Keith Whitley Quotes

It's not a crime to get drunk.

I admit I was drinking a Guinness... but I did not swallow.

All excess is ill, but drunkenness is of the worst sort. It spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans men. It reveals secrets, is quarrelsome, lascivious, impudent, dangerous and mad. In fine, he that is drunk is not a man: because he is so long void of Reason, that distinguishes a Man from a Beast.

Drinking makes people go out of control.

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

Drunkenness is temporary suicide.

I'm a big fan of the effects of alcohol.

Come, for my part I will have only those glorious, manly pleasures of being very drunk, and very slovenly.

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is riotous; and whoever is deceived by it is not wise

Make no mistake, liquor is as much a part of the problem as drugs, perhaps a bigger part.

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

We, like any other state – and probably more so because of the culture here – have problems with alcohol.

We are fighting Germany, Austria and drink, and as far as I can see, the greatest of these three deadly foes is drink.

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.

Most of the males have a strong passion for strong drink, especially rum.

I drank too much, only champagne.

One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.

But I've never been the type to be sloppy drunk in public.

I drink a lot of beer.

I simply don't know how to act as if I am drunk.

It pays to get drunk with the best people.

We used to drink an awful lot of alcohol.

We go on a lot in this country about offences being caused by drugs. The truth is just as many offences are caused by drink. And that should be taken into account.

Wine hath drowned more men than the sea.

You don't quite know how drunk you are until all of a sudden you're on the floor.