"Let us candidly admit that there are shameful blemishes on the American past, of which the worst by far is rum. Nevertheless, we have improved man's lot and enriched his civilization with rye, bourbon and the Martini cocktail. In all history has any other nation done so much?"

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Source : Bernard DeVoto (2010). “The Hour: A Cocktail Manifesto”, p.11, Tin House Books

Bernard DeVoto

#Past Quotes #Men Quotes #Civilization Quotes

“Any take, anything that's recorded while the mic is on, that could be the final take.”
“These are the days in which a true leader wants to live. These are days when opportunities to change lives and even destinies are nearly endless. You are running the anchor leg of the relay because you were born to lead. You were born for glory.”
“Freedom has only the meaning with which men endow it. It is not enough to pay lip service to the concept of religious liberty. We must pay heart service to it as well, else it remains an empty phrase instead of a living reality.”
“I do not know why journalists insist on calling their stuff "pieces", when they are in fact little entities, attempting to have beginnings, middles and endings.”
“Iman is to believe, even when an overpowering tide of evil surrounds you.”
“My creative process involves reading books and magazines, writing outside, and moving around a lot. I like to pace around when I'm writing songs.”
“I remember when I was a little boy my father didn't love me; he couldn't. He loved my older brother but he couldn't love me somehow, at least not in a way I could understand it.”
“When I'm in New York my boyfriend buys me sneakers and vice versa.”

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