Toasts & Quotes

"We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine." - Eduardo Galeano, from the website http://vanitewines.com/ (wine quotes, birthday toast, graduation toast, drinking toast"I like to think about what was going on the year the grapes were growing; how the sun was shining; if it rained. I like to think about all the people who tended and picked the grapes. And if it’s an old wine, how many of them must be dead by now. I like how wine continues to evolve, like if I opened a bottle of wine today it would taste different than if I’d opened it on any other day, because a bottle of wine is actually alive. And it’s constantly evolving and gaining complexity.   ~   Maya, from the movie "Sideways"  (wine quotes, sideways quote, Maya quote, birthday toast)Maya: So why are you so into Pinots? They’re like a thing with you.
Miles: “It’s a hard grape to grow, as you know. It's thin-skinned, temperamental. It’s not a survivor like Cabernet that can grow anywhere and thrive even when neglected. Pinot needs constant care and attention, you know? And in fact it can only grow in these really specific, little, tucked away corners of the world. And, and only the most patient and nurturing of growers can do it, really. Only somebody who really takes the time… to understand Pinot's potential… can then coax it into its fullest expression.”
~ Miles Raymond, from the movie "Sideways" (wine quote, sideways quote, miles quote, pinot noir quote, miles raymond)

"To the sun that warmed the vineyards.

To the juice that turned to wine.

To the host who cracked the bottle,

and made it yours and mine!"

~ Unknown   (wine toasts, drinking toasts)

"If I have to sing like somebody else, then I don't need to sing at all"

~ Billie Holiday, American Jazz Singer (1915 - 1959) (wine toasts, drinking toasts, birthday toasts, graduation toasts, inspirational toasts)

"May bad fortune follow you all of your days.

And never catch up with you!"

~ Irish Toast

"I could never live in Paradise", she said.  "I don't look that good naked"

~ Story People

"I try not to drink too much.  When I'm drunk, I bite."

~ Bette Midler "The Divine Miss M" (1945 - ), American Singer, Actress and Comedienne

"The sooner you fall behind, the more time you have to catch up."

~ Chris Begley, San Francisco (wine toasts, drinking toasts, inspirational toasts)

"The first time your laughter unfurled its wings in the wind, we knew the world would never be the same."" ~ Story People (wine toasts, drinking toasts, inspirational toasts, birthday toast, funeral toast, wake toast, graduation toast)"The problem with people who have no vices is that you can be sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues"

~ Elizabeth Taylor, American actress (1932 - ) (wine toasts, drinking toasts, inspirational toasts)

"Here's to Champagne for our real friends

and real pain to our sham friends!"

~ Unknown, contributed by Tim Owens (Wine toasts, drinking toasts)

Every Country has its own version of a short toast.  Here are a few:

America: Cheers!

Austria: Prosit!

Brazil: Soede. Viva!

China: Ganbei (literally, "dry your cup")

France: Sant! (Health)

Germany: Prost! (Cheers)

Hebrew: Le'chaim! (to Life)

Italian: Per cent 'anni! (for 100 years) and Salute (Health)

Japan: Kanpei (Dry your cup)

Russian: Vashe zdorovie! (to health)

Spain: Salud! (health)

Wales: Iechyd da! (health)

~ Various, contributed by Tim Owens (wine toasts, drinking toasts)

"Moderation in all things.

Including moderation.

I think I overdid the moderation"

~ Cornish Gravestone (drinking toasts, birthday toasts, wake toasts, funeral toasts)

"My doctor told me to stop hosting intimate dinners for four.  Unless I began inviting three other people"

- Orson Welles, American Writer, Actor, Director & Producer (1915 - 1985)

"You seem very calm for a woman who's getting married" I said, and she nodded.  "It's on my to-do list" she said, "so there's no point in agonizing about it"

~ Story People (wedding toast, marriage toast)

"No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made.  Destiny makes itself known in silence."

~ Agnes De Mille, American dancer and choreographer (1905-1993)  (inspirational toasts, birthday toasts, graduation toast)

"About all you can do in life is be who you are.  Some people will love you for you. 

Most will love you for what you can do for them.  And some won't like you at all."

~ Rita Mae Brown, American Writer (1944 - ) (inspirational toast, graduation toast, birthday toast, bar mitzvah, bas mitzvah, wedding, marriage)

"We live in a society, not an economy."

~ Bill Moyers, American Journalist, Commentator, Former Press Secretary to President Johnson.  (1934 - )

"I was fourteen years old the night my daddy died. He had a vision he was able to convey even lying in an ambulance, dying - as a black girl, I could do and be anything, that race and gender are shadows, and that character, determination, attitude are the substances of life."
~ Marian Wright Edelman (1939 - ) Founder, Children's Defense Fund  (inspirational toasts, birthday toasts)

"Why do we love wine?  It is memory, imagination, history, biography, joy, sorrow, philosophy, religion, romance, realism, love and death, and over all these, the love of an artist for their work and the soul's longing for earthly immortality."

~ Unknown