Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old martini quotes, martini sayings, and martini proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.
I’m not talking a cup of cheap gin splashed over an ice cube. I’m talking satin, fire and ice; Fred Astaire in a glass; surgical cleanliness, insight.. comfort; redemption and absolution. I’m talking MARTINI.Anonymous
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I am prepared to believe that a dry martini slightly impairs the palate, but think what it does for the soul.Alec Waugh
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Happiness is finding two olives in your martini when you're hungry. It's certainly become much more en vogue lately.Michael Luria
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Martinis are the only American invention as perfect as a sonnet.H.L.Mencken
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One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.James Thurber
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When I have one martini, I feel bigger, wiser, taller. When I have a second, I feel superlative. When I have more, there's no holding me.William Faulkner
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A fine martini has a surface tension. It should stun, then cascade through your being.Richard Darcy
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There is something about a Martini, A tingle remarkably pleasant; A yellow, a mellow Martini; I wish that I had one at present.Ogden Nash
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The martini (a.k.a. The Silver bullet, The Cold War, White Lightning, Olive Soup, and See-Through) is not just a drink. It is the soul of cocktail—a liquid icon.Nannette Stone
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Martinis . . . have a muting effect on the constant ringing in my ears, and as five o'clock approaches, my thoughts turn toward the elixir of quietude. Gin stops the bell from tolling.E.B. White
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The three-martini lunch is the epitome of American efficiency. Where else can you get an earful, a bellyful and a snootful at the same time?Gerald R. Ford
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Martinis are glamorous but also so simple because they only have a few ingredients, and you can really taste the vodka.Stephanie Sigman
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Russians really needed a product that would be not as strong as vodka and not as feminine as cheap sparkling wine, so Martini was a good solution.Roustam Tariko
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A good martini, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman..or a bad woman. Depending on how much happiness you can stand.George Burns
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A well-made Martini or Gibson, correctly chilled and nicely served, has been more often my true friend than any two-legged creature. M.F.K. Fisher
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I'm not a drinker, my body won't tolerate...eh...spirits, really. I had two martinis New Years Eve and I tried to hi-jack an elevator and fly it to Cuba. Woody Allen
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A word of caution to neophyte Martini drinkers: When taken to excess, this perfectly civilized drink can lead directly to uncivilized behavior. . . . The purpose of the Martini is to enhance the evening, not to obliterate it.Bernaby Conrad III
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The two-martinis-for-lunch bunch would love for us to fight each other over the resources they have made scarce.Barbara Mikulski
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A priest is sent to Alaska. A bishop goes up to visit one year later. The bishop asks, How do you like it up here? The priest says, If it wasn't for my Rosary, and 2 martinis a day, I'd be lost. Bishop, would you like a martini? Yes. Rosary, get the bishop a martini!Henny Youngman
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A raise is like a martini: it elevates the spirit, but only temporarily.Daniel Seligman
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Suffering is as necessary to entertaining as vermouth is to a Martini - a small but vital ingredient. Phyllis McGinley
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R-E-M-O-R-S-E! Those dry martinis did the work for me; Last night at twelve I felt immense, Today I feel like thirty cents.George Ade