It’s not the weekend quite yet, but National Beer Day may have Americans celebrating like is. On Thursday, Americans will toast to the country’s most popular alcoholic beverage.

Beer is typically made up of four ingredients, water, malts hops, and yeast. However, there are a variety of styles of beer, including lager, pale ale, stout, craft, artisanal, and more.

In honor of the boozy celebration, check out a few quotes from notable beer lovers compiled from Brainy Quote and A-Z Quotes:

“Nothing ever tasted better than a cold beer on a beautiful afternoon with nothing to look forward to than more of the same.” — Hugh Hood

“You can’t be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least, you need a beer.” — Frank Zappa

“Whoever drinks beer, he is quick to sleep; whoever sleeps long, does not sin; whoever does not sin, enters Heaven! Thus, let us drink beer!” — Martin Luther

“Milk is for babies. When you grow up, you have to drink beer.” — Arnold Schwarzenegger

“Beer, if drank with moderation, softens the temper, cheers the spirit, and promotes health.” — Thomas Jefferson

“Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.” — Kinky Friedman

“Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer.” — Dave Barry

“Most people hate the taste of beer - to begin with. It is, however, a prejudice that many people have been able to overcome.” — Winston Churchill

“Alcohol may be man’s worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy.” — Frank Sinatra

“There’s nothing better than a cold beer.” — Kelvin Fletcher

“He that drinks fast, pays slow. Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. There can’t be good living where there is not good drinking.” — Benjamin Franklin

“There is no such thing as a bad beer. It’s that some taste better than others.” — Billy Carter

“God made yeast, as well as dough, and loves fermentation just as dearly as he loves vegetation.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

For years, Myanmar Beer dominated bars and supermarket shelves
For years, Myanmar Beer dominated bars and supermarket shelves AFP / STR
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