Quotes about wine
wine men desire
It is widely held that too much wine will dull a man's desire. Indeed it will...in a dull man. Tom Jones
wine my-favorite
My favorite wines are Zinfandels. Thomas Keller
wine fruit drink
I like to drink young wines, wines which are robust and have a lot of forward fruit to them. Thomas Keller
wine honest being-honest
I drank more wine when I wasn't working as much, to be honest. Thomas Keller
wine prudent pharmacist
A prudent pharmacist often vends something for your complaint. But wine merchant you do this invariably. Thomas Campion
wine waiting tonight
I beg you come tonight and dine A welcome waits you and sound wine The Roederer chilly to a charm As Juno's breasts the claret warm ... Thomas Bailey Aldrich
wine men water
God made the water but men made the wine. Victor Hugo
wine sheep lions
Upon the first goblet he read this inscription, monkey wine; upon the second, lion wine; upon the third, sheep wine; upon the fourth, swine wine. These four inscriptions expressed the four descending degrees of drunkenness: the first, that which enlivens; the second, that which irritates; the third, that which stupefies; finally the last, that which brutalizes. Victor Hugo
wine glasses water
One drop of wine is enough to redden a whole glass of water. Victor Hugo
wine men water
God made only water, but man made wine. Victor Hugo
wine broken silence
Music is the cup that holds the wine of silence. Sound is that cup, but empty. Noise is that cup, but broken. Robert Fripp
wine people age
People mature with age and experience. I hope I more resemble a fine wine than bad vinegar. Rick Kaplan
wine taste rating
I don't go by the ratings. I buy wine that tastes good. Statistically, anybody's ability to predict what will be a good wine a decade from now is limited. Richard Thaler
wine vines olives
The peoples of the Mediterranean began to emerge from barbarism when they learned to cultivate the olive and the vine. Thucydides
wine passion men
Passion is present when a man can distinguish between the wine and the container. Two men see a loaf of bread. One hasn't eaten anything for ten days. The other has eaten five times a day, every day. He sees the shape of the loaf. The other man with his urgent need sees inside into the taste, and into the nourishment the bread could give. Be that hungry, to see within all beings the Friend. Rumi
wine thoughtful sight
Learn to recognize the false dawn from the true; distinguish the color of the wine from the color of the cup. Then it may be that patience and time may produce, out of the spectrum-viewing sight, true vision, and you will behold colors other than these mortal hues, you will see pearls instead of stones. Pearls, did I say? Nay more, you will become a sea, you will become a sun traveling the sky. Rumi
wine fleeting-world ache
The wine of this fleeting world caused your head to ache. Rumi
wine butterfly light
I drank that Wine of which the Soul is its vessel. Its ecstasy has stolen my intellect away. A Light came and kindled a Flame in the depth of my Soul. A Light so radiant that the sun orbits around it like a butterfly. Rumi
wine night evening-light
We gather at night to celebrate being human. Sometimes we call out low to the tambourine. Fish drink the sea, but the sea does not get smaller! We eat the clouds and evening light. We are slaves tasting the royal wine. Rumi
wine drunk arrogance
If the wine drinker has a deep gentleness in him, he will show that when drunk. But if he has hidden anger and arrogance, those appear. Rumi
wine conformity existence
Pour out wine till I become a wanderer from myself; for in selfhood and existence I have felt only fatigue. Rumi
wine eye doors
Suddenly the drunken sweetheart appeared out of my door. She drank a cup of ruby wine and sat by my side. Seeing and holding the lockets of her hair My face became all eyes, and my eyes all hands. Rumi
wine heart thinking
A good wine has many qualities I think. If drunk moderately, it is healthy and good for your heart. Tom Araya
wine drunk magic
Magic, madam, is like wine and, if you are not used to it, it will make you drunk. Susanna Clarke
wine doctors drunk
Amy: I never knew you drank wine. Doctor: I'm 1103 I must have drunk it sometime in my life. *takes sip and spits it out in disgust* Steven Moffat
wine fetch silver
Go fetch to me a pint o' wine, An' fill it in a silver tassie. Robert Burns
wine thinking california
There's great wine from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Chile and, of course, California. But there's nothing like a really great French wine, they're so well balanced. The better the wine, the less you feel the effects I think. Ridley Scott
wine age aging
I'm like old wine. They don't bring me out very often, but I'm well preserved. Rose Kennedy
wine night other-worlds
There, Master Niketas,’ Baudolino said, ‘when I was not prey to the temptations of this world, I devoted my nights to imagining other worlds. A bit with the help of wine, and a bit with that of the green honey. There is nothing better than imagining other worlds,’ he said, ‘to forget the painful one we live in. At least so I thought then. I hadn’t yet realized that, imagining other worlds, you end up changing this one. Umberto Eco
wine atlanta sea
I still don't understand what a sea god would be doing in Atlanta." Leo snorted. "What's a wine god doing in Kansas? Gods are weird. Rick Riordan
wine cheese be-good
Cheese, wine, and a friend must be old to be good. Reinhold Niebuhr
wine musical franklin
She's got her God and she's got good wine, Aretha Franklin, and Patsy Cline. Trisha Yearwood
wine drunk water
I have eaten your bread and salt. I have drunk your water and wine. The deaths ye died I have watched beside And the lives ye led were mine. Rudyard Kipling