Wijnquotes

 

 

‘Whiskey? In a civillized country they drink wine’ – Charlie Chaplin

 

‘There be three things I shall never attain: envy, content and sufficient Champagne’ – Dorothy Parker

 

 ‘Age is just a number. It’s totally irrelevant, unless you happen to be a bottle of wine’ – Joan Collins

 

‘My only regret in life is that I did not drink more Champagne’ – John Maynard Keynes

 

 ‘Om goed te smaken moet vis driemaal zwemmen: in water, in boter en in wijn’ – Pools gezegde

 

‘I only drink Champagne when I’m happy, and when I’m sad. Sometimes I drink it when I’m alone. When I have company, I consider it obligatory. I trifle with it if I am not hungry and drink it when I am. Otherwise I never touch it – unless I’m thirsty’ – Lily Bollinger

 

`I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food’ – W.C. Fields

 

‘What is the definition of a good wine? It should start and end with a smile’ – William Sokolin

 

‘Wijn is zonneschijn gevangen door water’ – Galileo Galilei

 

‘Champagne – In victory we deserve it, in defeat we need it’ – Winston Churchill

 

‘Food without wine is a corpse; wine without food is a ghost; united and well matched they are as body and soul, living partners’ – André Simon

 

‘Mannen zijn als wijn: sommigen verworden tot azijn, maar de besten worden alleen maar mooier op leeftijd’ – Paus Johannes XIII

 

`People spend too much time tasting wine; not enough time drinking it’ – André Tchelistcheff (beroemd wijnmaker)

 

‘Remember, gentlemen, it’s not just France we’re fighting for, it’s Champagne!’ – Winston Churchill

 

‘Als ik een glas wijn drink word ik een ander mens, en die ander heeft altijd geweldige dorst’ – Simon Carmiggelt

 

‘Champagne is the wine of civilization and the oil of government’ – Winston Churchill

 

‘Give me champagne and good food and I’m in heaven’ – Marilyn Monroe

 

‘I drink Champagne when I win, to celebrate… and I drink Champagne when I lose, to console myself’ – Napoleon Bonaparte

 

‘Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion’ – Ovidius

 

Een maaltijd zonder wijn is als een dag zonder zon’ – Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

 

 ‘I only drink Champagne when in love and when not’ – Christian Pol Roger

 

‘Great wine requires a mad man to grow the vine, a wise man to watch over it, a lucid poet to make it, and a lover to drink it’ – Salvador Dali

 

‘Comer sin vino es comer mezquino’ – Spaanse uitdrukking (vertaling: eten zonder wijn is karig)

 

‘Wine is bottled poetry’ – Robert Louis Stevenson 

 

‘Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle.’ ― Paulo Coelho

 

‘We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine’ – Eduardo Galeano

 

‘Roses are red, so is my wine. Refill my glass and I’ll be just fine’- onbekend

 

‘A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world’- Louis Pasteur

 

‘A meal without wine is called breakfast’ – onbekend