Wanderlei Silva Quotes

I don't drink at all.

I have never been drunk in my life, and I don't expect I ever will be.

A drunkard is one thing, and a temperate man is quite another.

He [Peter the Great] took his bottle heartily, so must all the company; for when he was merry himself he loved to see everybody so; though at the same time he could not endure habitual drinkers, for such he thought unfit for business.

I don't drink.

I've never been drunk. I've never even had a beer.

I drink no more than a sponge.

There is nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.

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

Drunkenness was attacked in the same manner; it was discountenanced on every occasion by those who had charge of any department: its destructive and pernicious effects were frequently stated by his own more prudent comrades, at the proper moment when the individual was soberly suffering from the effects of his previous excess; pot- and public-houses were gradually removed from the immediate vicinity of their dwellings; the health and comfort of temperance were made familiar to them; by degrees drunkenness disappeared, and many who were habitual bacchanalians are now conspicuous for undeviating sobriety.

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.

I actually don't drink.

I don't like drinking, basically.

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

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

I've never, ever tasted beer.

The point of drinking in moderation is that sometimes you don't drink in moderation.

I never drank except a couple sips of wine at Thanksgiving.

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.

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

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.

I am not drinking now but I cannot guarantee tomorrow.

I never stood in a public house bar and alcoholic drink never touched my lips.

Drinking spirits cannot cause spiritual damage.