Charles Bukowski Quotes

That was my first real connection with Dre - that we both liked to drink.

Drinking is the joy of the Russes. We cannot live without that pleasure

Evidence...proves that prohibition only drives drunkenness behind doors and into dark places, and does not cure it or even diminish it.

God,” I moaned. “Do they use that stuff as rocket fuel?” “No one made you keep drinking it.” “Hey, don’t get preachy. Besides, I had to be polite.” “Sure,” she said.

Other countries drink to get drunk, and this is accepted by everyone; in France, drunkenness is a consequence, never an intention. A drink is felt as the spinning out of a pleasure, not as the necessary cause of an effect which is sought: wine is not only a philtre, it is also the leisurely act of drinking.

With the first drink comes the truth, with the second drink comes wishful thinking, and with the third drink come the lies.

I always drank, from when it was legal for me to drink. And there was never a time for me when the goal wasn't to get as hammered as I could possibly afford to. I never understood social drinking, that's always seemed to me like kissing your sister.

Drinking is fun! It makes me feel horrible and sexy!

It’s too much of a drinking culture, everything tastes better with a drink. Like, watch TV: glass of wine. Cooking dinner: glass of champagne. White wine vinegar hasn’t got white wine in it. Has it?

If I was drunk, I wouldn’t be here at all. And really, this is pretty good for four White Russians.” “White what?” I almost sat down but was afraid the chair might dematerialize beneath me. “It’s a drink,” he said. “You’d think I wouldn’t be into something named that—you know, considering my own personal experience with Russians. But they’re surprisingly delicious. The drinks, not real Russians.

That's the problem with drinking, I thought, as I poured myself a drink. If something bad happens you drink in an attempt to forget; if something good happens you drink in order to celebrate; and if nothing happens you drink to make something happen.

Whatever the occasion, do not neglect alcohol. No other refreshment will do. Yes, alcohol kills brain cells, but it's very selective. It only kills the brain cells that contain good sense, shame, embarrassment, and restraint.

Drinking helps us to forget what we are, we leave the office and walk straight to the bar.

Ireland sober is Ireland stiff.

Bartending took the romanticism out of drinking.

Drinking habits were very prevalent among men, and were not in any way disgraceful, unless excessive.

I'm a big fan of the effects of alcohol.

We drink one another's health and spoil our own.

Don't drink in the hotel bar, that's where I do my drinking.

I drink to make other people interesting.

Beer. Now there's a temporary solution.

I think a man ought to get drunk at least twice a year just on principle, so he won't let himself get snotty about it.

Beer makes you feel the way you ought to feel without beer.

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