Quotes About Alcohol

“Alcohol loosens inhibitions, makes people commit all sorts of things under its influence, many act recklessly, yet it cannot wash away problems.”
– Chevy Stevens

“This is always the case with children of fathers who were overly fond of whiskey: either you drink all the time too, or never. There’s no middle ground.”
– Fredrik Backman

“There’s nothing more romantic than slowly getting drunk with the one you love.”
– Jens Liljestrand

“Drinking brings happiness, even though alcohol is sometimes an enemy that steals one’s mind.”
– Marc Olden

“Alcohol doesn’t change a person’s character, it just brings hidden traits to the surface.”
– Jennifer Blake

“He who drinks and does not drink again has never truly understood what it means to drink.”
– Pietro Bembo

“Like medicine, explanations go down smoother with a refreshing liquid accompaniment.”
– Deborah Harkness

“History has shown how easy it is to destroy unique cultures by introducing diseases, machinery that takes over labor, and alcohol.”
– Gunnar Garfors

“No need for drugs, hallucinogens, or alcohol to live exciting lives. With perseverance and talent, you’ll achieve much more.”
– Greta May

“Knowing how to drink: that’s serious science!”
– Stendhal

“Beer! Alcohol! One could sit beside it, drink as much as they wanted. Beer wasn’t fickle like women, it was a loyal and cheerful friend. Beer demanded no actions, no goals—it just came naturally. Take a sip, and you felt you had achieved something; you felt free, truly free.”
– Heinrich Mann

“It feels good to drink cognac when evening peeks through the window; it’s like toasting with the darkness.”
– Jón Kalman Stefánsson

“Alcohol roughens women up. (…) It coarsens them.”
– Ring Lardner

“Drinking is an interesting thing. If you drink with a nobleman, you’ll become nobler. But if you drink with a scoundrel, you’ll stoop to his level.”
– The King Loves (film)

“I drink wine as willow roots drink clear water. Allah is great. He knows everything, and I believe in that. When He created me, He already knew I would drink. So I drink. Why contradict the All-Knowing?”
– Omar Khayyam

“Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and whoever is deceived thereby is not wise.”
– The Bible

“I never held inspiration from alcohol in high regard. In fact, I’m superstitiously convinced that any artificial stimulation blurs one’s insight while working.”
– Charlie Chaplin

“Some things can’t be solved by money or alcohol.”
– The Originals (TV series)

“I’ve never been one to wake up and immediately reach for whiskey. At least I had the decency to eat breakfast first.”
– Lars Ulrich

“Heartache can only be eased with liver damage.”
– According to Jim (TV series)

“A sober man at a party is as lonely as a journalist, as relentless as a coroner, as bitter as an angel looking down from heaven.”
– Michael Chabon

“My only problem with drinking is that sometimes it spills.”
– League of Legends (video game)

“If you’re afraid of alcohol poisoning, don’t drink poisoned alcohol. Everyone must believe in something. I believe I’ll have another drink.”
– William Claude Fields

“Only those with extra brain cells should drink alcohol.”
– Two and a Half Men (TV series)

“Oh, I’m not a reckless alcoholic! I’m like an animal—I only drink when I’m thirsty.”
– Vavyan Fable

“The more I drink, the more I feel I drink because I seek this feeling, this suffering. I don’t want to revel; I want to feel this pain intensely… I drink because I want to suffer deeply.”
– Fyodor Dostoevsky

“At the moment of our execution, everyone firmly believes we are innocent, while a drunk who runs out of money has no shred of respect left in society.”
– Honoré de Balzac

“Debauchery is everything—the embrace of life itself, or rather a duel with some unknown power, a monster.”
– Honoré de Balzac

“In wine, there is truth. It lives at the bottom of the glass.”
– Sophie Mackintosh

“At night, people behave strangely. Youngsters drink to appear older, while grown men drink to shed ten years. Neither group fully achieves their goal. And women? Let’s not even start.”
– Grigorij Sluzhitel

“Those who drink alone, drink with the devil.”
– Jan Balabán

“A martini is like a dangerous girl: beautifully adorned, seemingly innocent, but hiding secrets and knowing exactly when to strike.”
– Mike Greenberg

“It’s easy to categorize men by what they drink and their knowledge of it: the beer guys, cheerful and social; the whiskey machos, often the biggest misogynists; the gin drinkers, stiffly formal; the vodka lovers, deeply introspective; and the champagne crowd, well, often flamboyant.”
– Mike Greenberg

“I’m glad I don’t have alcohol problems because if I did, I doubt I’d be able to stop drinking.”
– Michael J. Fox

“Drinking brings out what lies deep in one’s soul. What the sober man keeps in his head, the drunk reveals with his tongue.”
– Yevgeny Yevtushenko

“The problem with drinking is that… if something bad happens, you drink to forget. If something good happens, you drink to celebrate. And if nothing happens, you drink to make something happen.”
– Charles Bukowski

“When I read about the dangers of drinking, I immediately gave up reading.”
– Henny Youngman

“Beyond moderation, every glass is cursed, and the devil resides within.”
– William Shakespeare

“Alcohol lends its drinker another personality.”
– Maggie Stiefvater

“Deep sorrow is like a wound on the soul, and alcohol only serves to keep it open.”
– Ryu Murakami

“Alcohol solves many problems—the only issue is that it only does so temporarily.”
– James Blunt

“Alcohol isn’t the solution, but then again, water isn’t either.”
– Carina Bartsch

“Alcohol is like love. The first kiss is magical, the second intimate, the third is routine.”
– Raymond Chandler

“Alcohol helps as much as a bandage on a gunshot wound.”
– Love Unexpected (film)

“Alcohol was given by God to help us loosen up. It makes men brave and women relaxed.”
– Just Like Heaven (film)

“Alcohol kills, stupefies, and forms esters with acids.”
– Anonymous

“Alcohol isn’t the answer, but at least it makes you forget the question.”
– Anonymous

“Alcohol may be man’s worst enemy, but the Bible says to love your enemies.”
– Frank Sinatra

“Many drink to forget. Alcohol washes away the end of the night, erases good advice, and deletes the memory of embarrassing incidents. But if you’ve mastered the skill of suppressing deeper memories in your sober state, alcohol removes those barriers, causing nightmares instead of oblivion.”
– Mark Lawrence

“A drop of drink in the evening is like medicine: after a long day of hard work, it cheers you up, relaxes you, and clears your mind of worries.”
– Jane Goodall