111+ Best Quotes For Your Bartending Service [2024]

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Updated: January 19th, 2023

Looking for inspirational quotes for your bartending service?

Whether you’re looking for motivation, a witty instagram caption, or something to win over your team and customers, we have you covered.

We put together a list of 111+ best quotes for your bartending service [2024].

Here they are:

Inspirational Quotes

"It is mine motion that people should attend college and then they should complete 6 months as a bartender. In this way, their education will be actually complete."
“He had a habit of remarking to bartenders that he didn’t see any sense in mixing whiskey with water since the whiskey was already wet.”
"I have already spent quite some time as a bartender and have a proper idea of how to prepare some fantastic drinks. Nevertheless, instead of offering those drinks I like to have them on my own."
“Work is the curse of the drinking classes.”
"Once I reveal to my wife that I will be showing a psychiatrist, she confirmed the fact that she had already seen a psychiatrist, a plumber, and also a bartender."
“Always do sober what you said you’d do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.” -Unknown
“I’m a bartender. I like recipes. They’re concretes. Was the drink recipe for seduction one shot charm and two shots self-deception, shaken, not stirred?…” – Karen Marie Moning
“Pain is subtle. He has cold grey fingers. His voice is horse from crying & screaming… When people try to avoid him, he follows them silently & turns upas the bartender, or the bus driver…”
"My mom and dad are from Cuba. They visited America for becoming bartenders."
“Socially, a journalist ranks somewhere between the madam of a whorehouse and a bartender. but spiritually he ranks with Galileo, for he knows the world is round.”
“By the time a bartender knows what drink a man will have before he orders, there is little else about him worth knowing…” – Don Marquis
“To extract the fullest flavor of our drinking house, we needed to spend serious evening time there, slowly coming to know the bartender and the regulars, their joys and sorrows.”
“Lady bartenders live a tougher life than anybody knows…” – James Crumley
“I was an amazing bartender and a great waiter. I think, in a way, that was my acting school…” – Nick Frost
“I drink only to make my friends seem interesting…” – Don Marquis
"Both my parents were bartenders in America. Incidentally, they are both from unwell Cuban families!"
“I’ve always thought that bartenders and hairstylists would be great interrogators because all day long they have to listen to people talk. They could probably make some fugitive spill the beans.”
“Women, you overheated dipsomaniacs, never passing up a chance to wangle a drink, a great boon to bartenders but a bane to us–not to mention our crockery and our woolens!”
“A theory that you can’t explain to a bartender is probably no damn good.”
“I feel sorry for people who don’t drink. When they wake up in the morning, that’s as good as they’re going to feel all day…” – Frank Sinatra
“Usability is not everything. If usability engineers designed a nightclub, it would be clean, quiet, brightly lit, with lots of places to sit down, plenty of bartenders, menus written in 18-point sans-serif, and easy-to-find bathrooms.”
“A good writer is not, per se, a good book critic. No more so than a good drunk is automatically a good bartender.”
"Hello bartender, we need to drink beer and only one or two mugs of beer are insufficient for us. In fact, we’re going to drink as many as three mugs of beer."
"To be constantly surrounded by alcoholics will make you feel unprofessional because it is extremely uncool!"
“If Jesus was a bartender, He would still only be half as cool as Carlos…” – Richard Kadrey
“My dad was a bartender. My mom was a cashier, a maid and a stock clerk at K-Mart. They never made it big. They were never rich. And yet they were successful. Because just a few decades removed from hopelessness, they made possible for us all the things that had been impossible for them.”
"The cost of alcohol is so much at present that I think people are simply wasting their money and also destroying their health."

