Bob Shacochis Quotes

And the small ripple spilt upon the beach Scarcely o'erpass'd the cream of your champagne, When o'er the brim the sparkling bumpers reach, That spring-dew of the spirit! the heart's rain! Few things surpass old wine; and they may preach Who please,—the more because they preach in vain,— Let us have wine and women, mirth and laughter, Sermons and soda-water the day after.

Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman - or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle.

Let us have wine and woman, mirth and laughter, Sermons and soda water the day after. Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; The best of life is but intoxication: Glory, the grape, love, gold, in these are sunk The hopes of all men, and of every nation; Without their sap, how branchless were the trunk Of life's strange tree, so fruitful on occasion: But to return--Get very drunk; and when You wake with head-ache, you shall see what then.

Decadence is wonderful.

Life is too short to not have oysters and champagne sometimes.

I want to drink champagne from ladies' shoes.

I'm a simple man. All I want is enough sleep for two normal men, enough whiskey for three, and enough women for four.

This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.

Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.

I'm someone who likes to live it up.

If a man rejoice not in his drinking, he is mad; for in drinking it's possible ... to fondle breasts, and to caress well tended locks, and there is dancing withal, and oblivion of woe.

Too much of anything is bad, but too much Champagne is just right.

I could not conjure up one melancholy fancy upon a mutton chop and a glass of champagne.

It was deliciously pagan.

The whole point of extravagance is to act like a fool and feel like a fool, but enjoy it.

Booze, broads and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?

Let us have wine and women, mirth and laughter, sermons and soda water the day after.

I think I might have a glass of champagne, if there is any in Nagpur, and just enjoy the moment.

I was fortunate to get a lot of mileage out of my vices . . . The point is not to be debilitated by your pleasures. Maybe I have lucky genes or something but I've never been truly addicted to anything, except pleasure in general.

Too much of a good thing is wonderful.

In everything, satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.

Flowers die and wine gets consumed. Both are lovely. I appreciate both. Wine and roses. I actually had someone bring me a lobe of foie gras once.

A lot of things we don't have to have, but they're enjoyable.

Good taste is the worst vice ever invented.

If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please.