Quotes About Libation

I drink for the effect, because it loosens up the tongue a little bit.

he poured himself a glass of whiskey. And another. And another. Not enough to get stinking drunk, just enough to make him overly contemplative.

Years of drought and famine come and years of flood and famine come, and the climate is not changed with dance, libation or prayer.

I began to think vodka was my drink at last. It didn't taste like anything, but it went straight down into my stomach like a sword-swallower's sword and made me feel powerful and god-like.

isn't beer the holy libation of sincerity? the potion that dispels all hypocrisy, any charade of fine manners? the drink that does nothing worse than incite its fans to urinate in all innocence, to gain weight in all frankness?

Now they made all secure in the fast black ship, and, setting out the wine bowls all a-brim, they made libation to the gods, the undying, the ever-new, most of all to the grey-eyed daughter of Zeus. And the prow sheared through the night into the dawn. (Translation by Robert Fitzgerald 1961)

Good God, what does it matter? If life is a tragedy, or a farce, or a disaster, or anything else, what do I care! Let life be what it likes. Give me a drink, that's what I want just now.

Everybody should believe in something; I believe I'll have another drink.

Now let's each have a good tall drink to celebrate!

Wine makes all things possible.

With alcoholic ritual, the whole point is generosity. If you open a bottle of wine, for heaven's sake have the grace to throw away the damn cork.

O Sibyl excellent, enough of adjuration! But hither bring us thy potation, And quickly fill the beaker to the brim! This drink will bring my friend no injuries: He is a man of manifold degrees, And many draughts are known to him.

Damn what you like, Pieterzoon. But don't damn liquor. It's the stuff of life!

It's good for a man to get drunk once in a while. It releases all the evil spirits.

One of the wonderful things about beer is that a little bit, sipped at the proper speed, can give one the courage to do and say things one would ordinarily not have the courage to even dream of doing and saying.

Everyone must believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer

Of course it was the alcohol," said Teresa. "That's the whole point of alcohol.

I drink to separate my body from my soul.

To good eating belongs good drinking.

I got a free beer for a $5 tip

Too much work, and no vacation, Deserves at least a small libation. So hail! my friends, and raise your glasses, Work's the curse of the drinking classes.

I like to go dancing, have a few beers. I like being alone, too. I have days where it's 'God, get me a shot of tequila.'

The things I agree to with a little gin in me.

If there was any magic in this world that was not magic, it was wine