Sip Quotes

We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter. (Denis Diderot)
Drink the first. Sip the second slowly. Skip the third. View quote
Knute Rockne
Let me get a sip of water here...you figure this stuff is safe to drink? [audience yells "No"] Actually, I don't care, I drink it anyway. You know why? 'Cause I'm an American and I expect a little cancer in my food and water. I'm a loyal American and I'm not happy unless I let government and industry poison me a little bit every day. View quote
George Carlin
The bee and the serpent often sip from the selfsame flower. View quote
Metastasio
Did you ever taste beer''I had a sip of it once,' said the small servant. 'Here's a state of things' cried Mr Swiveller . . . . 'She never tasted it - it can't be tasted in a sip' View quote
Charles Dickens
The way you wear your hat, The way you sip your tea, The mem'ry of all that – No, no! They can't take that away from me! View quote
Ira Gershwin
Sometimes goldfinches one by one will drop From low hung branches; little space they stop; But sip, and twitter, and their feathers sleek; Then off at once, as in a wanton freak: Or perhaps, to show their black, and golden wings Pausing upon their yellow flutterings. View quote
John Keats
Amos sipped his coffee. The faraway look on his face reminded me of my dad. "I don't want to scare you.” "Too late. View quote
Rick Riordan
If both John McCain and Obama were given a sip of truth serum, both would admit they made serious mistakes in choosing running mates in 2008. View quote
Douglas Wilder
Instead of eating exclusively from the sun, humanity now began to sip petroleum. View quote
Michael Pollan
A sip of wine, a cigarette, And then it's time to go. I tidied up the kitchenette; I tuned the old banjo. I'm wanted at the traffic-jam. They're saving me a seat. (Leonard Cohen)
Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle. View quote
Paulo Coelho
It's a combination of how many grand slams have you won, how many tournaments have you won, how many years you were number one, and he's got all those combinations. The body of work is phenomenal and now he has got that French Open and I think he can just go on and sip Margaritas for the rest of his life. View quote
Roger Federer
Polaroid is warning customers not to listen to the part of the Outkast song Hey Ya! that tells people to "shake it like a Polaroid picture", because that could actually ruin the pictures. In a related story, Bacardi is warning shorties to be responsible and not "sip Bacardi like it's Dey birfday." View quote
Tina Fey
The first sip [of tea] is joy, the second is gladness, the third is serenity, the fourth is madness, the fifth is ecstasy. View quote
Jack Kerouac
Why sip from a tea cup, when you can drink from the river. View quote
Steve Martin
Birthdays was the worst days; now we sip champagne when we're thirsty. View quote
The Notorious B.I.G.
Living on the bodies of mammals, oxpeckers manage to get quite a varied diet. A maggot here, a tick there, a little sip of blood, perhaps a little tasty earwax. View quote
David Attenborough
I think this is the first time I've altered a book based on what you guys told me. So it's an occasion! Soon I'll be putting up polls to choose between plots, and then it's a short stop to accepting anonymous contributions and stapling them together while I sip margaritas on the deck of a Pacific cruise ship. View quote
Max Barry
The House of Fantasy is built of stone and wood and furnished in High Medieval. Its people travel by horse and galley, fight with sword and spell and battle-axe, communicate by palantir or raven, and break bread with elves and dragons. The House of Science Fiction is built of duralloy and plastic and furnished in Faux Future. Its people travel by starship and aircar, fight with nukes and tailored germs, communicate by ansible and laser, and break protein bars with aliens. The House of Horror is built of bone and cobwebs and furnished in Ghastly Gothick. Its people travel only by night, fight with anything that will kill messily, communicate in screams and shrieks and gibbers, and sip blood with vampires and werewolves. View quote
George R. R. Martin
I haven't had a sip of alcohol since 1986. (George W. Bush)
They all went into the bar business. Which was a mistake, because they began to sip at the merchandise and it set them back, set us all back. Well, them more than I. View quote
Frank McCourt
I sipped my own coffee, heavy on the sugar and cream, trying to make up for the late work the night before. Caffeine and sugar, the two basic food groups. View quote
Laurell K. Hamilton
We have a scanty notion of justice and the obligations of rule involve little more than inventing new terrors by which we may cow and control others. Power, I think, is a habit as terrible as the potion I must now sip in order to sustain myself. It feeds upon itself. It is a hungry beast, devouring those who would possess it and those who hate it-devouring even those who own it. View quote
Michael Moorcock
Heigh-dy! Heigh-dy! Misery me, lack-a-day-dee! He sipped no sup, and he craved no crumb, As he sighed for the love of a ladye! View quote
W. S. Gilbert