Books Quote by Henry Fielding

“The Cardinal was bent over his writing desk, the room unchanged save for the light of what appeared a small antique oil lamp. And…

— Anne Rice

“For, how could you expect me not to feel uneasy about what that ancient lawgiver they call the Public will say when it sees…

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

“Be Drunken, Always. That is the point; nothing else matters. If you would not feel the horrible burden of Time weigh you down and…

— Charles Baudelaire

“Mulled ale for the frozen man, And mulled ale for the weary: For mulled ale is the body's friend And makes the sick heart…

— Frans G. Bengtsson

“For me, books were not the containers of words so much as the words themselves, and the value of a given book was determined…

— Paul Auster

“a statement by Bertrand Russell ... embodies the tone of heroic denunciation that you can muster only if you have drunk deeply from the…

— David Brooks

“Not an elegant wine or a mellow brandy but harsh spirits.”

— Robin Hobb

“Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. [misquote of a letter about wine, see quotes/831031]”

— Benjamin Franklin

“The Scotch, it is well known, are more remarkable for the exercise of their intellectual powers, than for the keenness of their feelings ;…

— Walter Scott

“Here then we are first to consider a book, presented to us by a barbarous and ignorant people, written in an age when they…

— David Hume

“We drank our whiskeys. It was the good stuff and it tasted of salt, sea, rain, wind and the Old Testament.”

— Adrian McKinty

“Some drink to forget, I drink to remember. I drink in order to understand what I mean and to discover what I know. Under…

— Peter Ackroyd