National Beer Day 2019: 21 Quotes To Celebrate America's Beloved Alcoholic Beverage

Sunday marks the National Beer Day — not an official holiday in the U.S. but surely a time to grab glasses of one's favorite alcoholic beverage and let loose with friends and family.

Beer is made from four basic ingredients: Barley, water, hops and yeast. And did you know the oldest, still-operating brewery in the United States is the Yuengling brewery in Pottsville, Pennsylvania? Here are a few quotes from famous beer-lovers to make the day more special, courtesy, Brainy Quote and Food 24:

“There is no such thing as a bad beer. It's that some taste better than others.” — Billy Carter

“Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world.” — Jack Nicholson

“I've only been in love with a beer bottle and a mirror.” — Sid Vicious

“I'm a beer man. I tried to drink whiskey and Scotch, but I don't get it. It smells like a girl who didn't shower and just splashed a lot of perfume on.” — Mads Mikkelsen

“I'm gaining weight the right way: I'm drinking beer.” — Johnny Damon

“Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer.” — Dave Barry

“Let a man walk ten miles steadily on a hot summer's day along a dusty English road, and he will soon discover why beer was invented.” — Gilbert K. Chesterton

“Milk is for babies. When you grow up you have to drink beer.” — Arnold Schwarzenegger

“You can’t be a real country without a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer.” — Frank Zappa

“Beer makes you feel the way you ought to feel without beer.” — Henry Lawson

“Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” — Benjamin Franklin

“Some people wanted champagne and caviar when they should have had beer and hot dogs.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower

“Prohibition makes you want to cry into your beer and denies you the beer to cry into.” — Don Marquis

“Paintings are like a beer, only beer tastes good and it's hard to stop drinking beer.” — Billy Carter

“If you guys are going to be throwing beer bottles at us, at least make sure they're full.” — Dave Mustaine

“God has a brown voice, as soft and full as beer.” — Anne Sexton

“I've read that the ancient Chinese art of feng shui can bring a sense of peace, well-being, and positive energy to a home - same as beer.” — W. Bruce Cameron

“I definitely feel closer to the feminine side of the human being than I do the male - or the American idea of what a male is supposed to be. Just watch a beer commercial and you'll see what I mean.” — Kurt Cobain

“I'm just worried that there's enough beer on the bus. That's the top priority at all times.” — Zakk Wylde

“You can do anything with beer that you can do with wine. Beer is great for basting or marinating meat and fish.” — Grant Wood

“Polish people have a wit and sarcasm. They're gentle but still very strong. Like, they love beer, which is traditionally so manly, but they'll put a spoonful of jam in it to sweeten it up. They're this wonderful mix of hard and soft.” — Antoni Porowski