Saloon Quotes

33 quotes by 27 authors

When Prohibition was introduced, I hoped that it would be widely supported by public opinion and the day would soon come when the evil effects… — John D. Rockefeller
The average player would rather play than watch. Those who don't play can't possibly appreciate the subtleties of the game. Trying to get their attention… — Bob Toski
Fortune knocks at every man's door once in a life, but in a good many cases the man is in a neighboring saloon and does… — Mark Twain
I want a woman who can go to the saloon with me, not hypocritical, fame seeking — Denrele Edun
If I were hungry and friendless today, I would rather take my chances with a saloon-keeper than with the average preacher. — Eugene V. Debs
I come from a long line of saloon keepers and proselytizers, and I draw from both sides. — Jon Huntsman, Jr.
I got into a brawl one night in a saloon in Greenwich Village. Elia Kazan, a great director, saw me put out a couple of… — Burl Ives
You sit back in the darkness, nursing your beer, breathing in that ineffable aroma of the old-time saloon: dark wood, spilled beer, good cigars, and… — Bruce Aidells
If I had to choose between putting a saloon or a liberal church on a corner, I'd choose the saloon every time. People who drink… — Jay Adams
The semi-colon is a burp, a hiccup. It's a drunk staggering out of the saloon at 2 a.m., grabbing your lapels on the way and… — James Scott Bell
I challenge you to show me where the saloon has ever helped business, education, church, morals or anything we hold dear. — Billy Sunday
The saloon is a liar. It promises good cheer and sends sorrow. It promises prosperity and sends adversity. It promises happiness and sends misery.... It… — Billy Sunday
In one dancing saloon I saw the only rational method of art criticism I have ever come across. Over the piano was printed a notice:… — Oscar Wilde
My books kept me from the ring, the dog-pit, the tavern, and the saloon. — Thomas Hood
I busted out of the place in a hurry and went to a saloon and drank beer and said that for the rest of my… — Jimmy Breslin
I wanted to get the guy who works next to me in the office something he really wants, but how do you wrap up a… — Milton Berle
There is an event once a year that I'm able to sing at, through 'Passions,' in Tennessee. That's always fun. We perform at the Wild… — Lindsay Hartley
If the history of the American sentence were a John Ford movie, its second act would conclude with the young Ernest Hemingway walking into a… — Adam Haslett
A horrid alcoholic explosion scatters all my good intentions like bits of limbs and clothes over the doorsteps and into the saloon bars of the… — Dylan Thomas
The tide of visitors will float slowly about the bottom of the valley as harmless scum collecting in hotel and saloon eddies, leaving the rocks… — John Muir

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