Wine Quotes

The air is like a draught of wine. The undertaker cleans his sign, The Hull express goes off the line, When it is raspberry time in Runcorn.

Noel Coward

For when the wine is in, the wit is out.

Thomas Becon

Since water still flows, though we cut it with swords And sorrow returns, though we drown it with a wine, Since the world can in no way answer to our craving, I will loosen my hair tomorrow and take to a fishing boat.

Li Po

And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.

Bible

Don't forget that the flavors of wine and cheese depend upon the types of infecting microˆrganisms

Martin H. Fischer

Fish, to taste right, must swim three times - in water, in butter, and in wine

Polish Proverb

A fruit is a vegetable with looks and money. Plus, if you let fruit rot, it turns into wine, something Brussels sprouts never do.

P.J. O'Rourke

We come late, if at all, to wine and philosophy: whiskey and action are easier

Mignon McLaughlin

Baseball fans love numbers. They love to swirl them around their mouths like Bordeaux wine

Pat Conroy

Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine

St. Thomas Aquinas

Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost.

Samuel Johnson

Wine hath drowned more men than the sea.

Thomas Fuller

Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian; wine and tarragon make it French. Sour cream makes it Russian; lemon and cinnamon make it Greek. Soy sauce makes it Chinese; garlic makes it good.

Alice May Brock

Whereas wine disorders the mental faculties, opium introduces amongst them the most exquisite order, legislation and harmony. Wine robs a man of self-possession; opium greatly invigorates it.

Thomas De Quincey

Honest good humour is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and laughter abundant.

Washington Irving