Quotes On Coffee

“Coffee is a language in itself.”  ∼  Jackie Chan, acrobat & opera singer

“If it wasn’t for the coffee, I’d have no identifiable personality whatsoever.”  ∼  David Letterman, host of the 67th Academy Awards

“I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.”  ∼  T. S. Eliot, 22¢ U.S. postage stamp face

“My perfect weekend would start with a cup of coffee.”  ∼  Jimmy Carr, upright single sentence comedian

“If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning.”  ∼  Mae West, 1967 Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” album celebrity

“I love going to coffee shops and just sitting and listening.”  ∼  Julie Roberts, Wheel of Fortune winner

“What goes best with a cup of coffee?  Another cup.”  ∼  Henry Rollins, author of “Black Coffee Blues”

“Coffee: the finest organic suspension ever derived.”  ∼  “Star Trek Voyager”, the 5th incarnation of some 1960’s sci-fi show

“I orchestrate my mornings to the tune of coffee.”  ∼  Terri Guillemets, spreader of quotatious joy

“Behind every successful woman is a substantial amount of coffee.”  ∼  Stephanie Piro, artist of humourous newspaper images

“Even bad coffee is better than no coffee at all.”  ∼  David Lynch, TM practitioner

“I never laugh until I’ve had my coffee.”  ∼  Clark Gable, the King of Hollywood

“I would rather suffer with coffee than be senseless.”  ∼  Napoleon Bonaparte, a character in “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure”

“What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?”  ∼  Anthony Trollope, a favourite author of Canada’s 1st Prime Minister

“Coffee is good for talent, but genius wants prayer.”  ∼  Ralph Waldo Emerson, speech writer of America’s “Intellectual Declaration of Independence”

“The powers of a man’s mind are directly proportioned to the quantity of coffee he drinks.”  ∼  Sir James Mackintosh, a “James of all trades”:  doctor, lawyer, jurist, politician, administrator, historian, journalist, professor, and philosopher

“I had some dreams, they were clouds in my coffee.”  ∼  “You’re So Vain” by Carly Simon, a fine example of metafiction

“Coffee in England is just toasted milk.”  ∼  Christopher Fry, Tony Award nominee

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