Oscar Levant Quotes

I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day.

I'd hate to be a teetotaler. Imagine getting up in the morning and knowing that's as good as you're going to feel all day.

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

Drinking spirits cannot cause spiritual damage.

Abstinence from spirituous liquors is the best safeguard of morals and health.

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

I don't like drinking, basically.

I don't drink. Don't smoke.

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

I had to give up martinis - I enjoyed them too much.

I am too much of a control freak to be a drinker.

I'm not really the party person. I don't 'become myself' once I'm drunk. I don't use alcohol to be happy.

I drink no more than a sponge.

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 used to like whiskey. But it's been a long time since I've been drunk.

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

I am not a member of any temperance society; but I am temperate, in this, that I don’t drink anything.

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.

Lips that touch liquor shall never touch mine.

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 can't remember the last time I was out at a bar or club. I'll still drink, but I just can't remember the last time I blacked out. Which I think means I'm growing up.

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

It used to take a day to get over the partying. But I don't party anymore. I don't miss it, either.

I have never been drunk in my life, and I don't expect I ever will be.