Top 1200 Great Wine Quotes & Sayings - Page 13

In volume terms, the Tasmanian wine industry is as tiny as its potential is large.

Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.

A German wine label is one of the things life's too short for.

A life of mere pleasure! A little while, in the spring-time of the senses, in the sunshine of prosperity, in the jubilee of health, it may seem well enough. But how insufficient, how mean, how terrible when age comes, and sorrow, and death! A life of pleasure! What does it look like when these great changes beat against it--when the realities of eternity stream in? It looks like the fragments of a feast, when the sun shines upon the withered garlands, and the tinsel, and the overturned tables, and the dead lees of wine.

If God forbade drinking, would He have made wine so good?

The wine of this fleeting world caused your head to ache.

He only is great at heart who floods the world with a great affection. He only is great of mind who stirs the world with great thoughts. He only is great of will who does something to shape the world to a great career. And he is greatest who does the most of all these things and does them best.

One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.

It was not in me It came and went I wanted to hold it It was held by wine (I no longer know what it was)

I've been on the campaign trail so long, some of my wine has turned to vinegar.

The weak and insipid white wine makes at length excellent vinegar.

I hate to see a beautiful woman drink bad wine

Hide our ignorance as we will, an evening of wine soon reveals it.

I have even written a book about Wine called The Grapes of Ralph.

I'm not much of a beer drinker, you know what I drink? Peach wine coolers.

The blood that is once inflamed with wine is apt to boil with rage.

Among many U. S. wine consumers, California holds a strong position.

It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).

Wedlock's like wine - not properly judged of till the second glass.

He who aspires to be a serious wine drinker must drink claret.

So you wish to conquer in the Olympic Games, my friend? And I, too... But first mark the conditions and the consequences. You will have to put yourself under discipline; to eat by rule, to avoid cakes and sweetmeats; to take exercise at the appointed hour whether you like it or not, in cold and heat; to abstain from cold drinks and wine at your will. Then, in the conflict itself you are likely enough to dislocate your wrist or twist your ankle, to swallow a great deal of dust, to be severely thrashed, and after all of these things, to be defeated.

Wine and women do not go with song. Alcohol is the worst enemy of the imagination.

I don't have high standards in taste; I prefer soju over wine.

Red wine with fish. That should have told me something.

As with wine, geography affects the flavor. Oysters are usually named for a locale.

I took up French boys and wine and I studied psychology.

I don't know if it's because of 'Scandal,' but I am a huge wine and popcorn fan.

Cold white wine is so good with fatty, fried food.

If you have a beautiful view, you don't need a good wine to feel dizzy.

"Akrasia" [weakness of will] in rational beings is as common as wine in France.

Whether wine is a nourishment, medicine or poison is a matter of dosage

This wine is forty years old. It certainly doesn't show its age.

The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.

Wine in excess keeps neither secrets nor promises.

My only regret in life is that I did not drink more wine.

Everything really desirable has come about because of, or in spite of, wine!

The wine glasses are empty except for that one undrinkable red spot at the bottom.

Partake of love as a temperate man partakes of wine; do not become intoxicated.

We always say the wine tastes a little better after a win.

My Passion uncontrolled shall rove, Doubly debauched with Wine and Love.

My mother served me wine and water from the time I was 3 years old.

They treat my stuff like wine. It just gets better with time.

Best wine if you're stranded on a deserted island? 1982 Salon Champagne.

Wine, madam, is God's next best gift to man.

We come late, if at all, to wine and philosophy: whiskey and action are easier.

Always carry a corkscrew and the wine shall provide itself.

Wine taken in moderation never does any harm.

Love is like wine. To sip is fine, but to empty the bottle is a headache.

Gaming, women, and wine, while they laugh they make men pine.

When I can, I always like coming to Italy to have some nice wine.

To turn water into wine, and what is common into what is holy, is indeed the glory of Christianity.

I drink wine on stage to sort of loosen my grip on reality a little.

I wish I was a great writer or a great journalist or a great scientist or a great artist; I'm not.

Burgess Meredith taught me a lot about wine.

Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.

Now and then it is a joy to have one's table red with wine and roses.

I'm only drinking white wine because I'm on a diet and I don't eat.

After my family, wine is the biggest passion of my life without question.

Wine does but draw forth a man's natural qualities.

My mother had a book club that would dissolve into opening wine.