“Religions change, but beer and wine remain.” — Harvey Allen

“The good Lord has changed water into wine, so how can drinking beer be a sin?” — Sign near a Belgian Monastery

“As to the way of life of the English, they are somewhat impolite, for they belch at the table without shame. They consume great quantities of beer.” — Father Etienne Perlin, 1558

“A statesman is an easy man,
He tells his lies by rote;
A journalist makes up his lies
And takes you by the throat;
So stay at home and drink your beer
And let the neighbours vote.”
— William Butler Yeats

“I went on a diet, swore off drinking and heavy eating, and in fourteen days I lost two weeks.” — Joe E. Lewis

“The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour.” — William James

“Drunkenness does not create vice; it merely brings it into view.” — Seneca

“Here’s to the heart that fills as the bottle empties.”

“A fine beer may be judged with only one sip, but it’s better to be thoroughly sure.” — Bohemian proverb

“Beer is an improvement on water itself.” — Grant Johnson