Ale Quotes - Page 2

• Saint George he was for England, And before he killed the dragon he drank a pint of English ale out of an English flagon.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Beer, Dragons, Saint George

  Gilbert K. Chesterton (2012). “L'osteria volante”, p.116, Bompiani

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• Homer no function beer well without.

  Matt Groening

  Beer, Funny Simpsons, Function

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• Ale, not beer, in a pewter mug was comme il faut, the only thing for a gentleman of letters, worthy of the name, to drink.

  Guy de Maupassant

  Beer, Names, Gentleman

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• It turns out that one can perpetrate all manner of heinous villainy under a cloak of courtesy and good cheer. . .a man will forfeit all sensible self-interest if he finds you affable enough to share your company over a flagon of ale.

  Christopher Moore

  Cheer, Men, Self

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• England was merry England, when Old Christmas brought his sports again. 'Twas Christmas broach'd the mightiest ale; 'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale; A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man's heart through half the year.

  Walter Scott

  Christmas, Sports, Xmas

  Sir Walter Scott (1873). “Poetical Works”, p.112

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• And malt does more than Milton can to justify God's ways to man.

  A. E. Housman

  Drinking, Food, Book

  A Shropshire Lad no. 62, l. 21 (1896)

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• SodaStream is a company that is not only committed to the environment, but to building a bridge to peace between Israel and Palestine, supporting neighbors working alongside each other, receiving equal pay, equal benefits and equal rights. That is what is happening in their Ma'ale Adumim factory every working day.

  Scarlett Johansson

  Bridges, Rights, Israel

  "Oxfam under pressure to cut ties with Scarlett Johansson over SodaStream ad" by Matthew Kalman, www.theguardian.com. January 29, 2014.

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• And brought of mighty ale a large quart.

  Geoffrey Chaucer

  Geoffrey Chaucer (2012). “The Canterbury Tales”, p.140, The Floating Press

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• "What is your best, your very best, ale a glass?" "Two pence halfpenny," says the landlord, "is the price of the Genuine Stunning Ale." "Then," says I, producing the money, "just draw me a glass of the Genuine Stunning, if you please, with a good head on it."

  Charles Dickens

  Beer, Glasses, Two

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• If you wish to grow thinner, diminish your dinner,
  And take to light claret instead of pale ale;
  Look down with an utter contempt upon butter,
  And never touch bread till its toasted--or stale.

  Henry Sambrooke Leigh

  Light, Wish, Looks

  Henry Sambrooke Leigh (1869). “Carols of Cockayne”, p.186

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• Thirstily he set it to his lips, and as its cool refreshment began to soothe his throat, he thanked Heaven that in a world of much evil there was still so good a thing as ale.

  Rafael Sabatini

  Beer, Evil, Heaven

  Rafael Sabatini (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Rafael Sabatini (Illustrated)”, p.3315, Delphi Classics

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• Away, you cut-purse rascal! you filthy bung, away! By this wine, I'll thrust my knife in your mouldy chaps, an you play the saucy cuttle with me. Away, you bottle-ale rascal! you basket-hilt stale juggler, you!

  William Shakespeare

  Wine, Sassy, Cutting

  William Shakespeare (2016). “King Henry IV Part 2: Third Series”, p.260, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Gimme a visky with a ginger ale on the side - and don't be stinchy, beby.

  Greta Garbo

  Book, Sides, Ginger

  Sven Broman, Greta Garbo (1992). “Conversations with Greta Garbo”, G K Hall & Company

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• I am very sorry to know and hear how unreverently that most precious jewel, the Word of God, is disputed, rhymed, sung and jangled in every ale-house and tavern, contrary to the true meaning and doctrine of the same.

  King Edward VIII

  Sorry, Jewels, House

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• While snow the window-panes bedim,
  The fire curls up a sunny charm,
  Where, creaming o'er the pitcher's rim,
  The flowering ale is set to warm;
  Mirth, full of joy as summer bees,
  Sits there, its pleasures to impart,
  And children, 'tween their parent's knees,
  Sing scraps of carols o'er by heart.

