Quotes / In Vino Veritas

Starfire: And what are you going to do with all that loot, Derek?
Derek: What else? Wine, women and song! Bright lights—
(gunshot)
Starfire: That was the wrong answer, Derek — I can't have my plans ruined by someone who — while under the influence — might talk — and ruin my organization just as I'm getting started!

— Adventure Comics #404

Drunk, sure. And he suspected now that the reason he had gotten drunk was so he could consider this crazy idea soberly.

—Pet Sematary

She gets vicious when she's drinkin', loves to put me down.
She gets vicious when she's drinkin', loves to put me down.
Throw a drink right in my face and then say "Baby, you gon' go get the next round. Go on!"

—Blue Room, "Hard Drinkin' Woman"

You said you had it bad fer me, you'd take me to the moon
You said no other moved you so, no other made you swoon
But when the drink was in your blood you sang another tune
And that was when I learned the truth; the whiskey never lies

—David Burns, "The Whiskey Never Lies"

I hate them all, I hate them all, I hate myself for hating them,
So I drink some more - I love them all!
I drink even more; I hate them even more than I did before...

—The Strokes, "The Other Side".

[My friends] say I’m not myself when I drink
But the truth is
I’m not myself when I’m sober

—Gilaad Cahana, "Dancing".

Dr. Jimmy and Mr. Jim
When I'm pilled you don't notice him
He only comes out when I drink my gin

—The Who, "Dr. Jimmy"

Mike: They say a drunk man's talk is a sober man's thoughts.
Bonnie: (drunk) Well, I ain't a man, so "they" can take that shit somewhere else.

— The Walking Dead

"So much the worse for those who fear wine, for it is because they have some bad thoughts which they are afraid the liquor will extract from their hearts."

—The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

Jack: Do not drink too much. Do you hear me? I don't want you passing out or going to the dark side. No going to the dark side!

Miles: Okay!

—Sideways^note He goes to the dark side.

He let the contents of the bottle do the thinking
Can't shake the devil's hand and say you're only kidding

—They Might Be Giants, "Your Racist Friend"

Orel: "I think you might be...too drunk."
Clay: (series of Beats) "Let me tell you something, OREL: Drunk...IS...nature."

—Moral Orel

Orel: "Well it's just...when he drinks, he changes."
Bloberta: "Oh, he doesn't change, Orel! That's just his true nature coming out!"

—Moral Orel

"When I asked them, 'Do either of you have any regrets due to your drinking?' Gore said, 'Oh, Lordy.' I knew Jacqueline Kennedy had thrown Gore out of the White House one night when he had had too much to drink, and I knew that Norman had stabbed his wife, Adele, one night when he was in a drunken blackout. Both parties basically said they had no regrets as I watched Norman shuffle his feet under the table."

—Calore Mallory, "My 3-Way With Normal Mailer and Gore Vidal"

Fifth Lesson: In wine, there is truth.

— Higher Learning, chapter 5 prologue

"Booze makes you do things you already wanted to do."

— Nelson Muntz, The Simpsons

I had started acting out. We would go to a party and I'd take my clothes off. I have Indian blood. I can have one drink and drop. I'd take off my clothes and start dancing and going crazy and being my normal self that I am now, that I couldn't be then 'cause I was just getting an inkling of consciousness.

— Ona Zee

"We begin well, sir. I distrust a man who says "when". If he's got to be careful not to drink too much, it's because he's not to be trusted when he does. Well, sir, here's to plain speaking and clear understanding." [They drink.]

— Kasper Gutman, The Maltese Falcon

"So constantly I seek it
Wondering why I gotta drink a six-pack to speak it"

— Common, from his verse on Pharaohe Monch's "The Truth"

"[Kris walks up while Queen is drinking a glass of battery acid]
Oh
Lmao
[laughs and throws her glass on the ground causing it to shatter]
Don't Worry That Was My Throwing Glass It's Safe
[Beat]
[leans on Kris's head] You Get Me Kris
You Do Not Do Crazy Things Like "Have Opinions"
Or Scream When I Capture You
Or Tell Me Horrible Plans For Smartboy Theme Park
I Just Cannot Compute It
Why Everyone Else Is So... Ungrateful
[laughs again and throws a second glass on the ground, which explodes]
Whoops That Was My Extra Dangerous Glass"

— Queen, Deltarune Chapter 2

"A drunk tongue is an honest tongue."

—Mays, The Walking Dead

"A drunk man's words are a sober man's thoughts."

—Oliver Reed

Bitterroot had long ago found the almost-ideal truth potion for getting tight-lipped ponies to talk. It was legal. It was inexpensive. It was widely available. It was innocuous. It was easily camouflaged. It loosened lips swiftly. It lowered inhibitions. It was cheap beer. In vino veritas.

—Urban Wilds

The media, tv shows and movies like cop dramas or daytime talk shows needs a Deus ex Machina in order to get the truth out of the bad guy. Lately some of them have been switching over to “truth serums” which were ruled completely unconstitutional in 1963 in the US, because of the whole altered mind and giving a confession while under the influence thing. If you’d like to see how well truth serums actually work, you probably have one the best ones in your kitchen – alcohol.

—Knowing Better video Gather 'round the Gaslight | Lying

"Being drunk is not a loss of control. It's a liberation. It's the only way to learn who you are without frightening yourself."

— Blast

"That's bullshit. You get drunk and bitch about them all the time. Everyone likes to bitch to the bartender. I know everything about you and these motherfuckers at this point."

— Husk, Hazbin Hotel

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