Whiskey, like a beautiful woman, demands appreciation. You gaze first, then it's time to drink.” (Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World)
“Love makes the world go round? Not at all. Whiskey makes it go round twice as fast.” (Compton Mackenzie)
“There is no bad whiskey. There are only some whiskeys that aren't as good as others.” (Raymond Chandler)
“There is no such thing as bad whisky, it’s just one is better than the other” (William Faulkner)
"I like my whisky old and my women young." (Errol Flynn)
"You could drink whisky straight out the barrel and it would taste rotten, ... Or you could be patient and wait 12 years. Then you get something magnificent. That's what Slow Food is all about." (Donald Read)
"For if we don't find the next whisky bar, I tell you we must die." (Jim Morrison - Alabama Song)
"They say some of my stars drink whiskey, but I have found that ones who drink milkshakes don't win many ball games." (Casey Stengel)
“May the enemies of Ireland never eat bread nor drink whiskey, but be tormented with itching without benefit of scratching.” (Irish toast)
“Gentlemen, I have just met with the most extraordinary adventure that ever occurred to a human being. As I was walking along the Grassmarket, all of a sudden the street rose up and struck me on the face.” (The Hon. Alexander Gordon, Lord Rockville)
“My favorite dinner is a steak dinner, a good bottle of scotch, and a loyal dog to eat the steak.” (Johnny Carson)
“No married man is genuinely happy if he has to drink worse whisky than he used to drink when he was single.” (H. L. Mencken)
"If I cannot drink Bourbon and smoke cigars in Heaven than I shall not go." (Mark Twain)
“Tell me what brand of whiskey that Grant drinks. I would like to send a barrel of it to my other generals.” (Abraham Lincoln)
“I’ve been on the whisky diet – I’ve already lost three days!” (British comic Tommy Cooper)
“Mens sana non potest vivere in corpore sicco” - Een gezonde geest kan niet leven in een droog lichaam. (François Rabelais)
"Too much of anything is bad, but too much of good whiskey is barely enough." (Mark Twain)
“Whisky is liquid sunshine” (George Bernard Shaw)
“There are 2 things a Highlander likes naked , and the other one is Malt Whisky” (Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart)
"The water was not fit to drink. To make it palatable, we had to add whisky. By diligent effort, I learnt to like it." (Sir Winston Churchill)
"Friendship is like whisky, the older, the better." (Anonymous)
"What butter and whiskey won't cure, there is no cure for." (Irish Saying)
"I love to sing, and I love to drink scotch. Most people would rather hear me drink scotch." ( George Burns)
“Een flinke slok whisky voor het slapengaan, geen echt medicijn, maar het helpt wel” (Sir Alexander Fleming)
“Als iemand me vraagt of ik water bij mijn scotch wens, antwoord ik dat ik iets wil drinken en me niet wil wassen” (Joe E. Lewis)
“Whisky heeft meer mensen gedood dan geweerkogels. Toch waren de meesten liever vol whisky dan vol lood.” (Logan Pearsall Smith)
“De chemische analyse van de zogenaamde dichterlijke inspiratie wijst uit : 99 procent whisky en 1 procent transpiratie.” (Onbekend)