“What's a punk band? Hey, who's got a beer?”
Bon Scott (1946–1980) Rock musician
When asked if he had any sympathy for punk bands. From Record Review, 1979.
An intoxicated Gibson to the infuriated driver he had just rear ended in Toronto. In 1984 he pleaded guilty to drunk driving and was fined $300 and banned from driving in Canada for 3 months. While in court, he apologized to the people of Toronto and thanked the police. Excerpted from Wensley Clarkson's "Mel Gibson; Living Dangerously," page 175.
“What's a punk band? Hey, who's got a beer?”
Bon Scott (1946–1980) Rock musician
When asked if he had any sympathy for punk bands. From Record Review, 1979.
“I'm only a beer teetotaler, not a champagne teetotaler. I don't like beer.”
George Bernard Shaw book Candida
Candida, Act III
1890s
Curtis Mayfield (1942–1999) American singer, songwriter, and record producer
Something He Can Feel.
Song lyrics
“Oh, about beer I never lie. A man who lies about beer makes enemies.”
Stephen King book Pet Sematary
Jud, to Louis
Source: Pet Sematary (1983)
Caroline Knapp (1959–2002) American writer
Source: Pack of Two: The Intricate Bond Between People and Dogs
Barack Obama (1961) 44th President of the United States of America
2009, Nobel Prize acceptance speech (December 2009)
Context: Let me make one final point about the use of force. Even as we make difficult decisions about going to war, we must also think clearly about how we fight it.