Quotes about drinking

A collection of quotes on the topic of drink.

„The Brick House was one of the toughest joints I ever played in... Guys would drink and fight one another like circle saws. Bottles would come flying over the bandstand like crazy and there was lots of plain common shooting and cutting. But somehow all that jive didn't faze me at all. I was so happy to have some place to blow my horn.“

— Louis Armstrong American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer 1901 - 1971
Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans (1954)

„One day, observing a child drinking out of his hands, he cast away the cup from his wallet with the words, "A child has beaten me in plainness of living."“

— Diogenes of Sinope ancient Greek philosopher, one of the founders of the Cynic philosophy -404 - -322 BC
Diogenes Laërtius, vi. 37

„I violate the Prohibition law, sure, Who doesn't? The only difference is that I take more chances than the man who drinks a cocktail before dinner and a flock of highballs after it.“

— Al Capone American gangster 1899 - 1947

Law, Chance

„Drink and dance and laugh and lie,
Love, the reeling midnight through,
For tomorrow we shall die!
(But, alas, we never do.)“

— Dorothy Parker, Death and Taxes
"The Flaw in Paganism" in Death and Taxes (1931)

Love, Lie, Dance

„For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the God formula, the big answers don't remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command nor faith a dictum. I am my own god. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.“

— Charles Bukowski American writer 1920 - 1994

Love, Death, God, War

„When I'm hungry, I eat. When I'm thirsty, I drink. When I feel like saying something, I say it.“

— Madonna American singer, songwriter, and actress 1958

Feeling

„Be true to yourself.
Make each day your masterpiece.
Help others.
Drink deeply from good books.
Make friendship a fine art.
Build a shelter against a rainy day.
Pray for guidance and give thanks for your blessings every day.“

— John Wooden American basketball coach 1910 - 2010

Friendship, Books, Art, Help

„You know that episode where I said I'd stopped drinking? Well, I lied. Ted is so militant in his views. I lived with him for 12 days and it's hard to imagine ever doing anything that would truly look good in his eyes. Also he said some stuff online about Dimebag which I thought was really not cool. I'm not going to repeat it but you can check it out online.“

— Sebastian Bach Canadian singer 1968
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=60702 Blabbermouth.net (October 21, 2006)

Imagination

„I drink booze, I smoke, and I'm hooked on caffeine. I actually have been known to swear at times and belch and even raise my voice when provoked. And I'm not physically repressed!“

— Helena Bonham Carter British actress 1966
Of her role in Planet of the Apes.

Time

„Smoke weed, take pills, drop outta school, kill people and drink. Jump behind the wheel like it was still legal!“

— Eminem American rapper and actor 1972
"Role Model" (Track 9).

People, School

„If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination. Once begun upon this downward path, you never know where you are to stop. Many a man has dated his ruin from some murder or other that perhaps he thought little of at the time.“

— Thomas De Quincey English author 1785 - 1859
Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts (1827).

Thinking, Time

„That's the problem with drinking, I thought, as I poured myself a drink. If something bad happens you drink in an attempt to forget; if something good happens you drink in order to celebrate; and if nothing happens you drink to make something happen.“

— Charles Bukowski, Women

Problem, Forgetting

„I was drawn to all the wrong things: I liked to drink, I was lazy, I didn't have a god, politics, ideas, ideals. I was settled into nothingness; a kind of non-being, and I accepted it. I didn't make for an interesting person. I didn't want to be interesting, it was too hard. What I really wanted was only a soft, hazy space to live in, and to be left alone.“

— Charles Bukowski American writer 1920 - 1994

God, Idea, Personality

„Don't let these tattoos fool you. I'm straight edge. I'm a man of great discipline; I don't drink, I don't smoke, I don't do drugs... my addiction is wrestling - my obsession is competition. Discipline. My name is C... M... Punk.“

— Phil Brooks American professional wrestler and mixed martial artist 1978
Extreme Championship Wrestling. July 4th, 2006. This was Punk's debut on ECW television.

Fools, Tattoo

„I'm contemplating thinking about thinking…
but.... it's overrated - just get another drink in!“

— Robbie Williams British singer and entertainer 1974
Come Undone

Thinking

„Drink ye to her that each loves best!“

— Thomas Campbell British writer 1777 - 1844
Context: Drink ye to her that each loves best! And if you nurse a flame That 's told but to her mutual breast, We will not ask her name. Drink ye to Her

Love

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