Decanter Quotes

#1. We'll just forget about this little conversation, shall we? The last bit that is.
She managed to stretch her lips into a smile, but what she really wanted to do was hurl the brandy decanter at him.

Julia Quinn

#2. I hope that I am as broadminded as others, and you have always seen a decanter of wine on the table.

John P. Marquand

#3. The Blood Decanter is really a myth. It's a metaphor that we all watch, we all stand before it, awed and reverent; but in actuality, it's a demon that steals your soul.

A.L. Mengel

#4. I have this beautiful antique silver wine decanter that I bought at an auction. I always pour wine from that.

Paul Lynde

#5. The old squire died as a gentleman should, of apoplexy, in his armchair, with a decanter at his elbow.
("The Vengeance Of The Dead")

Robert Barr

#6. It seemed poison had been poured into wonder's own decanter.

R. Scott Bakker

#7. She walks over to the antique bar cart and pours herself a glass of Scotch from the decanter, like a heroine in a Hitchcock film. Playing the part.

Karina Halle

#8. The whisky bears a grudge against the decanter.

Samuel Beckett

#9. I must say, Graystone, you are surviving married life very nicely." Peter helped himself to claret from the decanter that had been set out in the library.
"Thank you, Sheldrake. I flatter myself that not every man could survive being married to Augusta.

Amanda Quick

#10. I am a . . . solitary . . . man, he said. 'I do not suffer fools gladly, and I prefer to spend my time alone with a book and a decanter of brandy.

Andy Lane

#11. No, my lord. I merely thought it unwise for you to visit the Duke of Massingale and request his granddaughter's hand in marriage while intoxicated." Reeves replaced the stopper on the decanter and carried it back to the sideboard. "His Lordship would not appreciate such a display.

Karen Hawkins

#12. Wine lovers have known for centuries that decanting wine before serving it often improves its flavor. Whatever the dominant process, the traditional decanter is a rather pathetic tool to accomplish it. A few years ago, I found I could get much better results by using an ordinary kitchen blender.

Nathan Myhrvold

#13. You have to be wiped out as a human being in order to be born again an individual.

Henry Miller

#14. Because the eye has seen, thoughts are structured upon images and not upon ideas.

David Consuegra

#15. Wherever we are, what we hear is mostly noise. When we ignore it, it disturbs us. When we listen to it, we find it fascinating.

John Cage

#16. Those who wish to cause religious conflict are small in number but often manage to dominate the headline.

Tony Blair

#17. I don't ever want to do anything that's obvious, and I also want to find ways to do things that are extremely new and exciting and can make sense in bizarre ways. I always want things to make sense in really bizarre ways.

Jack Antonoff

#18. There is still a big onus to be coached. I understand the best teams don't need a huge amount of coaching, but that's when a coach should decide not to do coaching.

Brian O'Driscoll