Claret Quotes
23 quotes by 20 authors
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Were I Diogenes, I would not move out of a kilderkin into a hogshead, though the first had had nothing but small beer in it,…
— Charles Lamb
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I love white Portugal wine better than claret, champagne, or burgundy. I have a sad vulgar appetite.
— Jonathan Swift
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At that comfortable tavern on Pontchartrain we had a bouillabaisse than which a better was never eaten at Marseilles; and not the least headache in…
— William Makepeace Thackeray
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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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He talked with more claret than clarity
— Susan Ertz
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I can certainly see that you know your wine. Most of the guests who stay here wouldn't know the difference between Bordeaux and Claret.
— John Cleese
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He who aspires to be a serious wine drinker must drink claret.
— Samuel Johnson
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How I like claret!...It fills one's mouth with a gushing freshness, then goes down to cool and feverless; then, you do not feel it quarrelling…
— John Keats
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If Claret is the king of natural wines, Burgundy is the queen.
— Moliere
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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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Though the most beautiful creature were waiting for me at the end of a journey or a walk; though the carpet were of silk, the…
— John Keats
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I hover over the expensive Scotch and then the Armagnac, but finally settle on a glass of rich red claret. I put it near my…
— Nick Harkaway
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Big ideas come from the unconscious. This is true in art, in science, and in advertising. But your unconscious has to be well informed, or…
— David Ogilvy
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A poet once said, "The whole universe is in a glass of wine." We will probably never know in what sense he meant that, for…
— Richard P. Feynman
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If God drives a car, He'd drive a 1973 Ford LTD Brougham sedan with a claret-colored vinyl roof, with oxblood leather upholstery and an opera…
— Douglas Coupland
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No sane person, I hope, would accuse me of saying that every Distributist must drink beer; especially if he could brew his own cider or…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Some people tell you you should not drink claret after strawberries. They are wrong.
— William Maginn
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The Open is the one that we all want and strive for and to be able to hold this Claret Jug is an incredible feeling.…
— Rory McIlroy
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My friends should drink a dozen of Claret on my Tomb.
— John Keats
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I have lived carefully, sheltered myself from the cold winds, eaten moderately of what was in season, drunk fine claret, slept in my own sheets;…
— Evelyn Waugh
Who Wrote These Claret Quotes
20 authors contributed a total of 23 Claret Quotes as follows: