![Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune. - Thomas Fuller quote.](/img/q/01/19901A-bacchus-hath-drowned-more-men-than-neptune-thomas-fuller.png)
Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune.
![I don't drink any more—just the same amount. - Joe E. Lewis quote.](/img/q/03/19903A-i-dont-drink-any-more-just-same-amount-joe-e-lewis.png)
I don't drink any more—just the same amount.
When you teetotal, you've got an awful feeling that everyone's your boss.
![I drink to make other people interesting. - George Jean Nathan quote.](/img/q/06/19906A-i-drink-to-make-other-people-interesting-george-jean-nathan.png)
I drink to make other people interesting.
![There are two reasons for drinking: one is, when you are thirsty, to cure it; the other, when you are not thirsty, to prevent it. - Thomas Love Peacock quote.](/img/q/07/19907A-there-are-two-reasons-for-drinking-one-is-when-you-thomas-love-peacock.png)
There are two reasons for drinking: one is, when you are thirsty, to cure it; the other, when you are not thirsty, to prevent it.
![A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her. - W. C. Fields quote.](/img/q/10/19910A-a-woman-drove-me-to-drink-i-didnt-even-have-w-c-fields.png)
A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her.
![A man is never drunk if he can lay on the floor without holding on. - Joe E. Lewis quote.](/img/q/11/19911A-a-man-is-never-drunk-if-he-can-lay-floor-joe-e-lewis.png)
A man is never drunk if he can lay on the floor without holding on.
![I drink to forget I drink. - Joe E. Lewis quote.](/img/q/12/19912A-i-drink-to-forget-i-drink-joe-e-lewis.png)
I drink to forget I drink.
![I must get out of these wet clothes, and into a dry martini! - Alexander Woollcott quote.](/img/q/13/19913A-i-must-get-out-of-these-wet-clothes-into-dry-alexander-woollcott.png)
I must get out of these wet clothes, and into a dry martini!
![One reason I don't drink is that I want to know when I'm having a good time. - Nancy Astor quote.](/img/q/14/19914A-one-reason-i-dont-drink-is-that-i-want-know-nancy-astor.png)
One reason I don't drink is that I want to know when I'm having a good time.
![I drink no more than a sponge. - François Rabelais quote.](/img/q/15/19915A-i-drink-no-more-than-a-sponge-francois-rabelais.png)
I drink no more than a sponge.
![I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion. - Cervantes quote.](/img/q/16/19916A-i-drink-when-i-have-occasion-sometimes-when-i-have-cervantes.png)
I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion.
One drink is plenty; two drinks too many, and three not half enough.
Better to pay the tavern keeper than the druggist.
![A word to those of you who are trying to drown your sorrow. Please be aware that sorrow knows how to swim. - Ann Landers quote.](/img/q/06/25806A-a-word-to-those-of-you-who-are-trying-drown-ann-landers.png)
A word to those of you who are trying to drown your sorrow. Please be aware that sorrow knows how to swim.
![To drink for pleasure may be a distraction, but to drink from misery is always a danger. - Ellen Glasgow quote.](/img/q/76/29876A-to-drink-for-pleasure-may-be-distraction-but-drink-from-ellen-glasgow.png)
To drink for pleasure may be a distraction, but to drink from misery is always a danger.
![In the words of a friend of mine, I drink to make other people interesting. - George Jean Nathan quote.](/img/q/77/29877A-in-the-words-of-a-friend-mine-i-drink-make-george-jean-nathan.png)
In the words of a friend of mine, I drink to make other people interesting.
![Depend upon it, of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness. - Sir Walter Scott quote.](/img/q/78/29878A-depend-upon-it-of-all-vices-drinking-is-most-incompatible-sir-walter-scott.png)
Depend upon it, of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.