“First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.”
Variant: First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald 411
American novelist and screenwriter 1896–1940Related quotes
“Take what people give you. Drink their milkshakes.”
Variant: Accept what people offer. Drink their milkshakes. Take their love.
Source: I Know This Much Is True
“We take a drink only for the sake of the benediction.”
Quoted by M. Samuel, Prince of the Ghetto, 179.
“Drink to me. Drink to my health. You know I can't drink any more.”
Quoted in: Scott Slater, Alec Solomita (1980), Exits: stories of dying moments & parting words. p. 8.
Slater & Solomita (1980) explained:
"It was a spirited dinner and Picasso a cheerful, genial host. After the meal, while pouring wine into a friend's glass, Picasso said, Drink to me. Drink to my health. You know I can't drink any more. A little later, about 11:30 P.M., he left his guests, saying, And now I must go back to work. He was up painting until 3:00 A.M. That morning Picasso woke at 11:30, unable to move. By 11:40 he was dead..".
1970s
Explaining the previous remarks. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4622038.stm
2006
“I started taking cocaine and drink … I turned into a babbling fucking wreck.”
On the Way to Work, Faber and Faber, 2001.