Our trouble is that we drink too much tea. I see in this the slow revenge of the Orient, which has diverted the Yellow River down our throats.

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.

There’s nothing more boring than a rock’n’roll star. Someone who has been on the road for 10 years, expecting attention wherever he goes, drinking himself stupid, who is obnoxious, incoherent, uncreative, and has a massive ego. There’s nothing more pointless

Sometimes, you know, I just feel like I want a Coke, and I drink a Coke.

I’d be in my hotel room, smoking too much, drinking, going to clubs, just being numb. That was being in jail to me. I wasn’t happy at all on the streets. That was the addict speaking.

Never drink before sunset; Never drink more than 3 days in a row.

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.

Bloody Mary, full of vodka, blessed are you among cocktails. Pray for me now, at the hour of my death… which I hope is soon. Amen.

I once saw ten minutes of The Big Breakfast and it was quite enough to convince me that television in the morning was like drinking in the morning: only real addicts could possibly do it without throwing up

If I’m drinking I can either be the nicest guy ever or I’m the guy you should leave alone.

Drinking can bring out a dude that has some issues.

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

I’m taking Viagra and drinking prune juice – I don’t know if I’m coming or going.

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

I’ve been in a treatment center for drinkin’. I stayed for two days, then escaped

I drink to make other people more interesting.

The pleasant life is not produced by continual drinking and dancing, nor sexual intercourse, nor rare dishes of sea food and other delicacies of a luxurious table. On the contrary, it is produced by sober reasoning which examines the motives for every choice and avoidance, driving away beliefs which are the source of mental disturbances.

What did Christ really do? He hung out with hard-drinking fishermen.

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 wanted to see what type of trees is growing in Marcy Projects, what type of water Jay Z was drinking.

At parties, everyone always thinks I’m drinking, but actually I rarely drink. I live on energy drinks, basically. I love vitamin water.

I hate the taste of alcohol. When I’m drinking, I’m drinking Red Bull.

A man’s true character comes out when he’s drunk.

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.

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

Whenever armed forces are used, the idea of combat must be present. The end for which a soldier is recruited, clothed, armed, and trained, the whole object of his sleeping, eating, drinking, and marching is simply that he should fight at the right place and the right time.

We are born at a given moment, in a given place, and like vintage years of wine, we have the qualities of the year and of the season in which we are born

I’ve stopped drinking, but only while I’m asleep.

Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall with a joint, drinking some eight-ball.

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.

Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.

I don’t know if my wife left me because of my drinking or I started drinking ’cause my wife left me.

But had I accepted the pickle juice, I would be drinking pickle juice right now.

There cannot be good living where there is no good drinking.

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

I’ll promise to go easier on drinking and to get to bed earlier, but not for you, fifty thousand dollars, or two-hundred and fifty thousand dollars will I give up women. They’re too much fun.

Let me be the first to tell you, drinking alcohol is the worst thing to do in cold weather. Hot soup is the best because the process of digesting food helps to warm you up.

By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water

What am I drinking? NyQuil on the rocks, for when you’re feeling sick but sociable.