Wine Quotes - page 6

Life is too short to drink bad wine. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
To the question what wine he found pleasant to drink, he replied, "That for which other people pay." View quote
Diogenes of Sinope
O thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil. View quote
William Shakespeare
The English seem to think drinking wine is like committing adultery, something you do rarely and abroad. View quote
William Nicholson
Of course, they (i. e., demons) had always been observed with some regularity, but that could usually be ascribed to an overabundance of piety or wine or imagination. Take your pick. View quote
Jack McDevitt
Ah, wasteful woman, she who may On her sweet self set her own price, Knowing man cannot choose but pay, How has she cheapen'd paradise; How given for nought her priceless gift, How spoil'd the bread and spill'd the wine, Which, spent with due, respective thrift, Had made brutes men, and men divine. View quote
Coventry Patmore
The king can drink the best of wine - So can I; And has enough when he would dine - So have I; And can not order rain or shine - Nor can I. Then where's the difference - let me see - Betwixt my lord the king and me? View quote
Charles Mackay
Beauty is worse than wine, it intoxicates both the holder and beholder. View quote
Aldous Huxley
It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth. View quote
Pliny the Elder
I went to rehab [for alcoholism] in wine country, just to keep my options open. View quote
Robin Williams
It was like discovering a complete wine-filled cellar filled with bottles of an amazing wine of a kind and flavor never tasted before. It quite intoxicated me.... (J. R. R. Tolkien)
For singing till his heaven fills, 'Tis love of earth that he instils, And ever winging up and up, Our valley is his golden cup, And he the wine which overflows To lift us with him as he goes. View quote
George Meredith
Though we eat little flesh and drink no wine, Yet let's be merry we'll have tea and toast Custards for supper, and an endless host Of syllabubs and jellies and mince-pies, And other such ladylike luxuries. View quote
Percy Bysshe Shelley
I plead alignment to the flakes of the untitled snakes of a merry cow and to the republicrats for which they scam: one nacho, underpants with licorice and jugs of wine for owls. View quote
Matt Groening
She was not sorry. And if it was the wine telling her that, then she would tell the wine the same thing tomorrow. She was not sorry. View quote
Mary Balogh
Hi, this is Ganymede, cup-bearer to Zeus, and when I'm out buying wine for the Lord of the Skies, I always buckle up! View quote
Rick Riordan
Traitor!" Hera shouted. "You meddlesome, D-list goddess! You aren't worthy to pour my wine, much less rule the world. View quote
Rick Riordan
I still don't understand what a sea god would be doing in Atlanta." Leo snorted. "What's a wine god doing in Kansas? Gods are weird. View quote
Rick Riordan
God alert!" Blackjack yelled. "It's the wine dude! Mr. D sighed in exasperation. "The next person, or horse, who calls me the 'wine dude' will end up in a bottle of Merlot! View quote
Rick Riordan
The first duty of wine is to be red. Don't talk to me of your white wines. View quote
Henri Murger
Magic, madam, is like wine and, if you are not used to it, it will make you drunk. (Susanna Clarke)
My fantasy is to have a restaurant where there are no written menus, but where you just ask people, What are you in the mood for? Fish? Meat? White wine? View quote
Charlie Trotter
All four elements were happening in equal measure - the cuisine, the wine, the service, and the overall ambience. It taught me that dining could happen at a spiritual level. View quote
Charlie Trotter
I do have some leftover chicken and pasta. (Grace) And wine?... That's acceptable (Julian) Look, buster, I'm not your cooking wench. Mess with me and I'll feed you Alpo. (Grace) View quote
Sherrilyn Kenyon
I drink red wine on ice to water it down. View quote
Diane Keaton