Irish Beer Quotes

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

Ernest Hemingway

Funny, Witty, Clever

Ernest Hemingway (2008). “The Good Life According to Hemingway”, Ecco

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

Ernest Hemingway

Book, Drinking, Beer

Ernest Hemingway (2008). “The Good Life According to Hemingway”, Ecco

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The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind.

Humphrey Bogart

Drinking, Book, Beer

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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

Inspirational, Wisdom, Truth

Abraham Lincoln (1999). “The Wit & Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Treasury of Quotations, Anecdotes, and Observations”, Gramercy

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Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy.

Frank Sinatra

Love, Bible, Sarcastic

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Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.

Kinky Friedman

Beauty, Philosophy, Drinking

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In heaven there is no beer. That's why we drink ours here.

Frank Yankovic

Beer, Heaven, Irish Drinking

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Until we meet again, may the good Lord take a liking to you.

Roy Rogers

Farewell, May, Irish Drinking

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When I die, I want to decompose in a barrel of porter and have it served in all the pubs in Dublin. I wonder would they know it was me?

J. P. Donleavy

Funny, Death, Beer

Ginger Man (1955) ch. 31

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Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza.

Dave Barry

Book, Drinking, Beer

Dave Barry (2012). “The Greatest Invention in the History of Mankind Is Beer: And Other Manly Insights from Dave Barry”, p.112, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Oscar Wilde

Funny, Witty, Work

Quoted in Frank Harris, Oscar Wilde: His Life and Confessions (1916)

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Drinking beer doesn't make you fat, it makes you lean...Against bars, tables, chairs, and poles.

Gerard Way

Drinking, Beer, Alcohol

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Beer makes you feel the way you ought to feel without beer.

Henry Lawson

Party, Drinking, Beer

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It's better to spend money like there's no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there's no money.

P. J. O'Rourke

Funny, Money, Ireland And The Irish

P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “Modern Manners: An Etiquette Book for Rude People”, p.288, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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In a study, scientists report that drinking beer can be good for the liver. I'm sorry, did I say 'scientists'? I meant Irish people.

Tina Fey

Funny, Sorry, Party

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

Winston Churchill

Military, Drinking, Taken

In Quentin Reynolds By Quentin Reynolds (1964) ch. 11

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The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober.

William Butler Yeats

Drinking, Food, Humor

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St. Patrick... one of the few saints whose feast day presents the opportunity to get determinedly whacked and make a fool of oneself all under the guise of acting Irish.

Charles Madigan

Beer, Opportunity, Acting

"Patrick,we Hardly Knew Ye". articles.chicagotribune.com. March 14, 1997.

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We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.

Winston Churchill

Saint George, Drunk, Apathy

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I would give all of my fame for a pot of ale and safety.

William Shakespeare

Drinking, Beer, Safety

'Henry V' (1599) act 3, sc. 2, l. [13]

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I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day.

Jack Lemmon

Funny, Music, Morning

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When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk, we fall asleep. When we fall asleep, we commit no sin. When we commit no sin, we go to heaven. Sooooo, let's all get drunk and go to heaven!

Brian O'Rourke

Food, Fall, Drinking

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You can't be a real country unless you have a beer.

Frank Zappa

Country, Real, Drinking

Frank Zappa, Peter Occhiogrosso (1990). “Real Frank Zappa Book”, p.231, Simon and Schuster

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

Benjamin Franklin

Humorous, Drinking, Beer

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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

Funny, Football, Country

Frank Zappa, Peter Occhiogrosso (1990). “Real Frank Zappa Book”, p.231, Simon and Schuster

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