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Love makes the world go round? Not at all. Whiskey makes it go round twice as fast. — Compton Mackenzie

The light music of whisky falling into glasses made an agreeable interlude. — James Joyce

He could dismiss several schools of philosophy by shifting slightly in his chair or toting his whisky glass. — Dylan Moran

Open the whisky, Tom,' she ordered, 'and I'll make you a mint julep. Then you won't seem so stupid to yourself ... Look at the mint! — F Scott Fitzgerald

How do men act on a sinking ship? Do they hold each other? Do they pass around the whisky? Do they cry? — Sebastian Junger

The water was not fit to drink. To make it palatable, we had to add whisky. By diligent effort, I learned to like it. — Winston Churchill

Scotch whisky is made from barley and the morning dew on angel's nipples. — Warren Ellis

About two months into the Whisky, I borrowed some money and rented a remote recording truck. — Johnny Rivers

Wine is fine. But whisky is quicker. — Hank Moody

For a bad hangover take the juice of two quarts of whisky. — Eddie Condon

Her name was Maude and she drank whisky all day from a fruit jar under the counter. — Flannery O'Connor

With more insight into the English character, I poured out a stiff whisky and soda and placed it in front of the gloomy inspector. — Agatha Christie

When life hands you lemons, make whisky sours. — W.C. Fields

And when a man that old takes up money-hunting, it's like when he takes up gambling or whisky or women. He aint going to have time to quit. — William Faulkner

the finding of a cargo of whisky was, in a sense, like the finding by the Israelites of manna in the wilderness. And — Alexander McCall Smith

I've been on the whisky diet - I've already lost three days! — Tommy Cooper

It is true that whisky improves with age. The older I get, the more I like it. — Ronnie Corbett

My room is a grave yard of whisky bottles in a swamp of stale beer, cigar ashes, and dick jokes. — Vincent Brooks

My opponent left a glass of whisky 'en prise' and I took it 'en passant'. — Joseph Henry Blackburne

The whisky bears a grudge against the decanter. — Samuel Beckett

A woman is like fine whisky. Deep and subtle, smooth but strong, warm yet lingering. — Wan-Ling, Wong

Harry," she said, her voice a little thick with the whisky. "You found the way, didn't you?" What's so wonderful about it? I thought. Dogs do. — Charles Williams

Emotional excitement reaches men through tea, tobacco, opium, whisky, and religion. — George Bernard Shaw

Dell had left the army and taken the discipline home with him. I'd left the theatre world and taken the whisky sodas home with me. — Mark Capell

Catnip is vodka and whisky to most cats. — Carl Van Vechten

If whisky or salt won't cure it, then to hell with it. I worry about important things. — Florence King

Freedom and Whisky gang tegither. — Diana Gabaldon

She had about her a strong smell of hair-spray and her lunch-time whisky. — Elizabeth Taylor

Great fury, like great whisky, requires long fermentation. — Truman Capote

Becoming a writer is a polite way of saying you've chosen alcoholism as a career. — Joe Ducie

Haven't you learned yet that I put something more than whisky into my speeches. — Winston Churchill

Whisky is liquid sunshine. — George Bernard Shaw

An appreciation of prose is learned, not instinctive. It is an acquired taste, like Scotch whisky. — Abigail Padgett

My own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whisky. — William Faulkner

I would say whisky or pills. Not both because that can have disastrous consequences. — John C. Reilly

the whisky muttered in his ears. — John Steinbeck

I was brought up to believe that Scotch whisky would need a tax preference to survive in competition with Kentucky bourbon. — Hugo Black

Perhaps I would like a glass of whisky. Yes, that seems more likely. — Douglas Adams

Champagne's funny stuff. I'm used to whiskey. Whiskey is a slap on the back, and champagne's a heavy mist before my eyes. — James Stewart

There are two things a Highlander likes naked, and the other one is Malt Whisky — R. H. Bruce Lockhart

Scotch whisky bring out a real you. — Vivek Thangaswamy

A fine single malt whisky, of course, is purely medicinal - it cures all manner of ailments one may care to imagine. — Alex Morritt

