Subject: Food/Drink » Alcohol (Page 12)

Friend: That drink is slow poison.

Benchley’s reply: So who’s in a hurry?

(1889 – 1945) actor, author & humorist

When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvelous personality that started you drinking in the first place.

(1930 – 2017) American journalist & author

I am not so think as you drunk I am.

(1884 – 1958) British poet, writer, historian & literary editor

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

(1874 – 1936) English author & mystery novelist

Thou shalt not kill anything less than a fifth.

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

What the sober man thinks the drunkard tells.

One drink is just right; two is too many; three are too few.

Pour him out of here!

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

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

If you ever need someone to drink with, I’ll drink with you. If you ever need a shoulder to cry on, I’ll drink with you. I guess what I’m trying to say is: I love to drink!

(1958 – ) American actress & singer

You can't drown yourself in drink… I've tried, you float.

(1882 – 1942) American actor

A drunkard is like a whiskey-bottle, all neck and belly and no head.

Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors and miss.

(1907 – 1988) science fiction author

The last time I drank, I drove into a ditch, which doesn't sound like that big of a deal, but I stopped at the ditch, looked left and right, then drove into the ditch.

(1966 – ) American stand-up comedian & actor

Being a Scotsman, I am naturally opposed to water in its undiluted state.

(1870 – 1934) British golf course architect

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

I distrust camels and anyone else who can go a week without a drink.

(1902 – 1971) American comedian & singer

The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass.

(1943 – ) comedian & actor

You can tell German wine from vinegar by the label.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Liquor – you can make it illegal but you can't make it unpopular.

(1886 – 1969) American journalist & humorist

Before I met her, I drank and swore without reason… now I have a reason.

(1924 – 1992) English comedian & actor