James Milner Quotes

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

I drink no more than a sponge.

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

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 don't drink.

I don't really party. I'll occasionally have a drink.

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

I don't like drinking, basically.

I don't drink beer, and I don't drink at home.

I just did an interview where I was asked whether I drink beer or whisky, and I was sad to reveal that I'm pounding spring water.

Ireland sober is Ireland stiff.

And I have always told the patients when I talk to them. When they come around and say, 'What will you have to drink? Oh that's right you don't drink.' Just speak up and say, 'Of course I drink. But I just don't drink alcohol.'

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

I had to give up martinis - I enjoyed them too much.

Regardless of what one's attitude towards prohibition may be, temperance is something against which, at a time of war, no reasonable protest can be made.

I am too much of a control freak to be a drinker.

I've never taken drugs. My drug, I suppose, is drink. I never drink before I sing, but I do make up for it when I come off!

I don't drink. I don't like it. It makes me feel good.

When I'm with the wife, and we're having a romantic night, I occasionally think about a glass of red wine, but I'll order a sparkling water. I'd like the wine, but it wouldn't end with one glass, so I don't even go there.

There is nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.

He who loves wine … shall not be rich.

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

McKinley drinks soda water, Bryan drinks rum; McKinley is a gentleman, Bryan is a Bum.

Abstinence from spirituous liquors is the best safeguard of morals and health.