  John Clare

  Summer, Children, Heart

  John Clare (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of John Clare (Illustrated)”, p.482, Delphi Classics

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• It gladdens me to know that Baldr’s father [Odin] makes ready the benches for a banquet. Soon we shall be drinking ale from the curved horns. The champion who comes into Odin’s dwelling [Valhalla] does not lament his death. I shall not enter his hall with words of fear upon my lips. The Æsir will welcome me. Death comes without lamenting… Eager am I to depart. The Dísir summon me home, those whom Odin sends for me [Valkyries] from the halls of the Lord of Hosts. Gladly shall I drink ale in the high-seat with the Æsir. The days of my life are ended. I laugh as I die.

  Ragnar Lodbrok

  Father, Drinking, Home

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• Save your wack rhymes, hold your female.
  Pass the Old Gold, trash the ale.
  Cash your food stamps, get the WIC out the mail.
  Love to eat shrimps, but I never eat snail,
  Eat a whole fish except for the tail.
  Keep food in the fridge so it don't get stale,
  And when there's nothing to eat...I bite my nails.

  Big Daddy Kane

  Rap, Hip Hop, Gold

  Song: On the Bugged Tip, Album: Long Live the Kane

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• Why, if 'tis dancing you would be, There's brisker pipes than poetry. Say, for what were hop-yards meant, Or why was Burton built on Trent? Oh many a peer of England brews Livelier liquor than the Muse, And malt does more than Milton can To justify God's ways to man. Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink For fellows whom it hurts to think: Look into the pewter pot To see the world as the world's not.

  A. E. Housman

  Hurt, Drinking, Men

  Shropshire Lad (1896) no. 62

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• I have drunk ale from the Country of the Young / And weep because I know all things now.

  William Butler Yeats

  Country, Drunk, Young

  William Butler Yeats (1997). “The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats: Volume I: The Poems, 2nd Edition”, p.70, Simon and Schuster

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• Tea had come as a deliverer to a land that called for deliverance; a land of beef and ale, of heavy eating and abundant drunkenness; of gray skies and harsh winds; of strong-nerved, stout-purposed, slow-thinking men and women. Above all, a land of sheltered homes and warm firesides - firesides that were waiting - waiting for the bubbling kettle and the fragrant breath of tea.

  Agnes Repplier

  Strong, Home, Men

  Agnes Repplier (1932). “To Think of Tea!”

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• My idea of childcare at festivals is to sit at a trestle table with an ale while the kids run around and make up their own games.

  Tom Hodgkinson

  Running, Kids, Games

  "Mind the beer, dear" by Tom Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. July 29, 2006.

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• If there’s one thing that makes a man sick, it’s to have his ale poured out of an ugly hand.

  Daphne du Maurier

  Men, Hands, Sick

  Daphne du Maurier, Lisa Evans (2004). “Jamaica Inn”, p.15, Oberon Books

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• I was going through a time where I was like man I wanted all of my clothes to be totally understated and I would do pop color with hats from a line called Ale et Ange out of New york City. They created all these hats and I just thought they were super fresh and the only way that I could really get them across...I was just like, 'Let me make everything mute and just put on the hat.'

  Pusha T

  New York, Men, Cities

  Source: theneptunes.org

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• Near yonder thorn, that lifts its head on high,
  Where once the sign-post caught the passing eye,
  Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspired,
  Where graybeard mirth and smiling toil retired,
  Where village statesmen talk'd with looks profound,
  And news much older than their ale went round.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Lying, Eye, Nuts

  Oliver Goldsmith (1834). “The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: With a Biographical Memoir of the Author, Written Expressly for this Edition”, p.100

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• Philosophy only seems to offer endless dispute, with no cakes and ale.

  Keith Ward

  Philosophy, Cake, Disputes

  Keith Ward (2013). “God: A Guide for the Perplexed”, p.183, Oneworld Publications

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