Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

New Year's Day

Come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkindness. 81 other quotes from William Shakespeare

To be an ideal guest, stay at home. 23 more quotes from E. W. Howe

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. 135 other wisdom & wit from Ralph Waldo Emerson

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties. 31 wisdom & wit from Helen Keller

Dinner was made for eating, not for talking. 8 sayings from William Makepeace Thackeray

Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer. 15 other wisdom & wit from Walter Scott

First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you. 14 quotes from F. Scott Fitzgerald

Resolution One: I will live for God. Resolution Two: If no one else does, I still will. 3 more sayings from Jonathan Edwards

If you asked me for my New Year Resolution, it would be to find out who I am. 3 other quotes from Cyril Cusack

Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough. 98 quotes from Mark Twain

At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely. 29 quotes from W. Somerset Maugham

I doubt if you can have a truly wild party without liquor. 24 more quotes from Carl Sandburg

I never worry about being driven to drink I just worry about being driven home. 24 views from W. C. Fields

Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody. 4 quotes from Samuel Pepys