Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from birth as a paternal, or, in other words, a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read, and say, and eat, and drink and wear

They put arsenic in his meat And stared aghast to watch him eat; They poured strychnine in his cup And shook to see him drink it up.

Why, if ’tis dancing you would be, There’s brisker pipes than poetry. Say, for what were hop-yards meant, Or why was Burton built on Trent? Oh many a peer of England brews Livelier liquor than the Muse, And malt does more than Milton can To justify God’s ways to man. Ale, man, ale’s the stuff to drink For fellows whom it hurts to think: Look into the pewter pot To see the world as the world’s not.

When I work as a beast, I drink as a beast. When I live like a man, I drink like a man.

No thank you,” I said. “I don’t want to accept a drink from you, because then I would be obliged to purchase one for you in return, and I’m afraid I’m simply not interested in spending two drinks’ worth of time with you.”

The great majority of habitual drinkers are born not only without desire for alcohol, but with actual repugnance toward it. Not the first, nor the twentieth, nor the hundredth drink, succeeded in giving them the liking. But they learned, just as men learn to smoke; though it is far easier to learn to smoke than to learn to drink. They learned because alcohol was so accessible.

Drink,” says the White Logic. “The Greeks believed that the gods gave them wine so that they might forget the miserableness of existence.

I can be very drunk in a club in Oxford on a Monday night, and some guy comes up to you and buys you a drink and says that the last record you made changed his life. That means something

Men do not knowingly drink for the effect alcohol produces on the body. What they drink for is the brain-effect; and if it must come through the body, so much the worse for the body.

The plan was to drink until the pain is over, But what’s worse, the pain or the hangover?

I drink to feel I smoke to breathe Just look what love has done to me.

I Never Had A Drink In My Life. I Don’t Smoke Or Anything.

And did you ever stop to think that im old enough to go to war but i aint old enough to drink

I don’t drink at lunchtime because I’m very weak at alcohol like most Asians.

No married man is genuinely happy if he has to drink worse whisky than he used to drink when he was single.

give a New York friend a panic attack, turn up unannounced on a Wednesday and suggest going for a drink. It is easier to organize five guys to raise a flag on Iwo Jima than to get mates out for movie and dinner. Surprise parties are such fun, but require e-mail “save the date” warnings. And everyone needs to know how to dress

In Yorkshire there is only the impetus of decline; the farms, the woolen mills, the dairy rounds wither, unravel and turn sour. The family wears out, stumbles politely, tripping over drink and ennui and a genteel surrender to the momentum of underachievement.

A German spy landing off the coast of Norfolk, walking into a village and banging on a pub door to ask in perfectly accented English for a glass of hard cider. The publican gave him a drink, made an excuse and went out the back to fetch the local policeman. The only person in Britain who didn’t know you couldn’t get alcohol at nine in the morning would be a German spy.

I’m gonna party, see how intoxicated I can get and how many rules I can flaunt. That’s my motto.

I drink a gallon of water a day.

Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves – slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future

Just a word of advice, if a grown man in dress sweats has a large travel mug, don’t drink from it.

I’m not on a diet. And it’s funny cause people go ‘Well, then why do you drink diet soda?’ So I can eat regular cake.

Now I understand why people do drugs, why people drink, and why people go crazy. As the success level goes up and up and up, the further detached I get from everybody else. Luckily, with my girlfriend, everything is gravy because I brought her into it. I brought her in and she’s very hands-on with my career.

I drink diet coke so I can eat regular cake.

Too much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too much assorted vice or too much drink

What America needs now is a drink

I write what I like to write. Those who like to listen to it, listen to it. And the ones who don’t, watch football and drink beer, jog, go to discos and so forth. I never claimed to be a man for all season

It’s tough to stay married. My wife kisses the dog on the lips, yet she won’t drink from my glass.

My doctor told me to watch my drinking. Now I drink in front of a mirror.

You can’t be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer

Don’t drink at all, don’t smoke, you must exercise and eat vegetables and fruit.

Fifteen men on the Dead Man’s Chest Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum! Drink and the devil had done for the rest Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!

We ate well and cheaply and drank well and cheaply and slept well and warm together and loved each other.

