"The important thing is the rhythm. Always have rhythm in your shaking. Now a manhattan you shake to time, a bronx to …"

"[A martini.] Shaken, not stirred."

"I had never tasted anything so cool and clean [as martinis]. They made me feel civilized."

"You ought to get out of those wet clothes and into a dry martini."

"Martinis should never be shaken. They should always be stirred so that the molecules lie sensuously on top of each ot…"

"[The dry martini is] the only American invention as perfect as a sonnet."

"I like to have a martini, Two at the very most. After three I'm under the table, After four I'm under my host."

"... I arose early in the morning and made him a Mint Julep, thinking it would refresh him after the restlessness of t…"

"The essential mint julep is made with bourbon and mint syrup poured over ice and garnished with a spring of fresh min…"

"rose, smiling faintly, and went to the table. "Open the whiskey, ," she ordered, "and I'll make you a mint julep. The…"