The voodoo priest and all his powders were as nothing compared to espresso, cappuccino, and mocha, which are stronger than all the religions of the world combined, and perhaps stronger than the human soul itself.

 —Mark Helprin

A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems.

 —Paul Erdos

Coffee is the best thing to douse the sunrise with.

 —Drew Sirtors

I believe humans get a lot done, not because we’re smart, but because we have thumbs so we can make coffee.

 —Flash Rosenberg

This coffee falls into your stomach, and straightway there is a general commotion. Ideas begin to move like the battalions of the Grand Army of the battlefield, and the battle takes place. Things remembered arrive at full gallop, ensuing to the wind. The light cavalry of comparisons deliver a magnificent deploying charge, the artillery of logic hurry up with their train and ammunition, the shafts of with start up like sharpshooters. Similes arise, the paper is covered with ink; for the struggle commences and is concluded with torrents of black water, just as a battle with powder.

 —Honore de Balzac

Coffee smells like freshly ground heaven.

 —Jessi Lane Adams

Coffee, which makes the politicians wise, /And see through all things with his half-shut eyes.

 —Alexander Pope

I never drink coffee at lunch. I find it keeps me awake for the afternoon.

 —Ronald Reagan

Coffee and tobacco are complete repose.

 —Turkish Proverb

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

 —T.S. Eliot

Coffee is real good, when you drink it, it gives you time to think. It’s a lot more than just a drink; it’s something happening. Not as in hip, but like an

event, a place to be, but not like a location, but like somewhere within yourself. It gives you time, but not actual hours or minutes, but a chance to be, like be yourself, and have a second cup.

– Gertrude Stein

Actually, this seems to be the basic need of the human heart in nearly every great crisis — a good hot cup of coffee.

 —Alexander King

Nothing’ll make a father swear before the children quicker than a cup of poor coffee.

— Kin Hubbard

The powers of a man’s mind are directly proportioned to the quantity of coffee he drinks.

—Sir James Mackintosh

 

In Seattle you haven’t had enough coffee until you can thread a sewing machine while it’s running.

 —Jeff Bezos