I didn’t start exercising until the end of my modeling career. When you’re young, you eat and drink what you want and stay up all night and still look good.

I drink to make other people more interesting.

Here are your waters and your watering place. Drink and be whole again beyond confusion.

Luxurious food and drinks, in no way protect you from harm. Wealth beyond what is natural, is no more use than an overflowing container. Real value is not generated by theaters, and baths, perfumes or ointments, but by philosophy.

We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink.

Drink some coffee, put some gangsta rap on, and handle it

I like whiskey. I always did, and that is why I never drink it.

Good people drink good beer.

I don’t know of any issues associated with alcohol before flight.

Good health! Whenever you go out of doors, draw the chin in, carry the crown of your head high, and fill the lungs to the utmost; drink in sunshine; greet your friends with a smile, and put soul into every handclasp. Do not fear being misunderstood and never waste a minute thinking about your enemies.

Be wary of strong drink, it can make you shoot at the tax collector…and miss.

I drink ’til I’m drunk, smoke til I’m high Castle on the hill, wake up in the sky

It’s important to stay hydrated – first thing I do in the morning is stretch and drink water.

I try to eat healthy all the time. I don’t eat takeaways. I drink mostly water or coconut water.

I only drink Champagne on two occasions, when I am in love and when I am not.

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.

When you drink water, don’t forget the fountain.

Drink because you are happy, but never because you are miserable.

Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle.

The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy also mentions alcohol. It says that the best drink in existence is the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster, the effect of which is like having your brains smashed out with a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick.

All it takes is one drink to mess with the way you drive – it clouds your judgment and slows your reflexes. Don’t take any chances. It just isn’t worth it.

You sure know how to throw a party! No food, no drinks, and the only babe just left.

I wasn’t a misanthrope and I wasn’t a misogynist but I liked being alone. It felt good to sit alone in a small space and smoke and drink. I had always been good company for myself.

Lighting new cigarettes, pouring more drinks. It has been a beautiful fight. Still is.

She was consumed by 3 simple things: drink, despair, loneliness; and 2 more: youth and beauty

I know myself I will never drink again.

Drink is the only opponent I have been unable to beat.

I spent 90% of my money on women and drink. The rest I wasted.

Drink,Drugs and shagging models. The rest I just wasted. George Best on where his millions went.

If you would not spill the wine, do not fill the glass too full. If you wish your blade to hold it’s edge, do not try to make it over-keen

The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like and do what you’d rather not.

Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame

One more drink and I’ll be under the host.

Why do you sell your wine, merchant?
What can they give you in exchange for your wine? Money? … And what can money give you? Power? … Aren’t you the owner of the world when you are holding a drink? Is anyone richer than you, who have gold in your cup, Rubies, Pearls, Dreams, and Love? Don’t you feel the blood burning in your veins when the cup kisses your lips.

Yesterday This Day’s Madness did prepare; To-morrow’s Silence, Triumph, or Despair:
Drink! for you know not whence you came, nor why: Drink! for you know not why you go, nor where.

Today is the time of my youth I drink wine because it is my solace; Do not blame me, although it is bitter it is pleasant, It is bitter because it is my life.

Drink wine and look at the moon
and think of all the civilisations
the moon has seen passing by.

Drink wine. This is life eternal. This is all that youth will give you. It is the season for wine, roses and drunken friends. Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.

When you’re thirsty and it seems that you could drink the entire ocean, that’s faith; when you start to drink and finish only a glass or two, that’s science.

What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.

Drink heavily with locals whenever possible.

It doesn’t take courage to drink too much and be wild or jump around. That doesn’t take any kind of boldness, just riding a motorcycle or whatever the idea of being tough is. Tough is having four kids. Tough is committing to life and being disciplined.

I learned early to drink beer, wine and whiskey. And I think I was about 5 when I first chewed tobacco.

A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking largely sobers us again

The tyrant is a child of Pride who drinks from his sickening cup recklessness and vanity, until from his high crest headlong he plummets to the dust of hope

I’m not an alcoholic. Alcoholics need a drink, but I already have one.

I’m a Muslim, but I think Jesus would have a drink with me. He would be cool. He would talk to me.