He was a wise man who invented beer. - Plato

Laussel Venus – Dordogne Valley, France about 20,000 years BP

Horn of Plenty & Fertility Goddess depiction or simply a carving of a drunk, promiscuous woman

Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza.- Dave Barry

The Great bar in the Sky – Methanol clouds in space

Give my stomach to Milwaukee if they run out of beer...- John Prine

Dudley’s Drunken Monkey Hypothesis

"I would kill everyone in this room for a drop of sweet beer." - Homer Simpson

Behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our vineyards, there it enters the roots of the vines, to be changed into wine, a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy.

Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.-Benjamin Franklin

Or he may have said…

“Beer in the morning, beer in the afternoon and beer at night. A little wine thrown in for good measure.

Out on the Tiles with Pyramid Workers, Melbourne Herald-Sun, 7th June 1993

The entire of civilisation is a careful construction for the production and distribution of beer- Unknown

"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with fools."

For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway

The Epic of Gilgamesh

The Hymn to Ninkasi

"Quaintest thoughts, queerest fancies, come to life and fade away. What care I how the day advances, I am drinking ale today."

- Edgar Allan Poe

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Images of Venus of Laussel CC http://www.donsmaps.comRat drinking CC adria.richards on Flickr

Banksy’s Hunter Gatherers CC robotson on FlickrMethanol Cloud - Jodrell Bank Observatory

Other images, Moore Group or sources unknown or unattributed