Subject: Food/Drink » Alcohol (Page 12)

Alcohol: A liquid good for preserving everything except secrets.

Rum: Generically, fiery liquors that produce madness in total abstainers.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

I never drink water… fish f**k in it.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

I seldom took a drink on the set before 9 a.m.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

Alcohol… enables Parliament to do things at eleven at night that no sane person would do at eleven in the morning.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

Just because you can’t dance doesn’t mean you shouldn’t dance.


I envy people who drink… at least they have something to blame everything on.

(1906 – 1972) pianist, composer, author, comedian & actor

Wine makes a man better pleased with himself; I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others.

(1709 – 1784) English author, essayist, critic, editor & lexicographer

You can never be sure how many beers you had last night.

Sam Snead was born with a natural ability to keep his bar bills as low as his golf scores.

(1910 – 1983) professional golfer

Sam: You drinking again?

Rebecca: Certainly not. I never stopped.

(1951 – ) American actress

He has a profound respect for old age… especially when it’s bottled.

(1890 – 1960) journalist, author & dramatist

Patsy: What will you drink if you stop drinking?
Edina: I shall drink water.
Patsy: [Blank look]
Edina: It’s a mixer, Patsy, we have it with whisky.

(1958 – ) English comedian, screenwriter & actress

My dad has a weird hobby; he collects empty bottles… which sounds so much better than “alcoholic.”

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

Secretary: Someday you'll drown in a vat of whiskey.

Field’s reply as an aside: Drown in a vat of whiskey? Oh death, where is thy sting?

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

No animal ever invented anything so bad as drunkenness – or so good as drink.

(1874 – 1936) English author & mystery novelist

Alcohol does not make ugly people attractive; it makes it so you could care less that they’re ugly.

(1967 – ) American stand-up comedian & actor

An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.

(1899 – 1961) author & journalist

Abstainer: The kind of man you wouldn’t want to drink with even if he did.

(1882 – 1958) drama critic, editor

I used to jog but the ice cubes kept falling out of my glass.

(1953 – ) American singer, songwriter, actor, author & radio personality

I’m so holy that when I touch wine, it turns into water.

(1877 – 1957) 48th Imam of the Nizari Ismaili community & [founder &] president of the All-India Muslim League