Champagne Quotes

• Burgundy makes you think of silly things; Bordeaux makes you talk about them, and Champagne makes you do them.

  Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

  Silly, Food, Wine

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• Champagne is simply one of the elegant extras of life.

  Charles Dickens

  Drinking, Wine, Extras

  "Household Words: A Weekly Journal".

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• Always keep a bottle of Champagne in the fridge for special occasions. Sometimes, the special occasion is that you've got a bottle of Champagne in the fridge.

  Hester Browne

  Wine, Special, Bottles

  Hester Browne (2009). “The Finishing Touches”, p.405, Simon and Schuster

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• Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector.

  Graham Greene

  Lying, Drinking, Wine

  Graham Greene (1980). “Travels with my aunt”

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  There comes a time in every woman's life when the only thing that helps is a glass of champagne.

  Bette Davis

  Drinking, Wine, Glasses

  "Fictional character: Kit Marlowe". "Old Acquaintance", www.imdb.com. 1943.

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• Champagne! In victory, one deserves it; in defeat one needs it.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Wine, Victory, Needs

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• Too much of anything is bad, but too much Champagne is just right.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Drinking, Wine, Scotch

  "Facepaint, champagne and antelope skin - writers' oddball quirks revealed" by Charlotte Seager, www.theguardian.com. July 23, 2015.

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• Champagne offers a minimum of alcohol and a maximum of companionship.

  David Niven

  Alcohol, Companionship, Minimum

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• A woman should never be seen eating or drinking, unless it be lobster salad and Champagne, the only true feminine and becoming viands.

  Lord Byron

  Drinking, Food, Salad

  Lord Byron (1990). “The Sayings of Lord Byron”, p.12, Gerald Duckworth & Co

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• The feeling of friendship is like that of being comfortably filled with roast beef; love, like being enlivened with champagne.

  Samuel Johnson

  Love, Friendship, Food

  Samuel Johnson, James Boswell (1825). “The Table Talk of Dr. Johnson: Comprising Opinions and Anecdotes of Life and Literature, Men, Manners, and Morals”, p.175

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• Gentlemen, in the little moment that remains to us between the crisis and the catastrophe, we may as well drink a glass of Champagne.

  Paul Claudel

  Wine, Glasses, Champagne Drinking

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• Diogenes was asked what wine he liked best; and he answered as I would have done when he said, "Somebody else's".

  Michel de Montaigne

  Wine, Done, Said

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• Well, my dear fellow what did you expect, champagne?

  Grover Cleveland

  Dear, Wells, Fellows

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• I have yet to discover a dish that will not come alive in the presence of champagne.

  Anistatia R. Miller

  Alive, Dishes

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• I don't think I've ever drunk champagne before breakfast before. With breakfast on several occasions, but never before before.

  Truman Capote

  Drinking, Thinking, Drunk

  "Fictional character: Paul "Fred" Varjak". "Breakfast at Tiffany's", 1961.

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• Champagne is the only wine that enhances a woman's beauty.

  Madame de Pompadour

  Wine, Women's Beauty

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• Pleasure without Champagne is purely artificial.

  Oscar Wilde

  Wine, Pleasure, Artificial

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• Remember gentleman, it's not just France we're fighting for, it's Champagne!

  Winston Churchill

  Drinking, Wine, Fighting

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• Why do I drink Champagne for breakfast? Doesn't everyone?

  Noel Coward

  Drinking, Breakfast, Don't Drink Alcohol

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• Champagne's funny stuff. I'm used to whiskey. Whiskey is a slap on the back, and champagne's a heavy mist before my eyes.

  James Stewart

  Eye, Scotch, Stuff

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

  George Bernard Shaw

  Drinking, Wine, Beer

  Candida (1898) act 3

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• A meal without wine is like a day without sun

  Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

  Wine, Alcohol, Sun

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• Whiskey's to tough, Champagne costs too much, Vodka puts my mouth in gear. I hope this refrain, Will help me explain, As a matter of fact, I like beer.

  Tom T. Hall

  Beer, Matter, Too Much

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• There are three intolerable things in life - cold coffee, lukewarm champagne, and overexcited women.

  Orson Welles

  Women, Coffee, Things In Life

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• A cause may be inconvenient, but it's magnificent. It's like champagne or high heels, and one must be prepared to suffer for it.

  Arnold Bennett

  Funny, High Heels, Suffering

  The Title (1918) act 1

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