#drinking

The bar . . . is an exercise in solitude. Above all else, it must be quiet, dark, very comfortable - and, contrary to modern mores, no music of any kind, no matter how faint. In sum, there should be no more than a dozen tables, and a client that doesn't like to talk. ↗

— Luis Buñuel

#music

I went to the worst of bars hoping to get killed but all I could do was to get drunk again. ↗

— Charles Bukowski

#suicide #hope

They say some of my stars drink whiskey. But I have found that the ones who drink milkshakes don't win many ball games. ↗

— Casey Stengel

#drinking #baseball

Write drunk; edit sober. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#write

When we signed our deal in 1974, we'd already been together for six years. When they lowered the drinking age in Ontario in 1971 to 18 years, we went from playing two or three high schools in a month to playing clubs two or three times a week. ↗

— Alex Lifeson

#already #been #clubs #deal #drinking

I'll quit coffee. It won't be easy drinking my Bailey's straight, but I'll get used to it. It'll still be the best part of waking up. ↗

— Megan Mullally

#best #best part #coffee #drinking #easy

I had what AA calls 'a convincer' - which made me realize that I couldn't do it any more. I went out drinking for about 70 hours here in London. At the end I knew I was done. ↗

— Gary Oldman

#any #calls #done #drinking #end

There are two reasons for drinking: one is, when you are thirsty, to cure it; the other, when you are not thirsty, to prevent it. ↗

— Thomas Love Peacock

#drinking #other #prevent #reasons #thirsty

At the Olympics in China, every color was represented... and that was just the drinking water. ↗

— Evan Sayet

#color #drinking #drinking water #every #just

Drinking habits were very prevalent among men, and were not in any way disgraceful, unless excessive. ↗

— Catherine Helen Spence

#any #disgraceful #drinking #excessive #habits