Grain Scotch Whisky

Famous quotes containing the words grain, scotch and/or whisky:

    “As polishing expresses the vein in marble, and grain in wood, so music brings out what of heroic lurks anywhere. The hero is the sole patron of music.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “In Rangoon the heat of noon
    Is just what the natives shun.
    They put their Scotch or rye down
    And lie down.”
    —Noël Coward (1899–1973)

    “The whisky on your breath
    Could make a small boy dizzy;
    But I hung on like death;
    Such waltzing was not easy.”
    —Theodore Roethke (1908–1963)