Beer And Wine Quotes:

Religions change; beer and wine remain.

- Hervey Allen

source: Hervey Allen (1933). “Anthony Adverse”

topic: Wine, Beer, Beer And Wine

There cannot be good living where there is not good drinking.

- Benjamin Franklin

topic: Funny, Drinking, Food, Brewing, Drinkers

A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.

- Louis Pasteur

source: "The Mammoth Book of Zingers, Quips, and One-Liners". Book by Geoff Tibballs, 2004.

topic: Funny, Philosophy, Drinking, Drinking Wine, Great Wine

Beer, if drank with moderation, softens the temper, cheers the spirit, and promotes health.

- Thomas Jefferson

topic: Cheer, Drinking, Beer, Brewing, Malt

Wine is sunlight, held together by water.

- Galileo Galilei

topic: Drinking, Wine, Water, Vineyards, Best Wine

There is an ancient Celtic axiom that says 'Good people drink good beer.' Which is true, then as now. Just look around you in any public barroom and you will quickly see: Bad people drink bad beer. Think about it.

- Hunter S. Thompson

topic: Beer, Thinking, People, Brewing, Malt

Beer is made by men, wine by God.

- Martin Luther

topic: Wine, Beer, Men, Vineyards, Best Wine

I can't afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.

- B. B. King

topic: Wine, Beer, Politics, Beer And Wine

I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion.

- Miguel de Cervantes

topic: Drinking, Sometimes, Drink, Drinkers, Wine Toast

An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.

- Ernest Hemingway

topic: Drinking, Book, Beer, Intelligent Man, Irish Beer

God made yeast, as well as dough, and loves fermentation just as dearly as he loves vegetation.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

topic: Food, Yeast, And Love, Irish Beer, Brewing

One sip of this will bathe the drooping spirits in delight, beyond the bliss of dreams.

- John Milton

topic: Dream, Drinking, Alcohol, Wine And Friends, Wine With Friends

I recommend...bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.

- Sophocles

topic: Beer, Vegetables, Bread, Craft Beer, Beer Drinking

He that drinks fast, pays slow.

- Benjamin Franklin

topic: Drinking, Pay, Drink, Brewing, Don't Drink Alcohol

Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.

- Ernest Hemingway

topic: Funny, Witty, Clever, Alcoholism, Irish Beer

You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer.

- Frank Zappa

topic: Funny, Country, Football, Irish Beer, Brewing

Why is American beer served cold? So you can tell it from urine.

- Dave Moulton

topic: Beer, Cold, Drinking Beer, Drinking Whiskey, Cold Beer

Behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our vineyards; there it enters the roots of the vines, to be changed into wine; a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy.

- Benjamin Franklin

topic: Rain, Wine, Roots, Vineyards, Best Wine

No animal ever invented anything as bad as drunkenness - or so good as drink.

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

source: All Things Considered (1908) "Wine When it is Red"

topic: Drinking, Beer, Animal, Liquor Funny, Drunkenness

I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.

- Abraham Lincoln

topic: Inspirational, Wisdom, Truth, Irish Beer, Drinkers

I'm only a beer teetotaler, not a champagne teetotaler; I don't like beer.

- George Bernard Shaw

source: Candida (1898) act 3

topic: Drinking, Wine, Beer, Champagne Drinking, Don't Drink Alcohol

O thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou has no name to be known by, let us call thee devil....O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains! that we should, with joy, pleasance revel and applause, transform ourselves into beasts!

- William Shakespeare

topic: Wine, Men, Names, Alcoholism, Intemperance

Here's a toast to the roast that good fellowship lends, with the sparkle of beer and wine; May its sentiment always be deeper, my friends, than the foam at the top of the stein. Then here's to the heartening wassail, wherever good fellows are found; Be its master instead of its vassal, and order the glasses around.

- Ogden Nash

topic: Drinking, Heart, Wine, Beer And Wine

I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.

- W. C. Fields

topic: Funny, Witty, Humorous, Yummy, Delicious Food

He who loves not women, wine, and song Remains a fool his whole life long.

- Martin Luther

source: "Luther's Works: Table talk".

topic: Love, Life, Song, Drinkers, Women And Wine

Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.

- Benjamin Franklin

topic: Love, Inspirational, Funny, Ale, Lager

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

- Winston Churchill

topic: Military, Taken, Drinking, Alcoholism, Irish Beer

Wine makes daily living easier, less hurried with fewer tensions and more tolerance.

- Benjamin Franklin

topic: Wine, Tolerance, Culinary, Daily Living, Vineyards

We hear of the conversion of water into wine at the marriage in Cana as of a miracle. But this conversion is, through the goodness of God, made every day before our eyes. Behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our vineyards, and which incorporates itself with the grapes, to be changed into wine; a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy.

- Benjamin Franklin

source: Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks (1856). “The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Edition, and Many Letters, Official and Private Not Hitherto Published; with Notes and a Life of the Author”, p.226

topic: Vineyards, Best Wine, Wine And Love, Wine Love, Wine Making

We old folks have to find our cushions and pillows in our tankards. Strong beer is the milk of the old.

- Martin Luther

topic: Strong, Beer, Milk, Brewing, Drinking Beer

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.

- Abraham Lincoln

source: "Whip Smart: A Memoir". Book by Melissa Febos, therumpus.net. 2010.

topic: Life And Love, Book, Athlete, Antithesis, Black Humor

It's the same things your whole life. 'Clean up your room!', 'Stand up straight!', 'Pick up your feet!', 'Take it like a man!', 'Be nice to your sister!', 'Don't mix beer and wine, ever!'. Oh yeah, 'Don't drive on the railroad track!'

- Philip Connors

topic: Nice, Wine, Beer, Railroad Tracks, Your Room

The consumption of alcohol is increasing among youth. Targeting young audiences, advertisers portray beer and wine as joyful, socially desirable, and harmless. Producers are promoting new types of alcoholic beverages as competitors in the huge soft-drink market. Grocery and convenience stores and gas stations stock alcoholic beverages side by side with soda pop. Can Christians who are involved in this commerce be indifferent to the physical and moral effects of the alcohol from which they are making their profits?

- Dallin H. Oaks

topic: Christian, Wine, Beer, Soft Drinks, Soda Pop