Grain Scotch Whisky

Famous quotes containing the words grain, scotch and/or whisky:

    “Whan that the firste cok hath crowe, anoon
    Up rist this joly lovere Absolon,
    And him arrayeth gay at point devis.
    But first he cheweth grain and licoris,
    To smellen sweete, er he hadde kembd his heer.”
    —Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

    “In Rangoon the heat of noon
    Is just what the natives shun.
    They put their Scotch or rye down
    And lie down.”
    —Noël Coward (1899–1973)

    “The whisky on your breath
    Could make a small boy dizzy;
    But I hung on like death;
    Such waltzing was not easy.”
    —Theodore Roethke (1908–1963)