Charles Bukowski Quotes

I like to have a martini/Two at the very most/After three I'm under the table/After four I'm under my host.

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.

Ireland sober is Ireland stiff.

Of course I get drunk, my brain is only the size of a walnut.

It pays to get drunk with the best people.

Whenever someone asks me if I want water with my Scotch, I say I'm thirsty, not dirty.

I was seeing this girl recently and used to call her up saying I missed her. I can't help it after a few drinks!

Beer. Now there's a temporary solution.

Whiskey's to tough, Champagne costs too much, Vodka puts my mouth in gear. I hope this refrain, Will help me explain, As a matter of fact, I like beer.

While I can't walk on water, I can certainly wobble on whisky.

It's a real challenge to complete a story arc and end up with a cool punchline in 120 characters.

Drinking is a remarkable, automatic release and a way of relaxing.

The piano has been drinking, not me.

A tavern is a place where madness is sold by the bottle.

I'm not a heavy drinker, I can sometimes go for hours without touching a drop.

One reason I don't drink is that I want to know when I am having a good time.

I am not a member of any temperance society; but I am temperate, in this, that I don’t drink anything.

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

One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.

I don't like champagne. I mean, I like it bubbling and throwing it on someone's body. But I don't like champagne on my body.

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

Mongolians are epic drinkers and carousers, and in this respect, they are extremely congenial to my own way of thinking.

Sometimes people go into my business because they like to drink, which - that's insane.

If you're not drinkin', then you're not playin'

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