Humor in talking about Wine

Wine has been in our culture for a large part of human history.  People have been talking about wine just about as long.  There are serious, insightful and poetic musing about wine.  As the mother of two, both kids under three, I enjoy the ones that reflex my thoughts on wine.  Rachel Cusk, an author, sums up my current feelings on motherhood in a review she about another book,

            "The 'good' mother, with her fixed smile, her rigidity, her goody-goody outlook, her obsession with unnecessary hygiene, is, in fact, a fool.  It is the 'bad' mother, unafraid of a joke and a glass of wine, richly self-expressive, scornful of suburban values, who is in reality, good."

The quote is from a review of a book about being a bad or a good mother and the competitiveness of motherhood.

Some quotes about wine are interesting (and funny) because of who said them.  Rose Kennedy the
I'm like old wine.  They don't bring me out very often - but I'm well preserved.  Rose Kennedy in the matriarch of the Kennedy family.  She is the mother of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and Senator Ted Kennedy, along with 6 other children.  She once described herself

"I'm like old wine.  They don't bring me out very often - but I'm well preserved."

Great thinkers from all different eras have enjoyed drinking and talking about wine.  Benjamin Franklin, a key person in the founding of United States of American said

 "Wine [is] constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy."  

Going all the way back to a Greek philosopher, Diogenes of Sinope (lived 412/404BC -323 BC), there are quotes about wine and being cheap.  Diogenes (the person not the roman god) said

"What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others"

Scholars, theologians, and poets over time and space have enjoyed wine Jalaluddin Rumi (1207-1217), who was all three, said

"Either give member wine or leave me alone. "

In the history of religion, I have always found Martin Luther a very interesting man.  He stood up to the church and is crucial to the Protestant Reformation.  Until recently I was unaware of his feelings about wine, but I couldn't agree more when I read this

"Beer is made by men, wine by God."

Classic comedians like W.C. Fields said this classic quote about wine.

"I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food."

Jay Leno gives us interesting facts about wine (which I have not verified)

"The University of Nebraska says that elderly people that drink beer or wine at least four times a week have the highest bone density.  They need it - they're the one falling down the most."

Tanya Masse is a new comedian who has given us some new but already classic quotes about wine.

"Wine is to women as duct tape is to men, it fixes EVERYTHING!"

"Wine! Because these problems aren't going to forget THEMSELVES!"

“I need COFFEE to help me change the things I can... and WINE to help me accept the things I can't!”

I have not been able to verify that she is the first person to say these quotes.  She is the closest I can find, though.  If you have an older source please leave it in the comments and I will adjust the blog.
I will leave you with a quote from Louis Pasteur, the man who invented the pasteurization prosses.
"Wine is the most healthful and most hygienic of beverages"  Louis Pasteur