There is no such thing as bad whiskey. Some whiskeys just happen to be better than others. But a man shouldn't fool with booze until he's fifty; then he's a damn fool if he doesn't.
— William Faulkner
Delighting Whiskey quotations
As adults we try to relax from the never-ending quest for reason and order by drinking a little whiskey or smoking whatever works for us, but the wisdom isn't in the whiskey or the smoke. The wisdom is in the moments when the madness slips away and we remember the basics.
Give me a woman who loves beer and I will conquer the world.
I love songs about horses, railroads, land, Judgment Day, family, hard times, whiskey, courtship, marriage, adultery, separation, murder, war, prison, rambling, damnation, home, salvation, death, pride, humor, piety, rebellion, patriotism, larceny, determination, tragedy, rowdiness, heartbreak and love. And Mother. And God.
They say some of my stars drink whiskey, but I have found that ones who drink milkshakes don't win many ball games.
I love to sing, and I love to drink scotch. Most people would rather hear me drink scotch.
Good friends, good whiskey, and good lovin', I want to thank you Lord.
Suggested remedy for the common cold: A good gulp of whiskey at bedtime-it's not very scientific, but it helps.
Do you, good people, believe that Adam and Eve were created in the Garden of Eden and that they were forbidden to eat from the tree of knowledge? I do. The church has always been afraid of that tree. It still is afraid of knowledge. Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas. So does whiskey. I believe in the brain of man.
Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough.
Men are nicotine soaked, beer besmirched, whiskey greased, red-eyed devils.
Men are nicotine soaked, beer besmirched, whiskey greased, red-eyed devils.
People have the right to ask questions and dig deep when you're hurting people and things around you, but when I haven't talked to anyone in years, and every single article I see is dope this, junkie that, whiskey this- that ain't my title...my bad habits aren't my title. My strengths and talents are my title.
It really puzzles me to see marijuana connected with narcotics dope and all of that stuff. It is a thousand times better than whiskey. It is an assistant and a friend.
No man who drank or smoked could ever come nearer to me than the telephone.
I'd say, I won't let you - you nicotine-soaked, beer-besmeared, whiskey-greased, red-eyed devil - talk to me face to face.
Stop your nonsense and drink your whiskey!
I wish to live to 150 years old, but the day I die, I wish it to be with a cigarette in one hand and a glass of whiskey in the other.
There's a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but I pour whiskey on him and inhale cigarette smoke and the whores and the bartenders and the grocery clerks never know that he's in there.
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
There are two things a Highlander likes naked, and the other one is Malt Whisky
You'll be my glass of wine I'll be your shot of whiskey
Ninety percent I'll spend on good times, women and Irish Whiskey.
The other ten percent I'll probably waste.
My God, so much I like to drink Scotch that sometimes I think my name is Igor Stra-whiskey.
Happiness is having a rare steak, a bottle of whiskey, and a dog to eat the rare steak.
God invented whiskey to keep the Irish from ruling the world.
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.
But to hear Kennedy when he was grandstanding in front of the McClellan Committee you might have thought I was making as much out of the pension fund as the Kennedys made out of selling whiskey.
Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities.
Drown in a cold vat of whiskey? Death, where is thy sting?
I like whiskey. I always did, and that is why I never drink it.
The light music of whiskey falling into glasses made an agreeable interlude.
Moonshiners put more time, energy, thought, and love into their cars than any racer ever will. Lose on the track, and you go home. Lose with a load of whiskey, and you go to jail.
When it's third and ten, you can take the milk drinkers and I'll take the whiskey drinkers every time.
In those days the best painkiller was ice;
it wasn't addictive and it was particularly effective if you poured some whiskey over it.
Life, alas, is very drear. Up with the glass! Down with the beer!