[I]t is the wine that leads me on, the wild wine that sets the wisest man to sing at the top of his lungs, laugh like a fool – it drives the man to dancing... it even tempts him to blurt out stories better never told.

My wife's not some doobie to be passed around! I took a vow on our wedding day to bogart her for life.

Many shining actions owe their success to chance, though the general or statesman receive the applause.

The sun rose on the flawless brimming sea into a sky all brazen-all one brightening for gods immortal and for mortal men on plowlands kind with grain.

Now son, you don’t want to drink beer. That’s for Daddies, and kids with fake IDs.

Pine needle sorbet? Pine needle sorbet?! My kids do NOT eat sorbet. They eat sherbet, and they pronounce it sherbert, and they wish it was ice cream!

Singing is the lowest form of communication.