Hikaru Nakamura Quotes

Liquor drinking is not a wrong; but excessive drinking is.

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

What's drinking? A mere pause from thinking!

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

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.

Lips that touch liquor shall never touch mine.

I love a drink. But I've never, ever in my life been on a stage and done a performance with an alcoholic drink inside me. Never have, never would. I've seen people who do and invariably they're never as good as they think they are.

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

It pays to get drunk with the best people.

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

It's not a crime to get drunk.

I've been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library.

The piano has been drinking, not me.

A man is never drunk if he can lay on the floor without holding on.

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

The country will be on a straight whisky basis, and in these days of unrest, it is dangerous to have steady beer drinkers switch to whisky.

... the sin of drunkenness which is the root of all sins.

Wine is a treacherous friend who you must always be on guard for.

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

It is not true that drink changes a man's character. It may reveal it more clearly.

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

Hell, if I didn't drink drink or smoke, I'd win twenty games every year. It's easy when you don't drink or smoke or horse around.

All the mistakes I've ever made in my life have been when I've been drunk. I haven't made hardly any mistakes sober, ever, ever.

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