Bill Lee Quotes

Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.

It's not the drinking to be blamed, but the excess.

When I was 20, I was drinking. When I was 30, I was drinking more, and at 40, way too much.

And we'd drink huge amounts of scotch and coke, which is a ghastly sweet drink... And now people don't drink nearly as much, for good reason. We're all a little wiser.

One drink is too many for me and a thousand not enough.

Liquor drinking is not a wrong; but excessive drinking is.

I wasn't really an alcoholic, but I was losing control. I still go for a beer, but I drink a lot less.

I think your alcohol intake has to change. You know, usually a big person feels they can drink anything they want to and as much as they want to and I've cut that way back.

My doctor tells me I should start slowing it down - but there are more old drunks than there are old doctors so let's all have another round.

I drink no more than a sponge.

I lose all control after two drinks of anything.

First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.

He is a drunkard who takes more than three glasses though he be not drunk.

My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after, and if need be during all meals and the intervals between them.

I'm on a whisky diet... last week, I lost three days!

There's no excuses for over-drinking.

A good glass of red wine or maybe a little bit too much every now and then is just fine. Heavy boozing, not so much, because you don't recover enough from it.

I drink Jack Daniel's. I drink tequila. But you do it in moderation.

I'll never feel comfortable taking a strong drink, and I'll never feel easy smoking a cigarette. I just don't think those things are right for me.

I have fed purely upon ale; I have eat my ale, drank my ale, and I always sleep upon ale.

I'll tell you the truth: I had a double brandy before the game but, before, it used to be four bottles of whisky. Not any more. I was fine. I had a glass of wine after the game. But it was just a mouthful.

I work very hard to keep on an even keel as far as alcohol is concerned.

An Englishman will fairly drink as much As will maintain two families of Dutch.

A good margarita, a good red wine, I like expensive alcohol, but not a lot of it. I don't like to throw up.

Sometimes it would be nice to just have some red wine with dinner, but it's not worth the risk. I have a great life, a great situation. Why would I want to risk self-destructive behaviour?