Favorite Whiskey Quotes

[tdwester]

“Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough.” 
― Mark Twain

[MOwhisky4me]

"Too much of anything is bad.

Too much of good whiskey is barely enough."

Mark Twain

[Flyfish]

On ‎4‎/‎19‎/‎2005‎ ‎8‎:‎08‎:‎07‎, ratcheer said:

My favorite is from Winston Churchill. I have described it in more detail in a posting somewhere in these forums a few years ago. But, briefly:

He was travelling by train with Harry Truman. The president suggested having a whiskey and Sir Winston was delighted. Upon his first taste, he exclaimed, "This isn't whiskey, its bourbon!"

Tim

Winnie probably pronounced "whiskey" without the "e."  He drank well-diluted Johnny Walker IIRC.

[bullitt]

Health — what my friends are always drinking to before they fall down. - Phyllis Diller
 

[Golzee]

"Lordy, I have loved some ladies and I have loved Jim Beam, and they both tried to kill me in 1973" -Hank Jr.

 

[tanstaafl2]

I caught a cold during a visit to San Francisco, and the first day I got there a lady at the Lick House told me to drink a quart of whisky every twenty-four hours. A friend at the Occidental Hotel recommended precisely the same course. That makes half a gallon. I calculate to do it or perish in the attempt.

Mark Twain