Brandy Quotes
66 quotes by 59 authors
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Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at all times, and in all countries, called in some physical…
— Edmund Burke
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"Dr. Munro, sir," said he, "I am a walking museum. You could fit what ISN'T the matter with me on to the back of a…
— Arthur Conan Doyle
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BRANDY, n. A cordial composed on one part thunder-and-lightning, one part remorse, two parts bloody murder, one part death-hell-and-the-grave and four parts clarified Satan.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.
— Samuel Johnson
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There was an Old Person of Brussels, Who lived upon Brandy and Mussels; When he rushed through the town, he knocked most people down, Which…
— Edward Lear
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Alcoholic drinks, rightly used, are good for body and soul alike, but as a restorative of both there is nothing like brandy.
— George Saintsbury
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Place a substantial meal before a tired man and he will eat with effort and be little better for it at first. Give him a…
— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
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No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port for men: but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. In the first…
— James Boswell
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Wracked with a hangover I do my muttering over a Black Velvet, a union of champagne and stout. Don't be swindled into believing there's any…
— Tallulah Bankhead
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Disagreeing with the fervent patriotism of the Confederates: "I think it's hard winning a war with words, gentlemen. . . . I'm saying very plainly…
— Clark Gable
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I never turn down a drink. Among friends it’s always appropriate. A man is only a man as they say, but brandy is still brandy.…
— Sholom Aleichem
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About one thing the Englishman has a particularly strict code. If a bird says Cluk bik bik bik bik and caw you may kill it,…
— Clement Freud
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At Brandies I discovered Feminism. And I instantly became a convert... writing brilliant papers in my Myths of Patriarchy class, in which I likened my…
— Heather Hart
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I'll tell you the truth; I had a double brandy before the game but, before, it used to be four bottles of whisky. Not any…
— Paul Gascoigne
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Very softly, but very swiftly, Last, the man with the grey face and the staring eyes, bolted for his life, down and away from the…
— Arthur Machen
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He lay back for a little in his bed thinking about the smells of food . . . of the intoxicating breath of bakeries and…
— Evelyn Waugh
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We at the Christian Writers Guild couldn't be more proud of Brandy Vallance. Let her debut novel transport you to an entirely fresh time and…
— Jerry B. Jenkins
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There were some days that deserved to be drowned at birth and everyone sent back to bed with a hot brandy, a box of chocolates…
— Diana Pharaoh Francis
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Aspirin is so good for roses, brandy for sweet peas, and a squeeze of lemon-juice for the fleshy flowers, like begonias.
— Gerald Durrell
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Art is wine and experience is the brandy we distill from it.
— Robertson Davies
Who Wrote These Brandy Quotes
59 authors contributed a total of 66 Brandy Quotes, led by these top contributors: