Shane MacGowan Quotes

There are two reasons for drinking: one is, when you are thirsty, to cure it; the other, when you are not thirsty, to prevent it.

I can go eight days without a drink—but who wants to be a camel.

I haven't taken into account how much I drink. I do drink a lot when I am on stage anyway. You will see me come back and have sips of water. I haven't taken into account how much.

The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.

I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal lobotomy.

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

First the man takes a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes the man.

It really depends on how thirsty I was.

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

I need you to read more and drink less.

The plan was to drink until the pain is over, But what's worse, the pain or the hangover?

I drink for the thirst to come.

It's that idea that you can have one drink - and no you can't. Within a week I was drinking heavily. It was so quick that even I was like, 'Wow.'

Liquor - you can make it illegal but you can't make it unpopular.

Drinking every night because we drink to my accomplishments.

Potable, n. Suitable for drinking. Water is said to be potable; indeed, some declare it our natural beverage, although even they find it palatable only when suffering from the recurrent disorder known as thirst, for which it is a medicine.

I only take a drink on two occasions - when I'm thirsty and when I'm not.

I can drink like a fish, or at least, someone born with fetal alcohol syndrome.

War and drink are the two things man is never too poor to buy.

It’s just that I’d rather die of drink than of thirst.

You can't drink all day if you don't start in the morning.

To drink for pleasure may be a distraction, but to drink from misery is always a danger.

The more they drink the more they thirst.

There is mounting concern worldwide over the consumption of alcohol. The U.S. government estimates that 10.6 million adults are alcoholics and that one family in four is troubled by alcohol. It is a factor in half of all the nation's traffic deaths.