Whisky Quotes - Page 3

• I know some who are constantly drunk on books as other men are drunk on whiskey.

  H. L. Mencken

  Book, Men, Drunk

  Minority Report: H. L. Mencken's Notebooks (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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• I was brought up to believe that Scotch whisky would need a tax preference to survive in competition with Kentucky bourbon.

  Hugo Black

  Believe, Kentucky, Scotch Whisky

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• There is no bad whiskey. There are only some whiskeys that aren't as good as others.

  Raymond Chandler

  Drinking, Alcohol, Whiskey

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• If when you say 'whiskey' you mean the devil's brew, the poison scourge, the bloody monster that defiles innocence, dethrones reason... then I am certainly against it. But, if when you say 'whiskey' you mean the oil of conversation, the philosophic wine... the drink that enables a man to magnify his joy... then I am certainly for it. This is my stand. I will not retreat from it. I will not compromise.

  Noah S. Sweat

  Wine, Mean, Men

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• When you work hard all day with your head and know you must work again the next day what else can change your ideas and make them run on a different plane like whisky?

  Ernest Hemingway

  Running, Hard Work, Ideas

  Ernest Hemingway, Carlos Baker (2003). “Ernest Hemingway Selected Letters 1917-1961”, p.420, Simon and Schuster

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• Haven't you learned yet that I put something more than whisky into my speeches.

  Winston Churchill

  Speech, Whiskey, Havens

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• I'm a very smart guy. I haven't a feeling or a scruple in the world. All I have the itch for is money. I am so money greedy that for twenty-five bucks a day and expenses, mostly gasoline and whisky, I do my thinking myself, what there is of it; I risk my whole future, the hatred of the cops . . . I dodge bullets and eat saps, and say thank you very much, if you have any more trouble, I hope you'll think of me, I'll just leave one of my cards in case anything comes up.

  Raymond Chandler

  Smart, Thinking, Hatred

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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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• Scotch whisky is made from barley and the morning dew on angel's nipples.

  Warren Ellis

  Morning, Angel, Scotch

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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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• After doing extensive research, I can definitely tell you that single malt whiskies are good to drink.

  Iain Banks

  Research, Drink, Malt

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• Nights without work I spend with whisky and books.

  Haruki Murakami

  Book, Night

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• I've been on the whisky diet - I've already lost three days!

  Tommy Cooper

  Scotch, Three, Whiskey

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• I used to have a little whisky before I went on stage. I realized that could have slowly turned into something a bit more serious. I get hyped up. I also think doing it a lot, you get used to it. You get more confidence. It's confidence building, really.

  Sam Smith

  Thinking, Serious, Building

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• The feminine in the man is the sugar in the whisky. The masculine in the woman is the yeast in the bread. Without these ingredients the result is flat, without tang or flavor.

  Edna Ferber

  Men, Flavor, Yeast

  Edna Ferber (1963). “A Kind of Magic”

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• The problem with heartbreak is that nobody can help you when you're heartbroken. Nobody and nothing. Not the films you watch alone desperately searching for a character who feels the way you do, not the glasses or bottles of whisky you keep by your bed and certainly not Instagram.

  Alexa Chung

  Heartbroken, Character, Glasses

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• I acquired long-lived parents. My mother died at 94. Father died at 90, holding a glass of whisky. I think that's the secret of longevity - to have long-lived parents. The rest is discipline.

  Khushwant Singh

  Mother, Father, Thinking

  Source: unforgettabletarun.blogspot.com

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• Constable Moore had reached the age when men can subject their bodies to the worst irritations - whisky, cigars, woolen clothes, bagpipes - without feeling a thing or, at least, without letting on.

  Neal Stephenson

  Pain, Men, Irritation

  Neal Stephenson (2003). “The Diamond Age”, p.266, Spectra

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• Scotch Whisky is about the only thing left that is guaranteed to bring comfort to mankind.

  Robert Boothby, Baron Boothby

  Food, Scotch Whisky, Cooking

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• Sometimes [playing free] doesn't happen, because maybe a guy's wife'll come in, you know, and his ego will catch him. If everybody's completely just straight-without any old ladies over here, a fourth of whisky over there; if it's balanced right, it'll come off. It has to be. But when you get egos involved with playing free, you can't do it.

  Miles Davis

  Wife, Guy, Ego

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• Emotional excitement reaches men through tea, tobacco, opium, whisky, and religion.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Men, Emotional, Tea

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• It is one of the most hauntingly beautiful places in the world, the history is fascinating, the men are handsome and the whisky is delicious. But don't eat the macaroni pies.

  J. K. Rowling

  Beautiful, Wise, Witty

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• For a bad hangover take the juice of two quarts of whisky.

  Eddie Condon

  Hangover, Two, Juice

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• It's like trying to drink whisky from a bottle of wine.

  Elton John

  Wine, Expression, Trying

  Song: Honky Cat Elton John Bernie Taupin

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