Martini Quotes

“You could drink hard liquor in the middle of a school day without people assuming you were an alcoholic underachiever. Strange how in America in the 1950s, at the height of its industrial and imperial power, men drank double-martinis for lunch. Now, in its decline, they drank fizzy water. Somewhere something had gone terribly wrong.”
― Christopher Buckley, Thank You for Smoking

“The martini is the supreme American gift to world culture.”
― Bernard De Voto

“Mirabelle? Mirabelle Bevan? Well, I’ll be blowed!”
Mirabelle started, almost spilling her drink. It took her a moment to realize who the handsome man was, now his hair was greying at the edges and he was out of uniform. Puffing laconically on a cigarette, martini in hand, he wore a lounge suit and an understated silk tie with a discreet regimental insignia woven into the fabric.
“Eddie,” she smiled. “What are you doing here?”
― Sara Sheridan

“Me acerqué más aún y le dije susurrando —Hoy brindé por una noche sin conciencia ni culpas, el universo no me pudo enviar una mejor señal que un diseñador, esto debe significar algo.
Ian levantó su ceja. Sostenía mi mirada a cinco centímetros de distancia de mi rostro, le preguntó a Johannes que nos observaba anonadado con las cejas arqueadas.
—Amigo ¿Por qué brindamos hoy cuando nos servimos nuestro primer trago?
—Por una noche creativa —respondió Johannes entre risas.
—Y el universo me envió a una diseñadora… definitivamente esto debe significar algo.”
― Helena Moran-Hayes, Café y Martinis

“A joke I used to know said that if you were planning a trip into the deepest wilderness you should pack a bottle of gin and a bottle of vermouth, and never open them unless and until you became hopelessly lost. Then, wherever you were, when you took your two bottles out of your kit bag, someone would come over the horizon and tell you how to make a better martini.”
― Peter Gzowski, Selected Columns from Canadian Living

“You could drink hard liquor in the middle of a school day without people assuming you were an alcoholic underachiever. Strange how in America in the 1950s, at the height of its industrial and imperial power, men drank double-martinis for lunch. Now, in its decline, they drank fizzy water. Somewhere something had gone terribly wrong.”
― christopher buckely