I have to think hard to name an interesting man who does not drink.
Alcohol Quotes
Drunks like to talk. We talked. We drank. We drank again. (on meeting Ernest Hemingway)
Brandy: n. A cordial composed of one part thunder-and-lightning, one part remorse, two parts bloody murder, one part death-hell-and-the-grave and four parts clarified Satan. Dose, a headful all the time. Brandy is said by Dr, Johnson to be the drink of heroes. Only a hero will venture to drink it.
Alcohol began to compete with my energies – I’d lose focus.
Under a bad cloak there is often a good drinker.
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.
Rum: n. Generically, fiery liquors that produce madness in total abstainers.
There is truth in wine, though it may take a little time.
