“They never taste who always drink;
They always talk who never think.”
Matthew Prior (1664–1721) British diplomat, poet
Upon a passage in the Scaligerana; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Always drink upstream from the herd.”
The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers (2001)
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“I always drink at lunchtime. It helps my imagination.”
Colin Dexter The Dead of Jericho
Source: The Dead of Jericho
“Drink is in itself a good creature of God, but the abuse of drink is from Satan.”
Increase Mather (1639–1723) Puritan minister, academic, activist
As quoted in The Truth About Alcohol (2005) by Barry Youngerman and Mark J. Kittleson, p. 129.
“Banquets are always pleasant things, consisting mostly, as they do, of eating and drinking”
Kenneth Grahame book The Reluctant Dragon
Dream Days (1898), The Reluctant Dragon
Context: Banquets are always pleasant things, consisting mostly, as they do, of eating and drinking; but the specially nice thing about a banquet is, that it comes when something's over, and there's nothing more to worry about, and to-morrow seems a long way off. St George was happy because there had been a fight and he hadn't had to kill anybody; for he didn't really like killing, though he generally had to do it. The dragon was happy because there had been a fight, and so far from being hurt in it he had won popularity and a sure footing in society. The Boy was happy because there had been a fight, and in spite of it all his two friends were on the best of terms. And all the others were happy because there had been a fight, and — well, they didn't require any other reasons for their happiness.
“I like whiskey. I always did, and that is why I never drink it.”
Robert E. Lee (1807–1870) Confederate general in the Civil War
“What's drinking?
A mere pause from thinking!”
George Gordon Byron (1788–1824) English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement
The Deformed Transformed, Act III, sc. i (1824).
“Happiness, like water, is always available, but so often it seems we’d prefer a different drink.”
James Richardson (1950) American poet
Aphorism #2
Interglacial (2004)
“From the age of ten, Peter III was partial to drink.”
Catherine the Great (1729–1796) Empress of Russia
Memoirs
“Why sip from a tea cup, when you can drink from the river.”
Steve Martin (1945) American actor, comedian, musician, author, playwright, and producer
Source: L.A. Story and Roxanne: Screenplays