Top 1200 Fine Wine Quotes & Sayings - Page 20

And I have the sunset, and the Tuscan wine, and the white teeth of the women in Rome. I am a traveler in Romance.

Jazz is like wine. When it is new it's only for the experts, but when it gets older everybody wants it.

I've yet to meet a writer who could change water into wine, and we have a tendency to treat them like that.

A school without grades must have been concocted by someone who was drunk on non-alcoholic wine.

Scandal has made wine and popcorn seem like a viable, even healthful, meal.

It's a real player move to take a girl wine-tasting on a date - she'll like that.

Here's to the man Who owns the land That bears the grapes That makes the wine That tastes as good As this does.

A glass of wine often makes me a better man than hearing a sermon.

But nothing beats a Woody Allen film on a Sunday night, with a glass of wine and some leftovers.

And, when night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.

Mary bring out your umbrella - The sun shines down on this fine, fine day But the ashes raining down forever Are going to turn your hair to gray. Mary keep your oars a-steady Sail away on the rising flood Keep your candle at the ready Red tides can't be told from blood. - "Miss Mary" (a common child's clapping game, dating from the time of the blitz), from Pattycake and Beyond: A History of Play

Everything about Florence seems to be colored with a mild violet, like diluted wine.

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.

The dungeon image helped. "You need to let Maximus go," I stated, my voice stronger now. "No. Wine?

The dullard finds even wine tasteless, while the sorcerer is intoxicated by the mere sight of water.

Wine is the benevolent god, who gives back gaiety to men and restores youth to the old.

Wine, women and song have been replaced by prune juice, a heating pad and the Gong Show.

I've entered the world of wine without any professional training, but a definite appetite for good bottles.

Fresh grapes and wine are perhaps the most luscious foods we mortals encounter during our sojourn here.

Friendship, "the wine of life," should, like a well-stocked cellar, be continually renewed.

A person with increasing knowledge and sensory education may derive infinite enjoyment from wine.

The reality is that I'm making better wine than I thought I would. The whole process is simple but beautiful.

I'm a green tea addict, though the occasional glass of red wine is nice, too.

Wine is a bride who brings a great dowry to the man who woos her persistently and gracefully.

Most of the confidence which I appear to feel, especially when influenced by noon wine, is only a pretense.

When I clamber to the heights of sleep, Or when I grow excited with wine, suddenly I meet your face.

To the question what wine he found pleasant to drink, he replied, "That for which other people pay."

By comparing what we know today with what the ancients appear to have known we can guess at the kinds of wine they drank.

The spirit of the world, the great calm presence of the creator, comes not forth to the sorceries of opium or of wine.

Wine has lit up for me the pages of literature, and revealed in life romance lurking in the commonplace.

I love my baby like the finest wine, I'll stick with her until the end of time.

I don't always want a big meal after work - just some crisps and wine!

I could probably die happy with a cheeseboard and a glass of French red wine - that's my idea of a perfect dinner.

Wine is drinkable sunlight. It's the most glorious summer's day imaginable, captured in a bottle.

Some people spend the day in complaining of a headache, and the night in drinking the wine that gives it.

[on having to lose weight] I thought I'll drink vodka instead of wine because it's less calories!

I'm a bit of a wine snob and like a glass of Chateaux Margaux '82 with a meal or to unwind.

Faites de beaux rêves, monsieur," she called as she put out the light. Switters had always loved that expression, "Make fine dreams." In contrast to the English, "Have sweet dreams," the French implied that the sleeper was not a passive spectator, a captive audience, but had some control over and must accept some responsiblity for his or her dreaming. Moreover, a "fine" dream had much wider connotations than a "sweet" one.

Wine makes daily living easier, less hurried with fewer tensions and more tolerance.

I would rather have a young fellow too much than too little dressed; the excess on that side will wear off, with a little age and reflection; but if he is negligent at twenty, he will be a sloven at forty, and stink at fifty years old. Dress yourself fine where others are fine, and plain where others are plain; but take care always that your clothes are well made and fit you, for otherwise they will give you a very awkward air.

I over-caffeinate in the morning, herbal tea after lunch and at 7 P.M., it's nice to have a glass of white wine.

I only go to yoga to drink wine, so I'm good. I just throw the calories right back in.

The government of the world I live in was not framed, like that of Britain, in after-dinner conversations over the wine.

Comedy, I imagine, is harder to do consistently than tragedy, but I like it spiced in the wine of sadness.

Let those who drink not, but austerely dine, dry up in law; the Muses smell of wine.

Baby, shut up and let me drink the wine from your fur tea cup.

I always love being in the company of women. It's all about good conversation and great wine.

When I'm out, I like a glass of red wine. Just before bed, I'll always have a chamomile tea.

Come, for the House of Hope is built on sand: bring wine, for the fabric of life is as weak as the wind.

A splash of red wine vinegar can pull things together like a pinch of salt.

I always knew that food and wine were vital, with my mother being Italian and a good cook.

Cool is not just one type of cool. Cool is confidence and knowing, i guess, what you are and being fine with it. Some people can be what people call “nerds” and they're cool because they know they're needs. They know what they are and they're so confident in knowing what they are that that makes them cool, and somebody aspires to be like them because they're fine with it. it's confidence, you know.

When we won the title, I received gifts and cards, bottles of wine, and Champagne. When I was sacked, my house was full.

The Chinese do make vast quantities of wine for home consumption, but you wouldn't want to drink it yourself.

I'm still not a very good white wine, but I'm drinkable - you could put me in a punch, anyway.

Age is just a number. It's totally irrelevant unless, of course, you happen to be a bottle of wine.

I like the odd glass of wine, a coffee and a cigarette. As you get older you can't see the wrinkles

I used to drink straight Hennessy, but I started drinking wine and champagne. It's easier to tour like that.

I love France. It's got the sun down at the bottom, the Alps for skiing, and all that wine and food.

Never Refuse Wine. It is an odd but universally held opinion that anyone who doesn't drink must be an alcoholic.