Winston Churchill Quotes About Drinking

• "Mr. Churchill you're drunk!"
  Mr. Churchill: "And you, Lady Astor, are ugly. As for my condition, it will pass by the morning. You, however, will still be ugly.

  Winston Churchill

  Morning, Drinking, Drunk

• A lady came up to me one day and said 'Sir! You are drunk', to which I replied 'I am drunk today madam, and tomorrow I shall be sober but you will still be ugly.

  Winston Churchill

  Humorous, Party, Drinking

• The water was not fit to drink. To make it palatable, we had to add whisky. By diligent effort, I learned to like it.

  Winston Churchill

  Drinking, Scotch, Water

  Sir Winston Churchill (1965). “The Churchill Wit”

• My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them.

  Winston Churchill

  Drinking, Beer, Funny Sarcastic

  Uttered during a lunch with the Arab leader, Ibn Saud

• I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.

  Winston Churchill

  Funny, Beauty, Sarcastic

• I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.

  Winston Churchill

  Military, Drinking, Taken

  In Quentin Reynolds By Quentin Reynolds (1964) ch. 11

• Remember gentleman, it's not just France we're fighting for, it's Champagne!

  Winston Churchill

  Drinking, Wine, Fighting

• Make sure that the beer - four pints a week - goes to the troops under fire before any of the parties in the rear get a drop.

  Winston Churchill

  Drinking, Book, Party

  Winston Churchill (1986). “Triumph and Tragedy”, p.613, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

• Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it.

  Winston Churchill

  Drinking, Beer, Wife

• In time of war, soldiers, however sensible, care a great deal more on some occasions about slaking their thirst than about the danger of enteric fever. Better known as typhoid, the disease is often spread by drinking contaminated water.

  Winston Churchill

  War, Drinking, Water

• Meeting Franklin Roosevelt was like opening your first bottle of champagne; knowing him was like drinking it.

  Winston Churchill

  Drinking, Wine, Knowing

• My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars.

  Winston Churchill

  Drinking, Smoking, Alcohol

  Uttered during a lunch with the Arab leader, Ibn Saud

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