Quotes about alcohol

A collection of quotes on the topic of coffee, wine, water, beer.

Best quotes about alcohol

Bob Marley photo

“Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction.”

Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician
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“Two great European narcotics, alcohol and Christianity.”

What the Germans lack, 2; also in The Antichrist, Sec. 60, and Gay Science, Sec. 147
Twilight of the Idols (1888)

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“And kissing him is like sucking on alcohol-soaked feet.”

Source: Marked

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“Winter is the season of alcoholism and despair.”

Source: The Virgin Suicides

“Should alcoholics go to liquor stores?”

Source: Heist Society

“Note to self-give serious thought to becoming an alcoholic.”

Jill Shalvis (1963) American writer

Source: Get A Clue

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“Nicotine, valium, vicodin, marijuana, ecstasy and alcohol.”

Josh Homme (1973) American musician

"Feel Good Hit of the Summer", Rated R (2000)
Lyrics, Queens of the Stone Age

Quotes about alcohol

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“Straight edge means I'm drug free, alcohol free, and better than you.”

Phil Brooks (1978) American professional wrestler and mixed martial artist

Catchphrases
Source: Straight Edge significa che sono libero da droghe, libero dall'alcol e migliore di voi]

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“In 1969 I gave up women and alcohol - it was the worst 20 minutes of my life.”

George Best (1946–2005) British footballer

Reported in Ned Sherrin, Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations (2008), p. 153.

Tina Turner photo

“I am strong. I lived through a divorce, separation from my family. I never let it break me down. I’m not an alcoholic. I’ve never smoked, I’ve never done drugs. I’ve floated through the disaster of my past clean. I arrived here undamaged.”

Tina Turner (1939) singer, dancer, actress, and author

Tina Turner is a soul survivor http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/141823/Tina-Turner-is-a-soul-survivor, Daily Express, 22th of November 2009

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“I was a depressive and self-destructive alcoholic, but I was lucky enough to meet the program of Alcoholics Anonymous and be rescued by it 15 years ago.”

José José (1948–2019) Mexican singer

http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/560409.html

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“Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine or idealism.”

C.G. Jung (1875–1961) Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology
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“I suppose if I gave myself the chance I could be an alcoholic.”

Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer

Source: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

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“One time they said it was terrorism, another time they said it was acting against the constitution, another time they said it was alcohol.”

Mohamed Nasheed (1967) Maldivian politician, 4th president of the Maldives

Decca Aitkenhead (1 April 2012). " Dictatorship is coming back to the Maldives and democracy is slipping away http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/01/dictatorship-maldives-democracy?newsfeed=true". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 April 2012: Nasheed about the official charges against him in the Maldives.

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“I am a raging alcoholic, but I don't want my kids to do the same.”

Ozzy Osbourne (1948) English heavy metal vocalist and songwriter

The Osbournes television show.
Source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/ozzy-osbourne-maddest-moments-10-1837387

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“My flow is in the pocket like Wallace
I got the bounce like hydraulics
I can't call it
I got the swerve like alcoholics”

Kanye West (1977) American rapper, singer and songwriter

Get Em High
Lyrics, The College Dropout (2004)

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“Alcohol make you drunk, man. It don't make you meditate, it just make you drunk. Herb is more a consciousness.”

Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician

As recorded in filmed interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsfYAJ3dQyY&feature=player_embedded (1979) with Dylan Taite in Aotearoa, New Zealand
The people who are trying to make this world worse aren't taking a day off. How can I?

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“Oh, the alcoholic afternoons
when we sat in your room
they meant more to me
than any, than any living thing on earth”

Morrissey (1959) English singer

From the song "These Things Take Time"
From songs

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“You're going to tell me that poverty's nothing to be ashamed of. It's not true, though. If you can't hide it, then it is something to be ashamed of. There's nothing you can do, you're ashamed just the same, the way you're ashamed when you leave a spot on somebody's table. No matter if it's deserved or not, honorable or not, poverty stinks. Yes, stinks, stinks like a ground-floor room off an airshaft, or clothes that need changing. You smell it yourself, as though you were made of sewage. It can't be wiped away. It doesn't help to put on a new hat, any more than rinsing your mouth helps when you're belching your guts out. It's around you and on you and everyone who brushes up against you or looks at you knows it. I know the way women look down on you when you're down at heels. I know it's embarrassing for other people, but the hell with that, it's a lot more embarrassing when it's you. You can't get out of it, you can't get past it, the best thing to do is get plastered, and here" (he reached for his glass and drained it in a deliberately uncouth gulp) "here's the great social problem, here's why the 'lower classes' indulge in alcohol so much more - that problem that countesses and matrons in women's groups rack their brains over at tea. For those few minutes, those few hours, you forget you're an affront to other and to yourself. It's no great distinction to be seen in the company of someone dressed lie this, I know, but it's no fun for me either.”

The Post Office Girl (published posthumously in 1982)

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“I don't like the word 'alcoholic'. I like to think of myself as an advanced drinker.”

Chelsea Handler (1975) American comedian, actress, author and talk show host

Source: My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands

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“Age appears best in four things: old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust and old authors to read.”

Francis Bacon (1561–1626) English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, and author

No. 97
Apophthegms (1624)
Context: Alonso of Aragon was wont to say in commendation of age, that age appears to be best in four things — old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.

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“Friends are the fruitcake of life - some nutty, some soaked in alcohol, some sweet.”

Jon Ronson (1967) British journalist, documentary filmmaker, radio presenter and nonfiction author
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“Whether I or anyone else accepted the concept of alcoholism as a disease didn't matter; what mattered was that when treated as a disease, those who suffered from it were most likely to recover.”

Craig Ferguson (1962) Scottish-born American television host, stand-up comedian, writer, actor, director, author, producer and voice a…

Source: American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot

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“Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde is a metaphor for alcoholism. He drinks a potion, becomes a monster. I know exactly how he feels.”

Craig Ferguson (1962) Scottish-born American television host, stand-up comedian, writer, actor, director, author, producer and voice a…
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Cole Porter photo

“I get no kick from champagne.
Mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all,
So tell me why it should be true
That I get a kick out of you?”

Cole Porter (1891–1964) American composer and songwriter

"I Get a Kick Out of You"
Anything Goes (1934)
Source: The Complete Lyrics of Cole Porter

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“I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.”

Winston S. Churchill (1874–1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

As cited in The Forbes Book of Business Quotations (2007), Ed. Goodwin, Black Dog Publishing, p. 49, ISBN 1579127215
Post-war years (1945–1955)
Variant: I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.

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“It keeps you fit - the alcohol, nasty women, sweat on stage, bad food - it's all very good for you.”

Bon Scott (1946–1980) Rock musician

When asked about touring. From Circus, January 1979.

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