Rob Ford Quotes

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.

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.

I basically gave up drinking. Personally, I thought I was drinking too much and, over the long run, it caught up with me.

I'm not no 'drink wine every day' kind of dude.

If one must drink, then let one drink thrice a month, for more is bad. If one gets drunk twice a month, it is better; if one gets drunk once a month, that is better still; and if one doesn't drink at all, that is the best of all.

I sit there and think how it isn't fair that I can't drink at all, even a little. I realize I have crammed an entire lifetime of moderate drinking into a decade of hard-core drinking and that is why. I blew my wad.

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.

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 never drank except a couple sips of wine at Thanksgiving.

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.

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

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.

I wasn't really an alcoholic, but I was losing control. I still go for a beer, but I drink a lot less.

I have a reputation for drinking a lot. Indeed, I drink quite much. However, I give it up when I wish to do so. I never, ever drink while on duty. The drinking is only for my pleasure. I do not remember neglecting my duties because of drinking even once.

I don't drink wine during the day. Not even a little. Otherwise, the rest of the day is an apology.

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

Once in a while I'll drink a rum-and-Coke but that's all, and only once in a while.

I didn't even drink in college.

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

My rule - and I feel like this is a pretty good rule for life - no drinking while on television. I do not ever imbibe.

Anyone who knows me knows that I am not much of a drinker.

I don't know whether I will drink again in my life but I didn't drink yesterday, I am not drinking today and I'll try not to drink again tomorrow.