Ability Quote by Robertson Davies

Civilization rests on two things: the discovery that fermentation produces alcohol, and the voluntary ability to inhibit defecation. And I put it to you,…

— Robertson Davies

Fermentation equals civilization.

— John Ciardi

Fermentation and civilization are inseparable.

— John Ciardi

“It happens thousands of times a day around the world, maybe millions, yet it is the culmination of human achievement, of human science and…

— Adam Rogers

“Civilization as well as civility thrive where there is a pot of beer.”

— Randy Mosher

“William Faulkner is supposed to have said, "Civilization begins with distillation," but I'd push even further -- beyond just distilled spirits to wine, beer,…

— Adam Rogers

“...there is no brew so deadly that it cannot at certain moments become precious and invigorating by giving us just the stimulus that was…

— Marcel Proust

“Every pre-FTL civilization we know of has alcohol. I mean, imagine you're stuck to a single planet, it takes decades to cross just your…

— Aldous Mercer

“During the first millennium BCE, even the beer-loving Mesopotamians turned their backs on beer, which was dethroned as the most cultured and civilized of…

— Tom Standage

“Their wine was probably the best I’d ever had, and I was quickly coming to the conclusion that the creation of alcohol was probably…

— Terra Whiteman

“Sweat, scalded meat, puke, blood, smoke and a dozen kinds of bad ale and wine: the bouquet of civilized nightlife”

— Scott Lynch

“Or maybe, knowing that intercourse involved certain unsavory sights, smells, and sounds, God deliberately left the ingredients for alcohol lying around where man would…

— Kelly Corrigan