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"Oh, lager beer! It makes good cheer, And proves the poor man's worth; It cools the body through and through, and regulates the health."
-Anonymous

"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."
-- Benjamin Franklin

"The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind."
--Humphrey Bogart

"I like beer. On occasion, I will even drink beer to celebrate a major event such as the fall of Communism or the fact that the refrigerator is still working."
-- Dave Barry

"Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza."
-- Dave Barry

"People who drink light 'beer' don't like the taste of beer; they just like to pee alot."
--Capital Brewery, Middleton, WI

"Beer will always have a definite role in the diet of an individual and can be considered a cog in the wheel of nutritional foods."
--Bruce Carlton

"No soldier can fight unless he is properly fed on beef and beer."
--John Churchill, First Duke of Marlborough

"A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her."
--W.C. Fields

"Everybody has to believe in something.....I believe I'll have another drink."
--W.C. Fields

"They who drink beer will think beer."
--Washington Irving

"I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts, and beer."
--Abraham Lincoln

"We old folks have to find our cushions and pillows in our tankards. Strong beer is the milk of the old."
--Martin Luther

"He was a wise man who invented beer."
--Plato

"I would kill everyone in this room for a drop of sweet beer."
--Homer Simpson

"[I recommend]… bread, meat, vegetables and beer."
--Sophocles' philosophy of a moderate diet

"Give me a woman who loves beer and I will conquer the world."
--Kaiser Welhelm

"Beer: So much more than just a breakfast drink."
--Whitstran Brewery sign

"You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer."
--Frank Zappa