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In honour of Friday, October 26, 2012 - otherwise known as International Champagne Day - a few of my favourite quotes. First up, some wise women:

I only 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 am not hungry and drink it when I am. Otherwise I never touch it - unless I'm thirsty." ~ Lily Bollinger

Three be the things I shall never attain:  envy, content, and sufficient Champagne." ~ Dorothy Parker

 There comes a time in every woman's life when the only thing that helps is a glass of Champagne." ~ Kit Marlowe, Bette Davis character in Old Acquaintance

And some more classics: 

Burgundy makes you think of silly things, Bordeaux makes you talk about them, and Champagne makes you do them." ~ Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

My only regret in life is that I did not drink more Champagne." ~ John Maynard Keynes

In victory, you deserve champagne, in defeat, you need it." ~ Napoleon

Gentlemen, in the little moment that remains to us between the crisis and the catastrophe, we may as well drink a glass of Champagne." ~ Paul Claudel

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

A few slightly more obscure quotes:

Champagne for my real friends and real pain for my sham friends." ~ Tom Waits

I like Champagne because it always tastes as if my foot's asleep." ~ Art Buchwald

Le Champagne ne se boit pas, il se déguste. Il ne faut pas l'avaler goulûment. On doit le déguster avec mesure dans des verres étroits, à gorgées espacées etréfléchies." ~ Colette

Before I was born my mother was in great agony of spirit and in a tragic situation. She could take no food except iced oysters and Champagne. If people ask me when I began to dance, I reply, 'In my mother's womb, probably as a result of the oysters and Champagne - the food of Aphrodite.'" ~ Isadora Duncan

We lived very simply - but with all the essentials of life well understood and provided for - hot baths, cold Champagne, new peas and old brandy." ~ Winston Churchill 

In a perfect world, everyone would have a glass of Champagne every evening." ~ Willie Gluckstern

Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages a man to be expansive, even reckless, while lie detectors are only a challenge to tell lies successfully." ~ Graham Greene

He who doesn't risk never gets to drink champagne." ~ Russian proverb

Here's to Champagne, the drink divine, that makes us forget all our troubles; It's made of a dollar's worth of wine, and three dollars worth of bubbles." ~ Anonymous 

Pour the Champagne and let its mousse rise, like thousands of sparkling smiling eyes." ~ Jared M. Brown

Champagne? I never touch it. Not directly, anyway. I always use a glass." ~ Anistatia R. Miller

It's very hard to pick my favourite, but this just may be it:

Too much of anything is bad, but too much Champagne is just right." ~ Mark Twain

For more sparkling insights, there's a great Pinterest page coming together for Champagne Day. 

Which Champagne(s) will be in your flute today?

Cheers!

Update on Friday, October 24, 2014 at 9:00AM by Winestains

This year, International Champagne Day is today - Friday, October 24. So it stands to reason that my first thought of the morning was Noel Coward's famous quote, 

Why do I drink Champagne for breakfast? Doesn’t everyone?”

I've found a few more quotes to add to my Champagne Day post of two years ago. All, you'll notice, are from wise women:

Champagne is the one thing that gives me zest when I feel tired.” ~ Brigitte Bardot

There comes a time in every woman’s life when the only thing that helps is a glass of champagne.” ~ Bette Davis

Champagne is the only wine that leaves a woman beautiful after drinking it.” ~ Madame de Pompadour

I only drink Champagne on two occasions, when I am in love and when I am not.” ~ Coco Chanel

 Whatever your philosophy of Champagne, enjoy some bubbles today!