Professional Quotes

"When I told my wife that I’m going to show a psychiatrist, she told me that she is going to see a psychiatrist as well as a bartender."
“Whiskey is, by far, the most popular of all remedies that will not cure a cold…” – Jerry Vale
"Apart from the bandleader, also observe the bartender minutely."
"There is no point of blending whiskey with water given that whiskey is already wet."
“By the time a bartender knows what drink a man will have before he orders, there is little else about him worth knowing.”
"Hello bartender, please look at this side and give us 3 more jugs of beer."
"You can define a bartender as a pharmacist having an inventory that is limited."
“Always do sober what you said you’d do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut…” – Ernest Hemingway
"While being in the presence of a bartender, make it a point to observe their behavior with the people and also what they’re actually wearing."+
“I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated…” – Al McGuire
"My bartender friend is in the habit of drinking 10 glasses of beer every day."
“You know you have a drinking problem when the bartender knows your name — and you’ve never been to that bar before…” – Zach Galifianakis
“Next to the defeated politician, the writer is the most vocal and inventive griper on earth. He sees hardship and unfairness wherever he looks. His agent doesn’t love him (enough).”
“You know you’re in trouble, when the bartender cries…” – Michael Peterson
"A bartender can be referred to as a pharmacist whose inventory is restricted."
"While you are in the pub, make it a point to observe the bandleader as well as the bartender. See how they are behaving with other individuals and also what they are wearing."
“The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind…” – Humphrey Bogart
“Hey bartender, hey man, look here. Give us one more, two more, three more glasses of beer.”
"Hello bartender, we will not be satisfied with only two beer jars. We need as many as four beer mugs to fulfill our desire."
“Basically, I’m for anything that gets you through the night—be it prayer, tranquilizers or a bottle of Jack Daniel’s…” – Frank Sinatra
“Only one way to cover a story like this, and make that a double, bartender, please.”
“Both of my parents were born into poor families on the island of Cuba. They came to America because it was the only place where people like them could have a chance.”
“The American dream is about achieving happiness. When you become a fire fighter, a police officer or a teacher or a nurse, you know you’re not going to become a billionaire.”
"Before the price of alcohol was much less than what it is today. I think individuals are simply wasting their cash on drinks."
“I was a bartender for a long time, so I know how to make drinks, but I’m more likely to offer them than to have them. I think this is one of the reasons why I get to live longer than my great-grandmother did, and why I get to produce more writing than she did, and why my marriage isn’t in dire straits…” – Elizabeth Gilbert
“You’re not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.”
"There is no point in spending so much money behind alcohol given that it is becoming so expensive at present as compared to the past. People are destroying their health and also spoiling their money."

Life Quotes

“The greatest accomplishment of a bartender lies in his ability to exactly suit his customer…” – Harry Gordon Johnson
"When you are with a bartender, observe what they are putting on and how they are behaving with the people."
"Never raise your voice against any bartender."
"It is a fact that everyone aspires to become a bartender in a coal pub, it is not a nice thing to be surrounded by people who are going to finish themselves by drinking alcoholic beverages. It is not an enjoyable thing at all."
“Work is the curse of the drinking classes…” – Oscar Wilde
“Everyone feels like they would love to be a really cool bartender in a really cool bar, but you’re still surrounded by people who want to destroy themselves with alcohol. When you look at it that way, it’s not that much fun.”
“I had a bartender friend once tell me about a $14.00 shot of vodka, this was years ago it’s probably more now. I thought that was crazy. From what I understand, vodka has no taste. I think people like the taste of their money.”
“There are few professions whose primary objective is to advance the cause of humanity rather than simply to make money or accrue power.”
"Both my dad and mom had been born in Cuba in underprivileged families. They arrived in America to make their fortune and pursued the profession of bartenders."
“Oh, you hate your job? Why didn’t you say so? There’s a support group for that – it’s called everybody, and they meet regularly at the bar…” – Drew Carey
“A bartender is just a pharmacist with a limited inventory…” – Albert Einstein
“You know you’re in trouble, when the bartender cries.”
"In the presence of any bartender, try to watch their behavior with other individuals around them plus what they’re actually putting on."
"It is a good dream to aim of becoming the coolest bartender! However, you can often have alcoholics around you, which will you discover to be super uncool"
“Will there be any bartenders up there in Heaven, will the pubs never close?…” – Richard Thompson
“A theory that you can’t explain to a bartender is probably no damn good…” – Ernest Rutherford
“If you drink, don’t drive. Don’t even putt…” – Dean Martin
“From 1965 to 1974, I served the best possible apprenticeship for an actor. I learned firsthand how a truck driver lives, what a bartender does, how a salesman thinks. I had to make a life inside those jobs, not just pretend…” – Brian Dennehy
“I was an amazing bartender and a great waiter. I think, in a way, that was my acting school.”
"After receiving a degree in the college, one has to spend several months as a cab driver and also a bartender. This way, he or she is going to be educated in the best possible way."
“There was a sad fellow over on a bar stool talking to the bartender, who was polishing a glass and listening with that plastic smile people wear when they are trying not to scream.”
"My every sympathy for the people who refrain from drinking. In fact, they’re going to feel the same as they will be feeling for the rest of the day."
"Attending college and then spending at least 6 months as a bartender will help individuals to get a proper education."
“I was a bartender for a long time, so I know how to make drinks, but I’m more likely to offer them than to have them.”
"I had been a bartender for quite some time and therefore, I have a fantastic idea of making some stupendous drinks. However, I like to have those drinks myself then offering them."
“A bartender is just a pharmacist with a limited inventory.”
“As an improviser you need to experience the moment- and that includes everything in the moment. Observe the people around you-the bandleader, the bartender-what they wear, how they deal with people, the simple continuity of their presence.”

