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Quotes About Drink

Kristin held the child while the young mother went to get a drink of local ale.
~ Sigrid Undset
I can't think when I was last surprised by anything I did. No, I'll get my own thing going, I don't know, I'll . . .' He returned to his drink. Maybe he could have finished the sentence, but Charles had a feeling that there was nothing more to add. Mark only wanted the negative benefit of escape; he had no positive thoughts of where he could escape to. Time
~ Simon Brett
Then a senior KGB officer appeared and apologised for the misunderstanding. 'Perhaps we can go for a drink to smooth this over,' he suggested. We were all released into the night and agents gave each of us KGB cap badges as souvenirs.
~ Simon Reeve
I need good coffee! I say in horror. It's my only luxury! I can't live with my parents and drink bad coffee. It's not humanly possible. Becky talking about cutting back with her parents.
~ Sophie Kinsella
If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.
~ Sophocles
Life is a cup of tea; the more heartily we drink the sooner we reach the dregs.
~ James M. Barrie
grog (rum and water) Moultrie
~ John Oller
Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken! Habakkuk 2:15.
~ Ellen G. White
Here, drink your liqueur," Henry said, tossing back her drink. "I carry it with me everywhere because it's the only kind of drink that Leo doesn't like, so there's a chance I'll still have some tomorrow.
~ Eloisa James
Indeed, if you ever feel your life is getting a little routine, a bit humdrum, I can wholeheartedly recommend going on tour in the company of a hugely eccentric six-foot-seven gay blues singer with a drink problem. You'll find things liven up quite considerably.
~ Elton John
Everyone clearly needed a stiff drink in order to process what had just happened.
~ Elton John
Of course it's alright for librarians to smell of drink.
~ Barbara Pym
Too late for coffee, too early for drink -though when was it ever too early for a glass of Tio Pepe, slightly chilled?
~ Barbara Pym
need a drink of Ella's hot soup." Ella brought the warm broth
~ Barbara Smucker
Drink thy blood, Beaumanoir, and thy thirst will pass!
~ Barbara W. Tuchman
A guy walks into a bar and orders a drink. After a few more he needs to go to the can. He doesn't want anyone to steal his drink so he puts a sign on it saying, "I spat in this beer, do not drink!" He returns a few minutes later to find another sign saying, "So did I!
~ Barry Dougherty
George is standing outside of his favorite bar, Sally's Legs. He's a little early, so he is waiting for it to open. A cop sees him loitering there and gets a little suspicious. "What are you doing?" asks the cop. "I'm waiting for Sally's Legs to open so I can get a drink.
~ Barry Dougherty
A river of images and thoughts and feelings, dirtied and polluted so that no one could drink from it without gagging.
~ Barry Lyga
"It must be inconvenient to be made of flesh," said the Scarecrow thoughtfully, "for you must sleep, and eat and drink. However, you have brains, and it is worth a lot of bother to be able to think properly."
~ baum l frank ii
Scotch beef, salmon and shellfish are recognised the world over for their excellence and Scottish provenance. People recognise the Scottish brand. They associate the country with quality food and drink, and clearly other Scottish sectors, such as dairy, can benefit from that, too.
~ Nicola Sturgeon
The thing is, if you follow whatever meal you have with Coke, it eats up the other things. It helps with the digestion of it.
~ Lennon Parham
You have problems, you think drink helps, then you have two problems.
~ George Peppard
The food we were given was no more than eatable, but the patron was not mean about drink; he allowed us two litres of wine a day each, knowing that if a plongeur is not given two litres he will steal three.
~ George Orwell
A man may take to drink because he feels himself to be a failure, and then fail all the more completely because he drinks. It is rather the same thing that is happening to the English language. It becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts.
~ George Orwell