The shot was so precise that the bullet went out his forehead and shattered a whisky bottle against the wall behind the counter. — Justin Bienvenue

I take the juice of two bottles of whisky. — Dean Martin

I'm on a whisky diet. I've lost 3 days already. — Tommy Cooper

I like my whisky old and my women young. — Errol Flynn

No one moved to get the whisky, from which I judged there were three pocket flasks ready for emergency. — Mary Roberts Rinehart

My God, so much I like to drink Scotch that sometimes I think my name is Igor Stra-whiskey. — Igor Stravinsky

It's like trying to drink whisky from a bottle of wine. — Elton John

Nights without work I spent with whisky and books. — Haruki Murakami

Nights without work I spend with whisky and books. — Haruki Murakami

He was a bloody genius with these people, slicker than any confidence artist, more popular than whisky in a room full of Irishmen. — Meredith Duran

I just did an interview where I was asked whether I drink beer or whisky, and I was sad to reveal that I'm pounding spring water. — Brad Delson

And he, despite the gallons of free whisky on offer, was wishing himself violently elsewhere. — Stephen Fry

I was playing birthday parties. House-rent parties where they used to sell whisky during prohibition. — Thelonious Monk

Whisky making is an act of cooperation between the blessings of nature and the wisdom of man. — Masataka Taketsuru

There is no such thing as a bad whisky. Some whiskies just happen to be better than others. — William Faulkner

You know these love letters mix with whisky, just don't light a match when you kiss me. — Jon Bon Jovi

Poetry is not made to be sucked up like a child's milkshake, it is much better sipped like a precious malt whisky. — Stephen Fry

Gin and whisky cost so much more. Oblivion and courage could no longer be purchased for the price of an old song. — Norah Hoult

Keep trying?
I'd rather keep walking. I mean, whisky is whisky — Ljupka Cvetanova

THE LITTLE MAN HURRIED into the Fountain and ordered a very large whisky. "Because," he announced to the pub in general, "I deserve it. — Neil Gaiman

Whisky making is the art of making poison pleasant — Samuel Johnson

Beer does not taste like itself unless it is chasing a dram of neat whisky down the gullet - preferably two drams — Compton Mackenzie

I once received a cape that was made from the little purple bags that Crown Royal Whisky comes in. — Dave Grohl

Happiness is having a rare steak, a bottle of whiskey, and a dog to eat the rare steak. — Johnny Carson

When whisky talks it rarely counsels prudence. — Anthony McDonald

He taught me the difference between a good single malt whisky and a bad one. — Catherine Zeta-Jones

A glass of whisky in Scotland in the thirties cost less than a cup of tea. — Catherine Helen Spence

He tasted of whisky and his skin was rough where he hadn't shaved, but Mirabelle kissed him back. — Sara Sheridan

The light music of whiskey falling into a glass - an agreeable interlude. — James Joyce

I enjoy hitting a batsman more than getting him out. I like to see blood on the pitch. And I've been training on whisky. — Jeff Thomson

Whisky, gambling and Ferraris are better than housework. — Francoise Sagan

My life is ruled by four W's: my writing, my work, my wife, and my whisky. Not necessarily in that order. — Ashwin Sanghi

I like the Whisky old an the women young — Errol Flynn

The man in the dark suit sips his Laphroaig and water, savoring the marshy taste, the body-in-the-bog quality of the whisky. — Neil Gaiman

In wine was truth, perhaps, but in whisky, the way Hoffman sluiced it down, was an army of imaginary rats climbing your legs. — Ross Macdonald

While I can't walk on water, I can certainly wobble on whisky. — Ashwin Sanghi

I love to sing, and I love to drink scotch. Most people would rather hear me drink scotch. — George Burns

I'm on a whisky diet. I've lost three days already. — Tommy Cooper

No married man is genuinely happy if he has to drink worse whisky than he used to drink when he was single. — H.L. Mencken

Whiskey is by far the most popular of all remedies that won't cure a cold. — Jerry Vale