We, the undersigned, recognizing the evils of drunkenness and resolved to check its alarming increase, with consequent poverty, misery and crime among our people, hereby solemnly pledge ourselves that we will not get drunk more than four times a year, viz., Fourth of July, Muster Day, Christmas Day, and Sheep-Sheering. (1820)
Alcohol Quotes
And I will see what physic the tavern affords. (Henry VI)
Horn, corn, wool, and yarn! (Scottish toast)
A horrid alcoholic explosion scatters all my good intentions like bits of limbs and clothes over the doorsteps and into the saloon bars of the tawdriest pubs.
What I’m trying to say is, I’m not a drinker – I’m a drunk.
What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch?
Alcohol and marijuana, if used in moderation, plus loud, usually low-class music, make stress and boredom infinitely more bearable.
(Holding his dram and staring it in the eye) Ye killed me mither; Ye killed me father; Ah, sweet revenge!!
I never drink water, that’s the stuff that rusts pipes.
Wine, which cheereth God and man. (Judges 9:13)
