Quotes

I like my whisky old and my women young. —Errol Flynn

What whiskey will not cure, there is no cure for. —Irish Proverb

Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake. —W.C. Fields

Too much of anything is bad, but too much of good whiskey is barely enough. —Mark Twain

Tell me what brand of whiskey that Grant drinks. I would like to send a barrel of it to my other generals. —Abraham Lincoln

Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities. —Lord Dunsany

Four blessings upon you – Older whiskey – Younger women – Faster horses – More money. —Anonymous

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. —P. J. O’Rourke

I’ve been on the whisky diet – I’ve already lost three days! —Tommy Cooper

There are two things a Highlander likes naked, and one of them is malt whisky. —Scottish Proverb

It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask, and take it as required. —Stephen Leacock

My favorite dinner is a steak dinner, a good bottle of scotch, and a loyal dog to eat the steak. —Johnny Carson

I love to sing and I love to drink Scotch, but most people like to hear me drink Scotch. —George Burns

I should never have switched from Scotch to Martini’s. —supposedly Humphrey Bogart’s last words!

The proper drinking of Scotch whisky is more than indulgence: it is a toast to civilization, a tribute to the continuity of culture, a manifesto of man’s determination to use the resources of nature to refresh mind and body and enjoy to the full the senses with which he has been endowed. —David Daiches