Those delightful bubbles

I thought it would be interesting to talk a little about Champagne, but then decided it would be far more interesting to see what other, more interesting people, had to say on the topic. Without too much trouble on my side I came up with the following quotes – (but don’t quote me!)

No government could survive without champagne. Champagne in the throats of our diplomatic people is like oil in the wheels of an engine. ~ Joseph Dargent

I drink champagne when I'm happy and when I'm sad. Sometimes I drink it when I'm alone. When I have company I consider it obligatory. I trifle with it if I'm not hungry and drink it when I am. Otherwise I never touch it - unless I'm thirsty. ~ Madame Lilly Bollinger

Come quickly, I am tasting the stars! ~ Dom Perignon, at the moment he discovered champagne

Champagne and orange juice is a great drink. The orange improves the champagne. The champagne definitely improves the orange. ~ Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Some people wanted champagne and caviar when they should have had beer and hot dogs. ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower

A single glass of champagne imparts a feeling of exhilaration. The nerves are braced, the imagination is agreeably stirred; the wits become more nimble. A bottle produces the contrary effect. Excess causes a comatose insensibility. So it is with war: and the quality of both is best discovered by sipping. ~ Winston Churchill

Remember gentlemen, it's not just France we are fighting for, it's Champagne! ~ Winston Churchill, WWI

No government could survive without champagne. Champagne in the throats of our diplomatic people is like oil in the wheels of an engine. ~ Joseph Dargent