National Vodka Day is marked annually on Oct. 4 to celebrate the popular alcoholic beverage used in a variety of cocktails and mixed drinks.

In the United States, drinks sold as vodka must have an alcoholic content of 30 percent or more.

A man named Nir Knaan created this day in 2009, according to Liquor Pie. The website states vodka is lighter than water and was used to make gunpowder during the 15th century. This drink can also be used to make aftershave.

On this day, raise a toast with your loved ones and share some of these funny quotes, courtesy Wise Sayings:

1. "There's no absolutes in life, only vodka." – Mick Jagger

2. "Vodka is a very deceptive drink. You can't taste it, you can't smell it." – Dylan Moran

3. "Once we hit forty, women only have about four taste buds left: one for vodka, one for wine, one for cheese, and one for chocolate." – Gina Barreca

4. "Vodka is tasteless going down, but it is memorable coming up." – Garrison Keillor

5. "If wine is fruit, then vodka must be a vegetable." – Jann Arden

6. "We drank our coffee the Russian way. That is to say we had vodka before it and vodka afterwards." – Philip Sington

7. "The key factor in the vodka category is smoothness, and smoothness is what our vodka has." – Fuzzy Zoeller

8. "Vodka does not ease back pain. But it does get your mind off it." – Fuzzy Zoeller

9. "Vodka is a wonderful drink. You can drink so much of it without being as hung over as you would if you were drinking one of the brown liquors the whiskeys and such. It's a great drink to go with appetizers." – Gary Shteyngart

10. "The relationship between a Russian and a bottle of vodka is almost mystical." – Richard Owen

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