Drunk
AS A
LORD
CHEAP BOOZE IS A FALSE ECONOMY.
And wine can of their wits the wise beguile, Make the sage frolic, and the serious smile.
NO ANIMAL EVER INVENTED ANYTHING SO BAD AS DRUNKENNESS — OR SO GOOD AS DRINK.
A good local pub has much in common with a church, except that a pub is warmer, and there’s more conversation.
WHEN I PLAYED DRUNKS I HAD TO REMAIN SOBER BECAUSE I DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO PLAY THEM WHEN I WAS DRUNK.
Real ale fans are just like trainspotters, only drunk.
I do not live
IN THE WORLD
OF SOBRIETY.
ALCOHOL… IT ENABLES PARLIAMENT TO DO THINGS AT ELEVEN AT NIGHT THAT NO SANE PERSON WOULD DO AT ELEVEN IN THE MORNING.
The first draught serveth for health, the second for pleasure, the third for shame, the fourth for madness.
FILL IT UP. I TAKE AS LARGE DRAUGHTS OF LIQUOR AS I DID OF LOVE. I HATE A FLINCHER IN EITHER.
This is one of the disadvantages of wine; it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.
THE BEST RESEARCH FOR PLAYING A DRUNK IS BEING A BRITISH ACTOR FOR 20 YEARS.
It is widely held that too much wine will dull a man’s desire. Indeed it will — in a dull man.
I HAVE TAKEN MORE OUT OF ALCOHOL THAN ALCOHOL HAS TAKEN OUT OF ME.
Drink is the feast of reason and the flow of soul.
A TAVERN IS A PLACE WHERE MADNESS IS SOLD BY THE BOTTLE.
There are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking; as there are fruits that are not good until they are rotten.
I CAN RESIST EVERYTHING EXCEPT TEMPTATION.