The bar code: A ‘spirit’ed defense by celebrities

Hyderabad: Some very famous people have famously loved their alcohol. Check if you can match the personality to the saying:

• “When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.”
• “Work is the curse of the drinking classes.”
• “Here’s to alcohol, the rose-coloured glasses of life.”
• “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.”
• “There comes a time in every woman’s life when the only thing that helps is a glass of champagne.”
• “Do you drink?” “Of course, I just said I was a writer.”
• “Alcohol may be man’s worst enemy, but the Bible says love your enemy.”
• “I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.”

Who said it:
Some names you might have got right, and others you mightn’t. How many did you get right? In order of the quotes, the people who said them are Henry Youngman; Oscar Wilde; F. Scott Fitzgerald; Benjamin Franklin; Bette Davis; Stephen King; Frank Sinatra; and W.C. Fields.