Oliver Reed Quotes

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

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.

Of course one should not drink much, but often.

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

I've just had eighteen straight whiskies. I think that's the record.

A man can take a little bourbon without getting drunk, but if you hold his mouth open and pour in a quart, he's going to get sick on it.

Drink the first. Sip the second slowly. Skip the third.

Not drunk is he who from the floor - Can rise alone and still drink more; But drunk is They, who prostrate lies, Without the power to drink or rise.

Beer. Now there's a temporary solution.

It takes only one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can't remember if it's the thirteenth or the fourteenth.

I lose all control after two drinks of anything.

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

I've always loved my red wine, and when I'm not working I can open a bottle too many. I love to cook, so it's one for me and one for the casserole. I would consume a bottle of wine on my own of an evening and then literally pass out.

I drank too much, only champagne.

I have some drinks at night but that's it.

A good glass of red wine or maybe a little bit too much every now and then is just fine. Heavy boozing, not so much, because you don't recover enough from it.

A real hangover is nothing to try out family remedies on. The only cure for a real hangover is death.

I admit to drinking it, but I did not swallow.

Tequila. Straight. There's a real polite drink. You keep drinking until you finally take one more and it just won't go down. Then you know you've reached your limit.

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

I've been drinking tequila for a long time now, and it's never been about drinking to get drunk. I don't do that. I never drink tequila during the day, and I don't drive at night.

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

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

Did your mother never tell you not to drink on an empty head?

I admit I was drinking a Guinness... but I did not swallow.