There is no law, divine or human, that the saloon respects.
Quotes about saloon (16 Quotes)
My books kept me from the ring, the dog-pit, the tavern, and the saloon.
Fortune knocks at every man's door once in a life, but in a good many cases the man is in a neighboring saloon And does not hear her.
I come from a long line of saloon keepers and proselytizers, and I draw from both sides.
Prior to the Threadgill's show, Brandi Clark , an event co-organizer and initiative co-founder, visited the convention center to inquire whether any of the beleaguered evacuees wanted to take in the show for free. Hamre even arranged for a Cap Metro bus to transport them. No one ended up taking her up on the offer, however, because most of the hurricane survivors didn't want to leave the few belongings they had, she said. In addition to Milligan, Chaparral, and Neville, the show featured such acts as Beth Garner , Rajamani , the Pistol Love Family Band , David Murray , and Colin Gilmore . Neville, who said an old friend has been nagging him for years to move to town, told the Chronicle Tuesday that he plans to stay in Austin. I've always had an affinity for Austin since my days playing with the Meters at the Shoal Creek Saloon and with the Neville Brothers at Liberty Lunch, ... When this tragedy happened, there wasn't much guessing about where to move, since I'm trying to sustain a career in the music business.
I challenge you to show me where the saloon has ever helped business, education, church, morals or anything we hold dear.
I tell you that the curse of God Almighty is on the saloon.
In addition to my (counseling) practice, I've had a lengthy career in music. Years ago, I sang country songs in the Saloon. When I heard it was for sale, it was very exciting.
A true philosopher can no more pass by the open door of a free discussion than an alcoholic can pass by the open door of a saloon. Since my hosts have been kind enough to invite me to say what I think, the highest compliment I can pay to their tolerance and liberality will be to do just that. This is not going to be a debate. I would be the most unteachable of mortals if at this stage of life I still believed that one could get anywhere arguing with a dialectician. One might as well attempt to pacify or intimidate a walrus by tossing sardines at him as to bait a philosopher with arguments. I have accepted your kind invitation because I think the subject is worth discussing.
I busted out of the place in a hurry and went to a saloon and drank beer and said that for the rest of my life I'd never take a job in a place where you couldn't throw cigarette butts on the floor. I was hooked on this writing for newspapers and magazines.
His third-grade teacher said he knew every rock and rill in the Rockies. And he said, 'Yeah, and I knew every saloon, too,' ... The rating kept going up during the show as people called their friends to tune in.
The saloon is a liar. It promises good cheer and sends sorrow.
If I had to live my life over, I'd live over a saloon.
The intimate, even incestuous Circle in the Square where the audience was close enough to be patrons of the saloon.
A horrid alcoholic explosion scatters all my good intentions like bits of limbs and clothes over the doorsteps and into the saloon bars of the tawdriest pubs
They afterwards took me to a dancing saloon where I saw the only rational method of art criticism I have ever come across. Over the piano was printed a notice- 'Please do not shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.'