
Anyone who's followed this column for any amount of time knows I love coffee. In previous posts, I've explained why coffee definitely helps you live longer, why working in a coffee shop is better than working in an open-plan office, and how to make the perfect cup of office coffee.
- "Almost all my middle-aged and elderly acquaintances, including me, feel about 25, unless we haven't had our coffee, in which case we feel 107."
Martha Beck - "I like coffee because it gives me the illusion that I might be awake."
Lewis Black - "Coffee is already known to be a preventative factor against mild depression, Parkinson's disease, and colon and rectal cancers."
Chris Kilham - "Do Lipton employees take coffee breaks?"
Steven Wright - "Drinking a cup of coffee with your eyes closed isn't a sophisticated task for a person, but it's hard for a robot."
Vijjay Kumar - "Even a bad cup of coffee is better than no coffee at all."
David Lynch - "I like my coffee like I like my women. In a plastic cup."
Eddie Izzard - "I quit coffee. It won't be easy drinking my Bailey's straight but I'll get used to it. It'll still be the best part of waking up."
Megan Mullally - "I wake up some mornings and sit and have my coffee and look out at my beautiful garden, and I go, 'Remember how good this is. Because you can lose it.'"
Jim Carrey - "If it wasn't for the coffee, I'd have no identifiable personality whatsoever."
David Letterman - "My children know not to shout before Mummy has warmed herself into something human with her coffee."
Ben Kidron - "Never drink black coffee at lunch; it will keep you awake all afternoon."
Jilly Cooper - "Never trust anyone who doesn't drink coffee."
AJ Lee - "Our culture runs on coffee and gasoline, the first often tasting like the second."
Edward Abbey - "Science may never come up with a better office communication system than the coffee break."
Earl Wilson - "The smell of fresh-made coffee is one of the world's greatest inventions."
Hugh Jackman - "Three hundred years ago, during the Age of Enlightenment, the coffee house became the center of innovation."
Peter Diamonde - "Up to a thousand milligrams of caffeine is considered safe for most people, which translates into about 10 cups of coffee a day."
Michael Greger - "When I wake up in the morning, I just can't get started until I've had that first, piping hot pot of coffee. Oh, I've tried other enemas..."
Emo Philips - "You can't have a decent food culture without a decent coffee culture: the two things grow up together."
Adam Gopnik - "We want to do a lot of stuff; we're not in great shape. We didn't get a good night's sleep. We're a little depressed. Coffee solves all these problems in one delightful little cup."
Jerry Seinfeld
Nov 28, 2017