For years, our good friend Winfried had a sign hanging in his office that read, \u201cEveryone should believe in something \u2014 I believe I\u2019ll have another beer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was thinking about that the other day, and it occurs to me that a lot of famous, or well-known people have been given credit for quotes about alcohol. Winston Churchill is credited with a number of fairly famous quotes, like \u201cMy 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.\u201d
So alcohol has been on the minds of lots of famous people, and the subject of many parables and even has its place in the Bible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here\u2019s some examples\u2026. And a lot of well-known, and not so well-known, provers involve alcohol\u2026. And even the Bible talks about drinking\u2026. So it seems appropriate that tomorrow, we all raise our glass and give a cheer \u2014 to the Chinese New Year! For years, our good friend Winfried had a sign hanging in his office that read, \u201cEveryone should believe in something \u2014 I believe I\u2019ll have another beer.\u201d I was thinking about that the other day, and it occurs to me … Continue reading
Good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well used ~ William Shakespeare<\/em> (from Othello<\/em>)
Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy ~ Benjamin Franklin<\/em>
Wine is a living liquid containing no preservatives ~ Julia Child<\/em>
You are not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on ~ Dean Martin<\/em>
I\u2019m not a heavy drinker; I can sometimes go for hours without touching a drop ~ No\u00ebl Coward<\/em>
Always do sober what you said you\u2019d do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. ~ Ernest Hemingway<\/em>
Wine is bottled poetry ~ Robert Louis Stevenson<\/em>
What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch? ~ W. C. Fields<\/em>
Good company, good wine, good welcome, can make good people. ~ William Shakespeare (Henry Viii)<\/em>
Good wine is a necessity of life for me ~ Thomas Jefferson<\/em>
In victory, you deserve champagne; in defeat, you need it. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte<\/em>
When I read about the evils of drink, I gave up reading ~ Henny Youngman<\/em>
Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough ~ Mark Twain<\/em>
Alcohol may be man\u2019s worst enemy, but the Bible says love your enemy ~ Frank Sinatra<\/em>
Wine is sunlight, held together by water ~ Galileo<\/em>
He was a wise man who invented beer ~ Plato<\/em>
The water was not fit to drink. To make it palatable, we had to add whiskey. By diligent effort, I learned to like it. ~ Winston churchill<\/em>
An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools. ~ Ernest Hemingway<\/em>
Work is the curse of the drinking classes ~ Oscar Wilde<\/em>
There can be nothing more frequent than an occasional drink ~ Oscar Wilde<\/em>
Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication ~ Lord Byron<\/em>
There can\u2019t be good living where there is not good drinking ~ Benjamin Franklin<\/em>
It is a fair wind that blew men to the ale ~ Washington Irving<\/em>
Let us have wine and women, mirth and laughter, sermons and soda water the day after ~ Lord Byron<\/em>
Milk is for babies. When you grow up you have to drink beer ~ Arnold Schwarzenegger<\/em>
Drinking is a way of ending the day ~ Ernest Hemingway<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is well to remember that there are five reasons for drinking: the arrival of a friend, one\u2019s present or future thirst, the excellence of the wine, or any other reason. ~ Latin Proverb<\/em>
What whiskey will not cure, there is no cure for ~ Irish Proverb<\/em>
Do not cease to drink beer, to eat, to intoxicate thyself, to make love, and to celebrate the good days. ~ Ancient Egyptian proverb<\/em>
What soberness conceals, drunkenness reveals ~ Proverb<\/em>
But the greatest love \u2014 the lover above all loves \u2014 Even greater than that of a mother, is the tender, passionate, undying love, of one beer-drunken slob for another ~ Irish Proverb<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more ~ Proverbs 31:6<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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