Positive Quotes

“My parents were working class folks. My dad was a bartender for most of his life, my mom was a maid and a cashier and a stock clerk at WalMart.”
“I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated.”
“You’re not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on…” – Dean Martin
"A professional bartender will be able to understand the drink any man is going to have before he places the orders."
“I feel sorry for people who don’t drink. When they wake up in the morning, that’s as good as they’re going to feel all day.”
"Hey bartender, we need to drink beer and give us 3 more mugs of beer."
"Hey bartender, only one or two glasses of beer is insufficient for us. We require at least three to four beer mugs for our satisfaction."
“Well, it looks like John Boehner will be the new Speaker of the House. He is the son of a bartender, one of 12 children. He grew up in a two room home with just one bathroom, worked his way through school, became the first person in his family to graduate from college.”
"I think that people should spend at least one year as a bartender after completing their college. This will help them to have a proper education in the long run."
“The hard part about being a bartender is figuring out who is drunk and who is just stupid…” – Richard Braunstein
“Now I need to take a piece of wood and make it sound like the railroad track, but I also had to make it beautiful and lovable so that a person playing it would think of it in terms of his mistress, a bartender, his wife, a good psychiatrist – whatever.”
“They made it to the middle class, my dad working as a bartender and my mother as a cashier and a maid. I didn’t inherit any money from them. But I inherited something far better – the real opportunity to accomplish my dreams.”
“You know you have a drinking problem when the bartender knows your name — and you’ve never been to that bar before.”
“A professional bartender is someone who can do his or her best work when he or she doesn’t feel like it…” – Bruce Tomlinson
“Because it is in the nature of things that they become extreme, we have passed down from manliness to cruelty.”
“A good writer is not, per se, a good book critic. No more so than a good drunk is automatically a good bartender…” – Jim Bishop
"A bartender can be defined as a pharmacist with a restricted inventory."
"Whiskey is already wet and therefore there is the point of mixing it with water."
“Set up another case bartender! The best thing for a case of nerves is a case of Scotch.”
"I feel sad for individuals who do not drink. When they get up in the morning they feel just as they’re going to feel for the remaining part of the day."
“I believe that in your heart you already know something is profoundly wrong. When bartenders are responsible for drunk drivers’ acts, and gunmakers are responsible for criminals’ acts, and nobody is responsible for O. J. Simpson’s acts, something is wrong…” – Charlton Heston
“The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind.”
“I told my wife the truth. I told her I was seeing a psychiatrist. Then she told me the truth: that she was seeing a psychiatrist, two plumbers, and a bartender.”
"There is no use of mixing water with whiskey because of the fact that whiskey is already wet."
"A good bartender has to be part philosopher, part psychiatrist, part psychic." -Al the Bartender
“The greatest accomplishment of a bartender lies in his ability to exactly suit his customer.”
"One should spend 6 months as a cab driver and 6 months as a bartender after finishing their education in college. In this way, they will be properly educated."

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