Pete Brown > Quotes

“Southwark therefore became a setting for a long-running battle between the highest concentration of hedonists in he country, and a movement whose adherents believed that if you tapped your foot to music, you might as well just go the whole hog, rename yourself Beelzebub and have sexual intercourse with the corpse of a recently sacrificed goat.”
― Pete Brown

“Brewing is mentioned rarely in accounts of the Industrial Revolution. Temperance pressures meant it was impolotic for brewers to boast of their achievements and innovations, and few accurate records exist of exactly how it performed in the 19th Century compared to those glamorous, sexy industries like coal mining and steel making.”
― Pete Brown

“As I learn about pest control, it reminds me of international relations - fraught with unintended consequences and shifting alliances and deals, a place where the enemy of my enemy is my friend and has always been my friend and will always be my friend, until the next shift in the balance of power when it's suddenly the other way around. The whole thing is a delicate dance (...)”
― Pete Brown

“Drinking responsibly’ doesn’t have to mean not drinking enough. It can mean having a bit of self-respect, a bigger, better laugh while you’re drinking and a clearer memory of it the next morning. Maybe”
― Pete Brown, Three Sheets To The Wind: One Man's Quest For The Meaning Of Beer