"We need not be intimidated by the wine snob because we know that, in the last analysis, he is only putting on a front. He may know more than we do, but how little he knows in comparison with what there is to know Wine, a hobby as fascinating and as human as one can find. One of the most fascinating aspects of the wine-hobby is the extent to which you learn all the time"

-- Alec Waugh

#Wine Quotes #Hobbies Quotes #Needs Quotes

“Mustard's no good without roast beef.”

Source : "Fictional character: Chico". "Monkey Business", www.imdb.com. 1931.
“On Gandhi: Don’t ever forget, that we were not lead by a saint with his head in clouds, but by a master tactician with his feet on the ground.”

Source : "The Great Indian Novel". Book by Shashi Tharoor, August 24, 1989.
“It is almost impossible to watch a sunset and not dream.”
“Im very into dark colors. I try to rock the dark against the ghost white skin as much as humanly possible.”
“If people think I am gay, yeah, hey that doesn't bother me. Not at all. What would people think? To me I am such a heterosexual guy. It doesn't even, I don't even think about it.”
“There are only two ways to deal with the media: either elect to take the Buddha's vow of eternal silence, or make one's voice known as responsibly as one humanly can, and take the consequences.”
“We don't have all the answers ... as we get older, our bodies need repair.”
“What You Lose on the Swings You Make Up on the Merry-Go-Round,”

Source : George V. Higgins (2012). “Defending Billy Ryan”, p.78, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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