Whisky quotes, proverbs and sayings

If an angel out of heaven gives you something else to drink, thank her for her kind intention and pour it down the sink.

(unnamed as far as I am aware - read it in a book)

It is true that whisky improves with age. The older I get, the more I like it.

(Ronnie Corbett)

Happiness is having a rare steak, a bottle of whisky, and a dog to eat the rare steak.

(Johnny Carson)

I'm on a whisky diet. I've lost three days already.

(Tommy Cooper)

I like my whisky old and my women young.

(Errol Flynn)

A woman drove me to drink and I didn't have the decency to thank her.

(W.C. Fields)

Always carry a large flaggon of whisky in case of snakebite , and further , always carry a small snake

W C Fields.

' When standing on the Island of distilleries , you can almost see the coast of heaven.'

Robin Laing , from his song Bruichladdich ( celebrating the rebirth of the distillery ) www.robinlaing.com Robin is known as ' the whisky bard '.

' Don't let Al Queda get their hands on this Weapon of Mass Distraction ' ( from ' you can't let Al Queda get their hands on this ' )

Robin Laing

There are 2 things a Highlander likes naked , and the other one is Malt Whisky

Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart , 1931

Some say the glass is half empty, some the glass is half full. I say, "You gonna finish that?"

"There's nothing better than having a good dinner, a fine bottle of whisky and a bad girl" - unknown

U.S. President Lincoln, when informed that General Grant (famous General during the American Civil War who later became a President himself) drank whiskey while leading his troops, reportedly replied "Find out the name of the brand so I can give it to my other generals."

"No married man is genuinely happy if he has to drink worse whisky than he used to drink when he was single". - H. L. Mencken

An appreciation of prose is learned, not instinctive. It is an acquired taste, like Scotch whisky.

Abigail Padgett

"Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough."

Mark Twain

When Golden Rule Jones was mayor of Toledo, a man wrote him for help, saying that whisky had been his ruin. Jones answered his letter, saying, "I do not believe whisky has been your ruin. I believe it was the whisky that you drank."

“Whenever someone asks me if I want water with my Scotch, I say I'm thirsty, not dirty.” - Joe E. Lewis (American Comedian and Singer, 1902-1971)

Give an Irishman lager for a month and he's a dead man. An Irishman's stomach is lined with copper, and the beer corrodes it. But whiskey polishes the copper and is the saving of him. --- Mark Twain

“Always carry a flagon of whisky in case of snakebite, and furthermore, always carry a small snake.” – W. C. Fields

"We frequently hear of people dying from too much drinking. That this happens is a matter of record. But the blame is always placed on whisky. Why this should be I never could understand. You can die from drinking too much of anything — coffee, water, milk, soft drinks and all such stuff as that. And so as long as the presence of death lurks with anyone who goes through the simple act of swallowing. I will make mine whisky." - W.C. Fields

"I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis." - Humphrey Bogart's last words

"The water was not fit to drink. To make it palatable, we had to add whisky. By diligent effort, I learnt to like it." - Sir Winston Churchill

"I love to sing, and I love to drink scotch. Most people would rather hear me drink scotch." - George Burns

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