Air Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Of course I don't want to go to a cocktail party...If I wanted to stand around with a load of people I don't know…

— Victoria Wood

It is the fine souls who serve us, and not what is called fine society. Fine society is only a self-protection against the vulgarities…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

When I'm writing in long hand, it just goes on and on and on. When I was in the saloon business, I would just…

— Malachy McCourt

Several country towns, within my observation, have at least a dozen taverns. Here the time, the money, the health and the modesty, of most…

— John Adams

A society has to make a choice: tolerate alternative lifestyles or build more prisons.

— Rick Steves

You can try to trick the people and come out wearing a fedora and a tuxedo but that's not me. I was born in…

— Michael Buble

If I had to live my life over, I'd live over a saloon.

— W. C. Fields

There are a million boys growing up in the United States who have never seen a saloon, and who will never know the handicap…

— Henry Ford

“I've found, though, that people are more likely to share their personal experiences if you go first, so that's why I always keep an…

— Jenny Lawson

I soon came to understand that drink, tobacco and prostitutes were all great means if dissipating (even for a few moments) my dread for…

— Osamu Dazai

“On, no. I hate those arty little places. I like dining in a hotel full of all sorts of people. Dining in a club…

— Edna Ferber

I don't feel comfortable with luxury, and I try to stay fairly normal.

— Vince Cable