Alcohol Quotes

Nectar, n. A drink served at banquets of the Olympian deities. The secret of its preparation is lost, but the modern Kentuckians believe that they come pretty near to a knowledge of its chief ingredient.

It was just inebriating what Midland was all about then. (From a 1994 interview, as quoted in First Son, by Bill Minutaglio)

Drink moderately, for drunkenness neither keeps a secret, nor observes a promise.

Then Priss arrived, draggin a volume of colorlessness in with him, a drabness that was unaffected by the noise and the absolute splendor (no other word would describe it – or else it was the two martinis glowing inside me) that filled the room.

On Earth there is the custom of drinking liquids which have been fortified with alcohol. We find it stimulating.” – “Oh, yes. I am afraid, then, that I must decline. Ethyl alcohol would interfere most unpleasantly with my metabolism.” – “Why, so it does to Earthmen, too, but I understand, Dr. Tholan,” Drake replied. “Would […]

Alcohol is good for you. My grandfather proved it irrevocably. He drank two quarts of booze every mature day of his life and lived to the age of 103. I was at the cremation – that fire would not go out.

One reason why I don’t drink is because I wish to know when I am having a good time.

Bourbon.

A drink a day keeps the shrink away.

The story goes that I first had the idea for THHGTTGalaxy while lying drunk in a field in Innsbruck.