I try to find unique facts about bourbon and whiskey whenever I can and I wonder are these the top 10 whiskey quotes of all time?
It is interesting to see the mention of bourbon and whiskey throughout aspects of everyday life. Bourbon placement in the movies becomes more prevalent and if you look for it you can find several mentions. In the movie John Wick there is a scene where he is obviously drinking from a bottle of Blantons. Director Sam Raimi drinks Makers Mark and is known to include it in many of the movies he makes. Kevin Costner gets drunk on Jim Beam in the baseball movie Bull Durham. Movie stars, political figures, and writers are just some of the characters who become part of whiskey lore.
These are my top 10 whiskey quotes of all time!
Mark Twain
“Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough.”
Abraham Lincoln
“Tell me what brand of whiskey that Grant drinks. I would like to send a barrel of it to my other generals.”
Errol Flynn
“I like my whisky old and my women young.”
W.C. Fields
“Always carry a flask of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake.”
Mark Twain
“If I cannot drink Bourbon and smoke cigars in Heaven than I shall not go.
Johnny Carson
“Happiness is having a rare steak, a bottle of whisky, and a dog to eat the rare steak.”
Andrew Jackson
“I have never in my life seen a Kentuckian who didn’t have a gun, a pack of cards, and a jug of whiskey.”
Winston Churchill
“Whiskey has killed more men than bullets, but most men would rather be full of whiskey than bullets.”
John Wayne
“I’m here to kick ass and drink whiskey, and pilgrim, I’m out of whiskey.”
Ernest Hemingway
“Never delay kissing a pretty girl or opening a bottle of whiskey.”
Toby Keith sang Whiskey for my men and beer for my horses!
I always thought it was Hank Williams Jr’s lyric:
Lord I have loved some ladies and I have loved Jim Beam.
And they both tried to kill me in 1973.