Ale Quotes

It's a fair wind that blew men to ale.

— Washington Irving

Homer no function beer well without.

— Anonymous

“It comes in pints?”

— Peter Jackson

Who cares how time advances? I am drinking ale today.

— Edgar Allan Poe

Ale is meat, drink and cloth; it will make a cat speak and a wise man dumb.

— Jonathan Swift

Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.

— A. E. Housman

For a quart of ale is a dish for a king.

— William Shakespeare

Ale: Are you manipulating me again? T.C.: Try not to fall for it. I dare you.

— Steve Kluger

Note, that yeast of good Beer, is better then that of Ale.

— Kenelm Digby

I would give all of my fame for a pot of ale and safety.

— William Shakespeare

Philosophy only seems to offer endless dispute, with no cakes and ale.

— Keith Ward

Last time I was sick, the guy I was seeing brought me a bottle of ginger ale… and expected me to pay…

— Kelley Armstrong

There was an Old Man with an owl, Who continued to bother and howl; He sate on a rail, and imbibed bitter…

— Edward Lear

I should like a great lake of ale, for the King of Kings. I should like the family of heaven to be…

— Brigit of Kildare

I'm 12 years sober, so I don't have beer! When I used to drink I really liked Bass Ale!

— Kristin Davis

Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?

— William Shakespeare

If there’s one thing that makes a man sick, it’s to have his ale poured out of an ugly hand.

— Daphne du Maurier

It is better to think of church in the ale-house than to think of the ale-house in church.

— Martin Luther

The roots and herbes beaten and put into new ale or beer and daily drunk, cleareth, strengtheneth and quickeneth the sight of…

— Nicholas Culpeper

Joscelin, is love supposed to make you feel like you’re sick and dying, and mad enough to hit someone and drunk with…

— Jacqueline Carey

They weren't happy, and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale---and yet they weren't unhappy either. There was an…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

I consider my selfbeing ... that taste of myself, of I and me above and in all things, which is more distinctive…

— Gerard Manley Hopkins

For their own good, vegetarians should never be allowed near fine beers and ales. It will only make them loud and belligerent,…

— Anthony Bourdain

If you wish to grow thinner, diminish your dinner, And take to light claret instead of pale ale; Look down with an…

— Henry Sambrooke Leigh

Tons of comedians have said, 'I grew up learning from Bill Cosby. He's great.' But that respect doesn't mean much to the…

— Bill Cosby

Nothing quenches the thirst like a wheat beer, or sharpens the appetite like an India pale ale. Nothing goes as well with…

— Michael Jackson

Near yonder thorn, that lifts its head on high, Where once the sign-post caught the passing eye, Low lies that house where…

— Oliver Goldsmith

I was going through a time where I was like man I wanted all of my clothes to be totally understated and…

— Pusha T

Why, if 'tis dancing you would be, There's brisker pipes than poetry. Say, for what were hop-yards meant, Or why was Burton…

— A. E. Housman

Kartik places a sovereign in the lady's cup, and I know that it's likely all he has. "Why did you do that?"…

— Libba Bray

The labouring poor, to use a vulgar expression, seem always to live from hand to mouth. Their present wants employ their whole…

— Thomas Malthus

Terence O'Ryan heard him and straightway brought him a crystal cup full of the foaming ebon ale which the noble twin brothers…

— James Joyce

Now musing o'er the changing scene Farmers behind the tavern screen Collect; with elbows idly press'd On hob, reclines the corner's guest,…

— John Clare

Tea had come as a deliverer to a land that called for deliverance; a land of beef and ale, of heavy eating…

— Agnes Repplier

It gladdens me to know that Baldr’s father [Odin] makes ready the benches for a banquet. Soon we shall be drinking ale…

— Ragnar Lodbrok

Wine is constant proof that God loves us and likes to see us happy.

— Benjamin Franklin

Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale.

— A. E. Housman

Sweet is old wine in bottles, ale in barrels.

— Lord Byron

“There is more food in a pennyworth of bread than in a gallon of ale.”

— Joseph Livesey

Gimme a visky with a ginger ale on the side - and don't be stinchy, beby.

— Greta Garbo