F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes

It's not a crime to get drunk.

Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication.

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

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

... the sin of drunkenness which is the root of all sins.

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.

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.

When drinkers became violent, communities accepted the idea that liquor was responsible for their actions; it made no sensate punish the person who committed the crime when the true offender was the alcohol.

It pays to get drunk with the best people.

And we used to do a lot of drugs and get very drunk on very cheap wine.

Beer makes you feel the way you ought to feel without beer.

He is a drunkard who takes more than three glasses though he be not drunk.

In my family, they were all big boozers.

First the man takes a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes the man.

The greatest pleasure of this people [Russians] is drunkenness.

Drunkenness is the Touch Stone by which they try every man; and he that cannot or will not drink, has a mark set upon Him. He is abused behind his Back. He is hurt in his Property, and he is persecuted as far as the Power of Malice and Intemperance.

I made some mistakes. I occasionally drank too much, and I did that night.

Drunkenness excuseth no vice.

It is an unhappy thing that in later years a Kind of Drink called Rum has been common among us. They that are poor and wicked, too, can for a penny make themselves drunk.

If you are to be employed by the BBC, you must promise not to get drunk…. You look as if you will be washed out of poetry by whisky.

We knew the old liar drank a lot, but now we know just how much: 'He begins the morning with a sherry, then has a bottle of Burgundy with lunch. He often has a glass of port after lunch, but always one after dinner. There is whiskey in the afternoon and Champagne with dinner. Then some more port, and a glass of Cognac. As the night goes on, a whiskey and soda...'

… there are two things that will be believed of any man whatsoever, and one of them is that he has taken to drink.

Refrain from drink which is the source of all evil--and the ruin of half the workmen in this Country.

I've found for playing that it's generally not a good thing to be drinking.

The English are very indulgent to episodes of alcoholic insanity.