Beer Quotes

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  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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  That's the problem with drinking, I thought, as I poured myself a drink. If something bad happens you drink in an attempt to forget; if something good happens you drink in order to celebrate; and if nothing happens you drink to make something happen.

  Charles Bukowski

  Drinking, Order, Addiction

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• On victory, you deserve beer. On defeat, you need it.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Victory, Needs, Defeat

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• Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.

  George Carlin

  Funny, Humor, Men

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• I think this would be a good time for a beer.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Thinking, Would Be, Good Times

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• A little bit of beer is divine medicine.

  Paracelsus

  Medicine, Littles, Divine

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• Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer.

  W. C. Fields

  Inspirational, Funny, Party

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

  Humphrey Bogart

  Drinking, Book, Drunk

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• Good people drink good beer.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Life, Drinking, Epic

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• Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world.

  Jack Nicholson

  World, Drink, Damn

  "Ageless Jack Nicholson Takes Youthful Holiday Splurge" by Moms Zhou, abcnews.go.com. August 5, 2009.

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• A meal of bread, cheese and beer constitutes the perfect food.

  Elizabeth I

  Funny, Perfect, Bread

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

  Ernest Hemingway

  Book, Drinking, Intelligent

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

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• Give my people plenty of beer, good beer, and cheap beer, and you will have no revolution among them.

  Queen Victoria

  People, Giving, Revolution

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• Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors... and miss.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Missing You, Strong, Drinking

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.325, Penguin

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• There is an ancient Celtic axiom that says 'Good people drink good beer.' Which is true, then as now. Just look around you in any public barroom and you will quickly see: Bad people drink bad beer. Think about it.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Funny, Drinking, Thinking

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• Give me a woman who loves beer and I will conquer the world.

  Wilhelm II

  Funny, Kings, Women

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• Milk is for babies. When you grow up you have to drink beer.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Inspirational, Baby, Motivational Sports

  "Pumping Iron". Documentary, www.imdb.com. 1977.

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• A drunk was in front of a judge. The judge says "You've been brought here for drinking." The drunk says "Okay, let's get started.

  Henny Youngman

  Drinking, Drunk, Judging

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• Electricity is actually made up of extremely tiny particles called electrons, that you cannot see with the naked eye unless you have been drinking.

  Dave Barry

  Drinking, Book, Eye

  "The Taming of the Screw". Book by Dave Barry, 1983.

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• There are those who love to get dirty and fix things. They drink coffee at dawn, beer after work. And those who stay clean, just appreciate things. At breakfast they have milk and juice at night. There are those who do both, they drink tea.

  Gary Snyder

  Coffee, Dirty, Night

  Gary Snyder, “There Are Those Who Love To Get Dirty”

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• If I have a near-beer, I’m near beer. And if I’m near beer, I’m close to tequila. And if I’m close to tequila, I’m adjacent to cocaine.

  Craig Ferguson

  Alcohol, Tequila, Cocaine

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• Drunkenness does not create vice; it merely brings it into view.

  Seneca the Younger

  Views, Alcohol, Vices

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• Teaching has ruined more American novelists than drink.

  Gore Vidal

  Education, Teaching, Drinking

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• I tell you, Mr. Okada, a cold beer at the end of the day is the best thing life has to offer. Some choosy people say that a too cold beer doesn't taste good, but I couldn't disagree more. The first beer should be so cold you can't even taste it. The second one should be a little less chilled, but I want that first one to be like ice. I want it to be so cold my temples throb with pain. This is my own personal preference of course.

  Haruki Murakami

  Pain, Ice, People

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• Only a pint at breakfast-time, and a pint and a half at eleven o'clock, and a quart or so at dinner. And then no more till the afternoon; and half a gallon at supper-time. No one can object to that.

  R.D. Blackmore

  Afternoon, Half, Breakfast

  R. D. Blackmore (2006). “Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor”, p.114, ReadHowYouWant.com

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