“It is better to think of church in the ale-house than to think of the ale-house in church.”

“Ale, man, Ale's the stuff to drink,for fellows whom it hurts to think.”

“It is easy to see how the myths and legends which built up around the Goddess Bride became entwined with Christian doctrine, and there is one source which tells of St Brigid’s ale harvest being so abundant that enough ale was made to serve seventeen churches!”

“Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.”

“ At five that night, I went back to the market and bought three sixteen-ounce Rainier Ales. I bounced back to my house, Mary Lou Retton-like, sipped the first ale, took the Valium, smoked a joint, drank the second ale, took another Valium, listened to “Into the Mystic” ten times, drank the third Ale, too the Valium and the Halcion, and discovered two unhappy thoughts. One was it was only seven o’clock. The second was that I was wide awake.”

“The Church is a house with a hundred gates: and no two men enter at exactly the same angle”