Francois Rabelais Quotes

I never drank except a couple sips of wine at Thanksgiving.

A drunkard is one thing, and a temperate man is quite another.

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 really party. I'll occasionally have a drink.

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

I don't drink at all.

I didn't even drink in college.

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.

The point of drinking in moderation is that sometimes you don't drink in moderation.

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.

I've never been drunk. I've never even had a beer.

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

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

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

I don't even drink.

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

Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.

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 think a man ought to get drunk at least twice a year just on principle, so he won't let himself get snotty about it.

It's not the drinking to be blamed, but the excess.

I don't drink as much as I use to could.

One drink is too many for me and a thousand not enough.