The water was not fit to drink. To make it palatable, we had to add whiskey. By diligent effort, I learned to like it.

Quote by Winston Churchill

Topics: Drinking Quotes, Funny Quotes

We occasionally stumble over the truth but most of us pick ourselves up and hurry...

We occasionally stumble over the truth but most of us pick ourselves up and hurry...

There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a...

There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a...

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it

She was, for all her lifelong love affair with motion pictures, a reporter first. She...

She was, for all her lifelong love affair with motion pictures, a reporter first. She...

Most people stumble over the truth, now and then, but they usually manage to pick...

Most people stumble over the truth, now and then, but they usually manage to pick...

Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end....

Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end....

For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use...

For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use...

You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried...

You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried...

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of...

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of...

I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you...

I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you...

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of...

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of...

The short words are best, and the old words are the best of all.

The short words are best, and the old words are the best of all.

Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning

Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning

A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week,...

A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week,...

Without a measureless and perpetual uncertainty, the drama of human life would be destroyed.

Without a measureless and perpetual uncertainty, the drama of human life would be destroyed.

I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones,...

I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones,...

We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.

We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.

To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.

To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.

I have been brought up and trained to have the utmost contempt for people who...

I have been brought up and trained to have the utmost contempt for people who...