Warren Ellis Quotes

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

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.

That is the remarkable thing about drinking: it brings people together so quickly, but between night and morning it sets an interval again of years.

I like the effect drink has on me.

I drink to make other people interesting.

Beer. Now there's a temporary solution.

I like getting blotto at parties but I also like being sober and I hate the hangover.

I've never been drunk, but often I've been overserved.

Drinking is another way of thinking, another way of living. It gives you two lives instead of one.

Don't you drink? I notice you speak slightingly of the bottle. I have drunk since I was fifteen and few things have given me more pleasure.

March is the month God created to show people who don't drink what a hangover is like.

I went out with a guy who once told me I didn’t need to drink to make myself more fun to be around. I told him, I’m drinking so that you’re more fun to be around.

It was too much Tequila, or not quite enough.

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.

I drink to make other people more interesting.

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.

I like a drink, mate. I'll have maybe 10 or 12 pints on a good night out.

Bartending took the romanticism out of drinking.

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

It pays to get drunk with the best people.

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

I'd hate to be a teetotaler. Imagine getting up in the morning and knowing that's as good as you're going to feel all day.

Beer. It always seems like such a good idea at the time, doesn't it? What's worse is beer seems like an even better idea after you've had some beer.

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

I spent a lot of time between bars like this.