“Words To Drink By” – 25 Great Beer Quotes

Some of these are familiar, others less so, but they’re all worth raising a glass to…

“Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” – Benjamin Franklin (possibly)

“You can’t be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer.” -Frank Zappa, American musician

“He was a wise man who invented beer.” – Plato,  Greek philosopher

“Give me a woman who loves beer and I will conquer the world.” – Kaiser Wilhelm, last German Emperor and King of Prussia

“In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is Freedom, in water there is bacteria.” – Benjamin Franklin (definitely)

“Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza.” – Dave Barry, American author and columnist

“Beer, it’s the best damn drink in the world.” – Jack Nicholson, American actor

“There is no such thing as a bad beer. It’s that some taste better than others.” – Billy Carter, President Carter’s brother

“Milk is for babies. When you grow up you have to drink beer.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger Austrian and American actor, filmmaker, former politician, and former professional bodybuilder

“I would kill everyone in this room for a drop of sweet beer.” – Homer Simpson, Patriarch American animated sitcom The Simpsons.

“Beer has always been my drug of choice, I’ve been drinking since I was nine.” Tom Bobak, Founder & Editor-in-Chief American Craft Beer

“Beer makes you feel the way you ought to feel without beer.” – Henry Lawson, Australian writer

“Always do sober what you said you’d do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.” – Ernest Hemingway, American novelist

“Beer culture is a part of the world of food and drink. It’s not just a commodity in a can. There’s a culture and an understanding and an appreciation and an experience.” – Charlie Papazian, Author, brewer and nuclear engineer who founded the Great American Beer Festival

“Beer, if drunk in moderation, softens the temper, cheers the spirit, and promotes health.” – Thomas Jefferson, Founding Father & third President of the United States

“A fine beer may be judged with only one sip, but it’s better to be thoroughly sure.” – Czech Proverb

“Beer may cause you to digress – and lead a happier life.” – Michael Jackson, English writer and journalist renowned for his books on beer

“I work until beer o’clock.” – Stephen King, American Author

“Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.” – Kinky Friedman, American singer, songwriter, novelist and politician

“In a study, scientists report that drinking beer can be good for the liver. I’m sorry, did I say scientists? I meant Irish people.” – Tina Fey, American writer, comedian, actress, and producer

“I have respect for beer.” – Russell Crowe, Academy Award-winning actor

“Stay with the beer. Beer is continuous blood. A continuous lover.” – Charles Bukowski, German-American poet and novelist

“Beer is made by men, wine by God.” – Martin Luther, German priest and theologian

“Prohibition makes you want to cry into your beer and denies you the beer to cry into.” – Don Marquis, American poet and journalist

“24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence?” – Stephen Wright American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer