Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men.

He who loves wine … shall not be rich.

Mrs. Hayes has been from childhood a total abstainer. I was not a total abstainer when I became President. But the discussions which arose over the change at the President's house soon satisfied me that in this matter, if our example was to be useful, there was no half-way house for me. During the greater part of my term and at least for the last three years, I have been in practice and in theory a total-abstinence man, and I shall continue to be so. All statements inconsistent with the foregoing are without foundation.

As an alcoholic, you will violate your standards quicker than you can lower them.

And I have always told the patients when I talk to them. When they come around and say, 'What will you have to drink? Oh that's right you don't drink.' Just speak up and say, 'Of course I drink. But I just don't drink alcohol.'

I am too much of a control freak to be a drinker.

I only drank for three years of my life, but I drank enough in those three years to last me the rest of my life... It's a religious thing.

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

The other guys drink, but they don't drink anywhere near what I used to. And I think they're slightly respectful of the fact that I'm off it, so it's not a problem.

I never worry about being driven to drink; I just worry about being driven home.

We have drunk too much of your rum already, which has occasioned our destruction; we will, in the future, beware of it.

Yes I drink, but at least I don't drink blood!

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is riotous; and whoever is deceived by it is not wise

This government can't afford two drunkards. You've got to stop.

I promise ... to abstain from all kinds of intoxicating drink, unless used medically.

As regards the use of wine, remember that we drink to quench thirst, and that the limit of moderation is reached when the edge of the intellect is dulled. A boy should be brought up to avoid wine…. Your own countrymen, like all northern peoples, are, I know, sore offenders in this matter of eating and drinking. But I count upon your own innate self-respect to preserve you from such bad example, and to enable you to despise the sneers and complaints of those around you.

Lips that touch liquor shall never touch mine.

Since the creation of the world there has been no tyrant like Intemperance, and no slaves so cruelly treated as his.

Okay, I've admitted to drinking too much. Okay, so I'm dealing with it.

My relationship with alcohol became unsustainable. For people who are going to ask, 'Were you an alcoholic?' I suppose the short answer is 'Yes.'

When I finally embraced abstinence it was because of the simple urge to work a longer day. Thus, without joining Alcoholics Anonymous, I was at last able to leave Piss-Artists Notorious.

For my most of my career I've been a falling-down drunk. Most of my interviews were done hungover, and for a while it was great.

I had to stop drinking alcohol, because I used to wake up nude in front of my car with my keys in my ass.

Two drinks a day. Two drinks a day. TWO DRINKS A DAY! It doesn't work! Not when you want eleven, and not when you start shopping for wine glasses in the vase department at Bloomingdales.

I went to rehab [for alcoholism] in wine country, just to keep my options open.