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A pint of beer is served at The Great British Beer Festival in London, Aug. 1, 2006. Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Friday is National Drink Beer Day, celebrating America's favorite beverage. Beer is made from four basic ingredients: Barley, water, hops and yeast.

On this day, beer lovers enjoy drinking the beverage with close friends and family. This is not a public holiday. It is marked to have fun in the company of the loved ones.

In honor of National Drink Beer Day, here are some quotes, memes and GIFs.

1. "Beer's intellectual. What a shame so many idiots drink it."-- Ray Bradbury, "The October Country"

2. "Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world."-- Jack Nicholson

3. "But then again there's never a bad day for a beer and a weisswurst." --Barack Obama, on visiting Germany

4. "The beer tastes good to my throat, cold and bitter, and the three boys and the beer and the queer freeness of the situation makes me feel like laughing forever. So I laugh, and my lipstick leaves a red stain like a bloody crescent moon on top of the beer can. I am looking very healthy and flushed and bright-eyed, having both a good tan and a rather excellent fever." --Sylvia Plath, "The Journals of Sylvia Plath"

5. "I just want to tailgate, drink beer, and hang out in the middle of nowhere in a pickup truck. That's my ideal date."-- Ronda Rousey

6. “Drinking beer is easy. Trashing your hotel room is easy. But being a Christian, that’s a tough call. That’s rebellion.” – Alice Cooper

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

8. “I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts, and beer.” – Abraham Lincoln

9. “I’d tried to straighten him out, but there’s only so much you can do for a person who thinks Auschwitz is a brand of beer.” – David Sedaris

10. “Beer culture is a part of the world of food and drink. It’s not just a commodity in cans and bottles, but has a value as an agricultural product with good ingredients.” – Michael Jackson

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