Drinking Quote by Reiko Chiba

“If you remember just one word about the grades of sake, let it be ginjo .”

— John Gauntner

“My little boat is made of ebony; My flute stops are pure gold. Water loosens stains from silk; Wine loosens sadness from the heart.…

— Li Po

“But when we consider how small after all the cup of human enjoyment is, how soon overflowed with tears, how easily drained to the…

— Kakuzō Okakura

“My love is made out of three things: the dawn, the sunrise, and redundancy. I poured you two glasses, which can easily and efficiently…

— Jarod Kintz

“Like Okakura, I know that tea is no minor beverage. When tea becomes ritual, it takes its place at the heart of our ability…

— Muriel Barbery

“i am drunk from all the honey. i have been drinking. for days straight. every night i eat water until i fall asleep. i…

— Nayyirah Waheed

“In general I strive for greatness and rational achievement, but I admit to you I’ve a terrible fondness for women, a tendency towards drunkenness,…

— Roman Payne

“The flowering chocolate drink is foaming, Tobacco flowers are passed round, If my heart tastes them, I will be intoxicated… Listen, I am alone…

— Tlaltecatzin

“Now that part of his head which nature designed for the reservoir of drink being very shallow, a small quantity of liquor overflowed it…

— Henry Fielding

“Amar a nossa falta mesma de amor, E na secura nossa, amar a água implícita, E o beijo tácito, e a sede infinita. (To…

— Carlos Drummond de Andrade

“He is hearing the uncertain passage of a broken heart, bruising itself again and again on the unjust stones. Such a heart might stumble…

— Kaimana Wolff

The outsider may indeed wonder at this seeming much ado about nothing. What a tempest in a tea-cup! he will say. But when we…

— Okakura Kakuzo