- “Good company, good wine, good welcome can make good people.” ― William Shakespeare (1564—1616) [Henry VIII, Act I, Scene iv]
- “My nose itched, and I knew I should drink wine or kiss a fool.” ― Jonathan Swift (1667—1745)
- “Behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our vineyards; there it enters the roots of the vines, to be changed into wine; a constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.” ― Benjamin Franklin (1706—1790)
- “In life, as with wines, you have to appreciate the journey as much as the destination.” ― Samuel Johnson (1709—1784)
- “One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.” ― Samuel Johnson
- “Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others.” ― Samuel Johnson
- “I love everything that is old: old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wines.” — Oliver Goldsmith (1728—1774)
- “Wine cheers the sad, revives the old, inspires the young, and makes weariness forget his toil.” ― George Gordon Byron (Lord Byron) (1788—1824)
- “Wine is life. It's the union of the earth with the sun; it’s the essence of time captured in a bottle.” ― Victor Hugo (1802—1885)
- “Wine is the intellectual part of a meal while meat is the material.” ― Alexandre Dumas (1802―1870)
- “Better is old wine than new, and old friends like-wise.” ― Charles Kingsley (1819—1875)
- “One not only drinks wine, one smells it, observes it, tastes it, sips it and — one talks about it.” — Albert Edward of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (King Edward VII) (1841—1910)
- “A bottle of good wine, like a good act, shines ever in the retrospect.” ― Robert Louis Stevenson (1850—1894)
- “Just as the best wines undergo fermentation, life’s challenges refine us into our best selves.” ― Robert Louis Stevenson
- “Alcohol is the anaesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.” ― George Bernard Shaw (1856—1950)
- “Wine comes in at the mouth and love comes in at the eye; that’s all we shall know for truth before we grow old and die.” ― William Butler Yeats (1865—1939)
- “Gentlemen, in the little moment that remains to us between the crisis and the catastrophe, we may as well drink a glass of Champagne.” ― Paul Claudel (1868—1955)
- “Wine makes every meal an occasion, every table more elegant, every day more civilized.” ― André Simon (1877—1970)
- “How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?” ― Charles De Gaulle, President of France (1890—1970) *
- “I shall drink no wine before it’s time! OK, it’s time.” ― Groucho Marx (1890—1977)
- “Wine is the most civilized thing in the world, and one of the most natural things of the world that has been brought to the greatest perfection, and it offers a greater range for enjoyment and appreciation than, possibly, any other purely sensory thing.” ― Ernest Hemingway (1899—1961)
- “The connoisseur does not drink wine but tastes of its secrets.” ― Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)
- “If food is the body of good living, wine is its soul.” ― Clifton Fadiman (1904—1999)
- “A bottle of wine begs to be shared; I have never met a miserly wine lover.” ― Clifton Fadiman
- “There comes a time in every woman’s life when the only thing that helps is a glass of champagne.” ― Bette Davis (1908—1989)
- “Wine to me is passion. It’s family and friends. It’s warmth of heart and generosity of spirit.” ― Robert Mondavi (1913—2008)
- “Making good wine is a skill; making fine wine is an art.” ― Robert Mondavi
- “Alcohol may be man’s worst enemy, but the Bible says love your enemy.” ― Frank Sinatra (1915—1998)
- “The first kiss and the first glass of wine are the best.” — Marty Rubin (1930—1994)
- “Being a wine enthusiast means you care more about quality than quantity.” ― Jean-Claude Carrière (1931—2021)
- Age is just a number. It’s totally irrelevant unless, of course, you happen to be a bottle of wine.” ― Joan Collins (1933— )
- “We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine.” ― Eduardo Galeano (1940—2015)
- “More important than the food pairing is the person with whom you drink the wine.” ― Christian Moueix (1946— )
- “Compromises are for relationships, not wine.” ― Robert Scott Caywood (1961—)
- “Wine is, perhaps, the closest thing the planet has to an elixir of life.” ― Thom Elkjer (1980— )
- “Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence.” ― Robert Fripp (1946— )
Monday, November 4, 2024
Quotes from famous people about wine and its role in our lives
In a previous post on Interesting wine quotes from famous people, I collated three dozen quotations from over the past three millennia. It was apparently quite a popular post, as I tried to pick ones that are cheering. So, here I add another three dozen. This time I also include quotes from people born after 1900, and also a few from less famous people.
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It's always bothered me that actors get credit for lines they speak, but nearly never write. The script for "Old Acquaintance" was written by John Van Druten, not Bette Davis. He deserves the credit.
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