Anyone who can wield a witty wordsmith sword in a few words or less, I bow in awe of. Here are some of my favorites of the best drinking quotes of all time:
“Men are like wine – some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.”
― Pope John XXIII
“Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.”
~ Benjamin Franklin
“Beauty lies in the hands of the beer holder.”
~ Anonymous
“When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.”
~ Frantois Rabelais
“Wine improves with age. The older I get, the better I like it.”
― Anonymous
“Why don’t you get out of that wet coat and into a dry martini?”
~ The Major and the Minor
“When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.”
~ Henry Youngman
“Whenever someone asks me if I want water with my scotch, I say, I’m thirsty, not dirty.”
~ Joe E. Lewis
“Age is just a number. It’s totally irrelevant unless, of course, you happen to be a bottle of wine.”
― Joan Collins
“Alcohol may be man’s worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy.”
~ Frank Sinatra
“If you drink, don’t drive. Don’t even putt.”
~ Dean Martin
“Writer’s block is a fancy term made up by whiners so they can have an excuse to drink alcohol.”
― Steve Martin
“In victory, you deserve Champagne. In defeat you need it.”
– Napoleon Bonaparte
“I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.”
― W.C. Fields, circa 1930′s
“Sir, if you were my husband, I would poison your drink”.
– Lady Astor to Winston Churchill
“Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it.”
-His reply.
“Writing a novel is not method acting and I find it easy to step out of it at cocktail hour.
– Bret Easton Ellis
“In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria.”
― Benjamin Franklin
“Here’s to alcohol, the rose colored glasses of life.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned
“Drink because you are happy, but never because you are miserable.”
― G.K. Chesterton, Heretics
“I always take Scotch whiskey at night as a preventive of toothache. I have never had the toothache; and what is more, I never intend to have it.”
― Mark Twain
“There comes a time in every woman’s life when the only thing that helps is a glass of champagne.”
― Bette Davis
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Did I miss your one of your favorite wine, beer or cocktail quotes? Or maybe you have created your own, worthy of the ‘best drinking quotes’ list?
Drink Well,
Lanee