Scotch Whiskey Quotes

• I love to sing, and I love to drink scotch. Most people would rather hear me drink scotch.

  George Burns

  Funny, Music, Scotch

  George Burns (1980). “Living It Up”, Berkley

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• The light music of whiskey falling into glasses made an agreeable interlude.

  James Joyce

  Fall, Scotch, Glasses

  "Best-loved Joyce".

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• No married man is genuinely happy if he has to drink worse whisky than he used to drink when he was single.

  H. L. Mencken

  Marriage, Men, Scotch Whisky

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• Whenever someone asks me if I want water with my scotch, I say, I'm thirsty, not dirty.

  Joe E. Lewis

  Drinking, Dirty, Food

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• Whiskey is by far the most popular of all remedies that won't cure a cold.

  Jerry Vale

  Drinking, Scotch Whisky, Alcohol

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• There is no such thing as a bad whisky. Some whiskies just happen to be better than others.

  William Faulkner

  Drinking, Scotch, Whiskey

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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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• Wild Turkey whiskey and Philip Morris cigarettes are essential to the maintenance of human life!

  Herb Kelleher

  Turkeys, Essentials, Maintenance

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• The proper drinking of Scotch whisky is more than indulgence: it is a toast to civilization, a tribute to the continuity of culture, a manifesto of man's determination to use the resources of nature to refresh mind and body and enjoy to the full the senses with which he has been endowed.

  David Daiches

  Determination, Drinking, Men

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• My own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whisky.

  William Faulkner

  Drinking, Writing, Scotch Whisky

  "William Faulkner, The Art of Fiction No. 12". Interview with Jean Stein, www.theparisreview.org. 1956.

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• My God, so much I like to drink Scotch that sometimes I think my name is Igor Stra-whiskey.

  Igor Stravinsky

  Thinking, Scotch, Names

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• There are two things a Highlander likes naked, and the other one is Malt Whisky

  R. H. Bruce Lockhart

  Two, Scotch, Likes

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• Love makes the world go round? Not at all. Whiskey makes it go round twice as fast.

  Compton Mackenzie

  Anniversary, Humorous, Drinking

  Sir Compton Mackenzie (1950). “Tight Little Island”

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• Whiskey, like a beautiful woman, demands appreciation. You gaze first, then it's time to drink.

  Haruki Murakami

  Beautiful, Appreciation, Scotch Whisky

  Haruki Murakami (1993). “Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: A Novel”, Vintage

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• Set up another case bartender! The best thing for a case of nerves is a case of Scotch.

  W. C. Fields

  Scotch, Nerves, Bartending

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• 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

  Drinking, Night, Scotch

  Mark Twain (2012). “The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain: A Book of Quotations”, p.42, Courier Corporation

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• Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite, and furthermore always carry a small snake.

  W. C. Fields

  Funny, Witty, Clever

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I like my whisky old and my women young.

  Errol Flynn

  Drinking, Scotch, Whiskey

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• Happiness is having a rare steak, a bottle of whiskey, and a dog to eat the rare steak.

  Johnny Carson

  Dog, Scotch, Bottles

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• The water was not fit to drink. To make it palatable, we had to add whisky. By diligent effort, I learned to like it.

  Winston Churchill

  Drinking, Scotch, Water

  Sir Winston Churchill (1965). “The Churchill Wit”

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• I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis.

  Humphrey Bogart

  Halloween, Drinking, Bad Ass

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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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• Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough.

  Mark Twain

  Drinking, Wine, Scotch

  Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.37, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• I like whiskey. I always did, and that is why I never drink it.

  Robert E. Lee

  Drinking, Scotch Whisky, Alcohol

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• Between his eyes, there were four lines, the marks of such misery as children should never feel. He spoke with that wonderful whisky voice that so many Spanish children have, and he was a tough and entire little boy.

  Martha Gellhorn

  Children, Eye, Boys

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