The Savoy Cocktail Book Quotes

“If everyone knew even a little about the absorbing subject of absorbing alcohol there would be even less Prohibition in the United States of America than there is now. The great mistake is that everyone knows either too little or too much. Those who know too little either do not admit their lack of knowledge and make an enemy of alcohol by abusing it, or are so terrified of it that they regard it as being something supernatural and satanic and utterly anathema. Those who know too much about it become intolerant of every form of liquid which does not happen to be the one concerning which they consider themselves to be expert.”
― The Savoy Hotel, The Savoy Cocktail Book

“...it is not correct to offer a parting guest a cocktail, unless you feel that you have given him such a bad dinner that he is probably going on to have another one somewhere else, and needs an appetizer.”
― The Savoy Hotel, The Savoy Cocktail Book

“When it is not meal-time, you have the pump, the tap, the springs and filters. Water is for thirst. Wine is, according to its quality and its flavour, a necessary tonic, a luxury or a tribute paid to food.”
― The Savoy Hotel, The Savoy Cocktail Book