Ale Quotes

Ale Quote of the day

It is better to think of church in the ale-house than to think of the ale-house in church.

For a quart of ale is a dish for a king.

The roots and herbes beaten and put into new ale or beer and daily drunk, cleareth, strengtheneth and quickeneth the sight of the eyes.

Who cares how time advances? I am drinking ale today.

I should like a great lake of ale, for the King of Kings. I should like the family of heaven to be drinking it through time eternal.

Homer no function beer well without.

Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.

Thirstily he set it to his lips, and as its cool refreshment began to soothe his throat, he thanked Heaven that in a world of much evil there was still so good a thing as ale.

My idea of childcare at festivals is to sit at a trestle table with an ale while the kids run around and make up their own games.

I would give all of my fame for a pot of ale and safety.

Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale.

Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?

I like a good beer. Of course, I'll drink a bad one too. Let no person thirst for lack of real ale! Thank god for long-necked bottles, the angel's remedy.

Blessings of your heart, you brew good ale.

Saint George he was for England, And before he killed the dragon he drank a pint of English ale out of an English flagon.

But if at church they would give some ale. And a pleasant fire our souls to regale. We'd sing and we'd pray all the live long day, Nor ever once from the church to stray.

Ale, not beer, in a pewter mug was comme il faut, the only thing for a gentleman of letters, worthy of the name, to drink.

The troubles of our proud and angry dust are from eternity, and shall not fail. Bear them we can, and if we can we must. Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale.

Some folks of cider make a rout And cider's well enough no doubt When better liquors fail; But wine, that's richer, better still, Ev'n wine itself (deny't who will) Must yield to nappy ale

Sweet is old wine in bottles, ale in barrels.

So laugh, lads, and quaff, lads, twill make you stout and hale; through all my days, I'll sing the praise of brown October ale.

Good ale, the true and proper drink of Englishmen. He is not deserving of the name of Englishman who speaketh against ale, that is good ale.

I have fed purely upon ale; I have eat my ale, drank my ale, and I always sleep upon ale.

It's a fair wind that blew men to ale.

Oatcakes are a delicate relish when eaten warm with ale.

Ale is meat, drink and cloth; it will make a cat speak and a wise man dumb.

He that buys land buys many stones, He that buys flesh buys many bones, He that buys eggs buys many shells, But he that buys good ale buys nothing else.

Lo! the poor toper whose untutored sense, Sees bliss in ale, and can with wine dispense; Whose head proud fancy never taught to steer, Beyond the muddy ecstasies of beer.

I have drunk ale from the Country of the Young / And weep because I know all things now.

Whoever takes just plain ginger ale soon gets drowned out of the conversation.

I've never had food in my fridge. All I have in my fridge is one shelf of Canada Dry ginger ale, Diet Cokes on the next shelf, and ZeroWater on the next shelf. That is it.

If there’s one thing that makes a man sick, it’s to have his ale poured out of an ugly hand.

There was an Old Man with an owl, Who continued to bother and howl; He sate on a rail, and imbibed bitter ale, Which refreshed that Old Man and his owl.

Dear Mother, dear Mother, the Church is cold, But the Ale-house is healthy and pleasant and warm.

And brought of mighty ale a large quart.

Gimme a visky with a ginger ale on the side - and don't be stinchy, beby.

As like a church and an ale-house, God and the devell, they manie times dwell neere to ether.

As Anthony said to Cleopatra as he opened a crate of ale: "Oh, I say, some girls are bigger than others, Some girls' mothers are bigger than other girls' mothers.

Ale: Are you manipulating me again? T.C.: Try not to fall for it. I dare you.

If you wish to grow thinner, diminish your dinner, And take to light claret instead of pale ale; Look down with an utter contempt upon butter, And never touch bread till its toasted--or stale.

It is plain and demonstrable, that much ale is not good for Yankee, and operates differently upon them from what it does upon a Briton; ale must be drank in a fog and a drizzle.

An I must drink sour ale, I must, but never have I yielded me to man before, and that without wound or mark upon my body. Nor, when I bethink me, will I yield now.

Happy the Man, who void of Cares and Strife, In Silken, or in Leathern Purse retains A Splendid Shilling: He nor hears with Pain New Oysters cry'd, nor sighs for chearful Ale

Philosophy only seems to offer endless dispute, with no cakes and ale.

I'm 12 years sober, so I don't have beer! When I used to drink I really liked Bass Ale!

Last time I was sick, the guy I was seeing brought me a bottle of ginger ale… and expected me to pay him back for it. ~Jaime Vegas

It comes in pints?

I have great affection for you, Roy" I answered, "but I don't think you are the sort of person I'd care to have breakfast with.

There is more food in a pennyworth of bread than in a gallon of ale.