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Gin Quotes

A drink, a band name, and an easy comparison.

One line compares the Blossoms-era Gin Blossoms sound to the Byrds; another just wants 'another gin and tonic' to go with a heavy book.

The idea of elegance and aristocratic indulgence of an ocean cruise was born out of the image of the rich men and women who ruled the British Empire slowly sailing to India and the Far East while sipping gin and...

Quotes by Adam Curtis

You don't see a lot of difference between the Gin Blossoms and the Byrds.

Quotes by Steve Forbert

A good heavy book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic.

Quotes by Roy Blount, Jr.

I've written just about everything for the sake of putting shoes on the children's feet - and a bottle of gin in the cupboard.

Quotes by Ray Guy

Ample Quotes

The only time I ever enjoyed ironing was the day I accidentally got gin in the steam iron.

Quotes by Phyllis Diller

President Trump not only lies with astonishing temerity and abandon, but those lies connect into equally false narratives that gin up the worst fears and prejudices of his base.

Quotes by Michiko Kakutani

Most cocktails containing liquor are made today with gin and ingenuity. In brief, take an ample supply of the former and use your imagination. For the benefit of a minority, it is courteous to serve chilled fruit juice in addition...

Quotes by Irma S. Rombauer

My mom is awesome. She's really young. My mom is 40, and she raised me listening to Nirvana and Courtney Love and Coldplay, Gin Blossoms, The Cranberries, and stuff. Like, my early, early memories are of being a little kid...

Quotes by Halsey

I should just put it bluntly, because we're all sort of friends here now - it's exceedingly likely that my greatest success is behind me. Oh, so Jesus, what a thought! You know that's the kind of thought that could...

Quotes by Elizabeth Gilbert

Aristocratic Quotes

I don't know what reception I'm at, but for God's sake give me a gin and tonic.

Quotes by Denis Thatcher

The proper union of gin and vermouth is a great and sudden glory; it is one of the happiest marriages on earth, and one of the shortest lived.

Quotes by Bernard DeVoto

TV producers want ratings and are willing to do nearly anything to get them. They gin up artificial conflicts and create an urgency for even the most minor of economic data points.

Quotes by Barry Ritholtz

Neurohumanities offers a way to tap the popular enthusiasm for science and, in part, gin up more funding for humanities.

Quotes by Alissa Quart

No generation has escaped it - one morning, your skill with the eight-track or the record player or the cotton gin suddenly ceases to impress. It's just one of those inevitable disappointments that come with growing up, like the realization...

Quotes by Alexandra Petri

Frequently Asked Questions

What kinds of gin quotes are in this collection?
Mostly lighthearted ones, a comparison between the band Gin Blossoms and the Byrds, and a couple of lines treating gin as the drink of choice for relaxing with a good book or a cocktail.
Why do people search for gin quotes?
Gin shows up in quotes both as a specific spirit with its own cocktail culture and, in the case of Gin Blossoms, as a band name, so people search for these quotes for very different reasons, from bar culture to music trivia.
One quote pairs gin with 'a good heavy book' as an anchor, what's the idea there?
It frames gin and tonic as part of a slow, settled evening in with a serious book, using the drink as shorthand for relaxation rather than excess.
Do these quotes give any actual cocktail advice?
One does, loosely, it suggests that most gin cocktails just need 'an ample supply' of gin and some Ample imagination, more a joke about improvising than a real recipe.
Is this collection about drinking culture generally?
Mostly gin specifically, though the Blossoms band reference shows the topic isn't purely about the spirit, 'gin' here covers both the drink and things that share its name.

Cocktail wisdom rounds it out: enough gin and enough imagination, one line says, covers most drinks, a nod to the spirit's Ample versatility.