{"quotes":[{"text":"Here’s a random factoid: I like cats. And here’s another: I like red wine.","author":"Shannon Celebi","tags":["cat","cats","red-wine","wine"],"id":953,"author_id":"Shannon+Celebi"},{"text":"Greek customs such as wine drinking were regarded as worthy of imitation by other cultures. So the ships that carried Greek wine were carrying Greek civilization, distributing it around the Mediterranean and beyond, one amphora at a time. Wine displaced beer to become the most civilized and sophisticated of drinks—a status it has maintained ever since, thanks to its association with the intellectual achievements of Ancient Greece.","author":"Tom Standage","tags":["civilization","greece","mediterranean","wine"],"id":2114,"author_id":"Tom+Standage"},{"text":"The reason I was able to grow my business was that every day, after producing 30 minutes of wine television, I spent 15 hours a day replying to every single person's e-mail and every single person's Twitter @ reply.","author":"Gary Vaynerchuk","tags":["day","wine","television "],"id":2308,"author_id":"Gary+Vaynerchuk"},{"text":"We are often given pills or fluids to help remedy illness, yet little has been taught to us about the power of smell to do the exact same thing. It is known that the scent of fresh rosemary increases memory, but this cure for memory loss is not divulged by doctors to help the elderly. I also know that the most effective use of the blue lotus flower is not from its dilution with wine or tea – but from its scent. To really maximize the positive effects of the blue lily (or the pink lotus), it must be sniffed within minutes of plucking. This is why it is frequently shown being sniffed by my ancient ancestors on the walls of temples and on papyrus. Even countries across the Orient share the same imagery. The sacred lotus not only creates a relaxing sensation of euphoria, and increases vibrations of the heart, but also triggers genetic memory - and good memory with an awakened heart ushers wisdom.","author":"Suzy Kassem","tags":["ailment","ancient-egyptians","ancient-medicine","awakened","awakened-heart","blue-lily","cure","cures","doctors","east","egypt","egyptians","elderly","enlightenment","euphoria","flower","flowers","fluids","genetic-memory","genetics","health","healthcare","heart","illness","illnesses","imagery-sacred","increaes-memory","lily","lotus","lotus-flower","medicine","memory","memory-loss","metaphysics","orient","papyrus","philosophy","physicians","pills","power","power-of-scent","power-of-smell","remedy","rosemary","sacred-lotus","scent","scripture","smell","smelling","tea","temples","tombs","treatment","vibrations","wine","wisdom"],"id":3575,"author_id":"Suzy+Kassem"},{"text":"Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.","author":"Benjamin Franklin","tags":["funny","happy","wine "],"id":14334,"author_id":"Benjamin+Franklin"},{"text":"Some men drink the blood of other men, all I drink is wine.","author":"Mohsin Hamid","tags":["blood","sin","wine"],"id":15420,"author_id":"Mohsin+Hamid"},{"text":"We look up to see if it is day or night. If stars burn cool and moon does shine, we take to smoke divine and wine. If breath of sun does belch its heat, we boil coffee and prepare to eat.","author":"Roman Payne","tags":["balance","coffee","day","drinking","eat","food","moon","night","payne","roman","seasons","smoke","smoking","stoic","sun","times","wine"],"id":16079,"author_id":"Roman+Payne"},{"text":"The syndicate was successful in including an officer and two other crew members in its plan. Sheikh employed old ways of enticing by wine, women and money to use them.","author":"Ravi Ranjan Goswami","tags":["enticing","gold","money","old-ways","wine","women"],"id":16686,"author_id":"Ravi+Ranjan+Goswami"},{"text":"Age appears best in four things: old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust and old authors to read.","author":"Francis Bacon","tags":["friendship","wine"],"id":17491,"author_id":"Francis+Bacon"},{"text":"What's foreign one can't always keep quite clear of,For good things, oft, are not so near;A German can't endure the French to see or hear of,Yet drinks their wines with hearty cheer.","author":"Johann Wolfgang von Goethe","tags":["strangeness","tolerance","wine"],"id":20979,"author_id":"Johann+Wolfgang+von+Goethe"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":268,"pages":27,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}