Memorable Great Bourbon Quotes

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"Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough."
Mark Twain
"I always take a little whiskey before I speak, so I don't stutter."
George Burns
"The water was not fit to drink. To make it palatable, we had to add whisky. By diligent effort, I learned to like it."
Winston Churchill
"There is no bad whiskey. There are only some whiskeys that aren't as good as others."
Raymond Chandler
"My own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whisky."
William Faulkner
"Civilization is the distance man has placed between himself and his excrement."
Brian W. Aldiss (often misattributed to others, whiskey related
"Whisky is liquid sunshine."
George Bernard Shaw
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"A man does not flee from his drunkard's fate as he flees the plague; he will rather embrace it, considering it a blessing."
Mikhail Bulgakov (In 'The Master and Margarita', reflecting a c
"The proper use of commas is vital. I once wrote, 'Here lies an actor, an acrobat and a clown'. Decorum demanded I add 'a comma' before 'an acrobat'."
Spike Milligan (While not explicitly about whiskey, Milligan of
"I'm Irish. I think about death all the time."
Jack Nicholson (Implying a cultural acceptance/coping mechanism
"The best cure for sea sickness, is to sit on the shady side of an oak tree."
Spike Milligan (humorous/nonsensical; indirectly related)
"Never delay kissing a pretty girl or opening a bottle of whiskey."
Ernest Hemingway (Attributed, though origin is uncertain)
"Work is the curse of the drinking classes."
Oscar Wilde
"Happiness. A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman – or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can stand."
George Burns
"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That'll teach you to keep your mouth shut."
Ernest Hemingway (Often attributed)
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools."
Ernest Hemingway
"Abstinence is a good thing if practiced in moderation."
Mark Twain
"Whisky, I find, fortifies one against the vicissitudes of life."
Anthony Trollope (Character quote, but reflecting the author's
"There are two things a highball is good for: diluting whiskey and making you late."
Hanson W. Baldwin
"My God, so much bourbon, and only one liver."
William Faulkner (Attributed)
"Life is too short to drink bad whiskey."
Harry S. Truman (Attributed, though the exact provenance is unc
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"It is better to be quotable than to be honest."
Tom Stoppard
"By wine one spirit is encreased; with wine nothing is left to be despaired of. It is the conduit of encouragement, and makes Hope shine."
Herrick, Robert
"Drink to me only with thine eyes, and I will pledge with mine."
Ben Jonson
"This is one of the disadvantages of wine: it makes a man mistake words for thoughts."
Jonathan Swift

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