Quotes about wine
wine thinking grapes
When we are crushed like grapes, we cannot think of the wine we will become. Henri Nouwen
wine beer beer-and-wine
Religions change; beer and wine remain.
wine men flattery
Flattery is like wine, which exhilarates a man for a moment, but usually ends by going to his head and making him act foolishly. Helen Rowland
wine men giving
If any man gives you a wine you can't bear, don't say it is beastly... But don't say you like it. You are endangering your soul and the use of wine as well... Seek out some other wine good to your taste. Hilaire Belloc
wine ignorance evening
Hide our ignorance as we will, an evening of wine soon reveals it. Heraclitus
wine ignorance relax
It is better to hide ignorance, but it is hard to do this when we relax over wine.
wine violet florence
Everything about Florence seems to be colored with a mild violet, like diluted wine. Henry James
wine fire youth
Wine and youth are fire upon fire. Henry Fielding
wine enemy firsts
Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.
wine tactics weapons
New weapons require new tactics. Never put new wine into old bottles. Heinz Guderian
wine want rich
The rich want good wine, the poor, plenty of wine Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
wine soul pieces
The rice bowl is to me the most valid reason in the world for doing anything. A piece of one's soul to the multitudes in return for rice and wine does not seem to me a sacrilege. Han Suyin
wine kingdoms cups
A full cup of wine at the right time is worth more than all the kingdoms of this earth! Gustav Mahler
wine mouths toes
Iced champagne was served, and the feel of the cold wine in her mouth gave Emma a shiver that ran over her from head to toe. Gustave Flaubert
wine beer fish-tanks
You can do anything with beer that you can do with wine. Beer is great for basting or marinating meat and fish. Grant Wood
wine paradise drink
The wine they drink in Paradise They make in Haute Lorraine. Gilbert K. Chesterton
wine water wife
And Noah he often said to his wife when he sat down to dine, "I don't care where the water goes if it doesn't get into the wine."
wine
Oh some are fond of Spanish wine, and some are fond of French. John Masefield
wine profit neat
Things of greatest profit are set forth with least price. Where the wine is neat there needeth no live blush. John Lyly
wine taste enjoy
To love women and never enjoy them, is as much to love wine and never taste it.
wine heart men
Whatsoever is in the heart of the sober man, is in the mouth of the drunkard.
wine espresso roots
Compared with other Americans, journalists are more likely to live in upscale neighborhoods, have maids, own Mercedes and trade stocks, and less likely to go to church, do volunteer work or put down roots in a community. Journalists are over-represented in ZIP code areas where residents are twice as likely as other Americans to rent foreign movies, drink Chablis, own an espresso maker and read magazines such as Architectural Digest and Food & Wine. John Leo
wine purple ties
I always wear blue shirts and I like wine or purple ties. Jim Lehrer
wine voice broken
"It wasn't the wine," murmured Mr. Snodgrass, in a broken voice. "It was the salmon." Charles Dickens
wine simple glasses
Maybe it's because I'm getting older, I'm finding enjoyment in things that stop time. Just the simple act of tasting a glass of wine is its own event. You're not downing a glass of wine in the midst of doing something else. David Hyde Pierce
wine way helping
the Egyptians became fond of wine and bibulous; and so a way was found among them to help those who could not afford wine, namely, to drink that made from barley; they who took it were so elated that they sang, danced, and acted in every way like persons filled with wine. Athenaeus
wine glasses dust
...stories about [the German composer Johannes] Brahms's rudeness and wit amused me in particular. For instance, I loved the one about how a great wine connoisseur invited the composer to dinner. 'This is the Brahms of my cellar,' he said to his guests, producing a dust-covered bottle and pouring some into the master's glass. Brahms looked first at the color of the wine, then sniffed its bouquet, finally took a sip, and put the glass down without saying a word. 'Don't you like it?' asked the host. 'Hmm,' Brahms muttered. 'Better bring your Beethoven!' Arthur Rubinstein
wine writing past
When I was younger I used to get my best writing done at night, but now it has to be during the day. I usually finish work at half past seven, then go back to the house to open a bottle of wine, have dinner, and then read or watch television. Antony Beevor
wine voice giving
The voice is an instrument that you really must take time to develop. It's like a good red wine Give it time. Cecilia Bartoli
wine men feelings
But now I discovered the wonderful power of wine. I understood why men become drunkards. For the way it worked on me was not at all that it blotted out these sorrows, but that it made them seem glorious and noble, like sad music, and I somehow great and revered for feeling them. C. S. Lewis
wine night soul
Within the bottle's depths, the wine's soul sang one night. Drink wine, drink poetry, drink virtue. Charles Baudelaire
wine drunk wish
You have to be always drunk. That's all there is to it-it's the only way. So as not to feel the horrible burden of time that breaks your back and bends you to the earth, you have to be continually drunk. But on what? Wine, poetry or virtue, as you wish. But be drunk.
wine soul earth
Burgundy was the winiest wine, the central, essential, and typical wine, the soul and greatest common measure of all the kindly wines of the earth. Charles Edward Montague