Coffee Quotes - Page 28

• I didn't have a cup of coffee until I was 27.

  Elizabeth Hurley

  Cups, Coffee Cup

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I have a group of cafes and coffee shops that I go to regularly. They usually have an area where I can plug in my computer and have a corner seat where I can do a couple hours of writing or whatever, even the noise of the surrounding people walking by. Those things are the things that stimulate me into writing.

  Bong Joon-ho

  Couple, Writing, People

  "Exclusive Interview with Bong Joon-ho" by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. March 07, 2007.

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• I am a total coffee snob and bore. If anyone makes the mistake of offering me 'a coffee' they tend to regret it - I'm worse than Mariah Carey, and the hot milk rider is completely non-negotiable.

  Rachel Johnson

  Regret, Mistake, Offering

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• Best ever was filming in Barcelona last year, and I had a couple of scenes with De Niro. He's a very shy man. Speaks so quietly that people tend to bend down and adopt the same tone, almost the same voice, whenever they talk to him - watching, you'd think someone's offering to carry out a hit for him when they're just offering him a cup of coffee.

  Toby Jones

  Couple, Men, Thinking

  "Toby Jones: ' So Robert de Niro booked us a table at El Bulli'". Interview With Euan Ferguson, www.theguardian.com. August 18, 2012.

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• On the broad spectrum of solitude, I lean toward the extreme end: I work alone, as well as live alone, so I can pass an entire day without uttering so much as a hello to another human being. Sometimes a day's conversation consists of only five words, uttered at the local Starbucks: 'Large coffee with milk, please.

  Caroline Knapp

  Solitude, Milk, Hello

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• I drink too much coffee.

  Julianna Margulies

  Too Much, Drink

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• I got my first job when I moved to Los Angeles. I worked at a coffee shop for five years and it was one of the best experiences I ever had. It was a bunch of actors covering shifts for each other and becoming great friends.

  Katie Leclerc

  Jobs, Years, Becoming Great

  "When I Was 17: Katie Leclerc". Interview with Emily Laurence, www.seventeen.com. May 26, 2012.

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• You go into any doughnut shop and look at three cops having coffee, I guarantee I look like one of them.

  Dean Norris

  Looks, Guarantees, Three

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• I wear weird things sometimes. I like to drink coffee. Neither of those things have anything to do with who I am.

  Mary-Kate Olsen

  Who I Am, Sometimes, Drink

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Richard got married to a figure skater, and he bought her a dishwasher and a coffee percolator.

  Joni Mitchell

  Profound, Married, Dishwashers

  Song: The Last Time I Saw Richard 2

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• I don't even drink coffee.

  Hunter Parrish

  Drink

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• America was the place that said, 'It doesn't matter where you come from, it doesn't matter what your last name is, it doesn't matter if you drink cortaditos, or lattes, or coffee with milk. Here, if you work hard, anything is possible.

  Cristina Saralegui

  Hard Work, Names, America

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• You have to eat right. That does not mean that I don't drink Cuban coffee. That does not mean that I do not have two cigarettes a day - that's what I'm down to. I drink wine - you know, I'm normal. But I do eat well.

  Cristina Saralegui

  Wine, Mean, Two

  "Cristina: A Diet for High Energy". Interview with Candace A. Wedlan, articles.latimes.com. February 19, 1997.

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• I don't want to live in Maine full time, but the physical beauty is very striking. It is the exact opposite of New York. When you walk through my small town to get a cup of coffee, you bump into five people you know.

  Elizabeth Strout

  New York, Opposites, People

  "Elizabeth Strout on 'The Burgess Boys'". Interview with Dylan Foley, www.chicagotribune.com. March 23, 2013.

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• The best thing that you can do to deal with these high speed times is to slow down, inwardly, to take a little more time for meditation, a little more time to enjoy your morning cup of coffee or tea, and to look around at the people in your life with a little more love.

  Frederick Lenz

  Morning, Buddhism, People

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• I used to be a pre-industrial writer: thousands of words in a spurt and then a few days off. But as I get older, I've switched to a mode best described as 'slow and steady wins the race.' Basically, I write during the same four hours every day, after breakfast and the all-important coffee, generally in the same room and wearing the same pajamas.

  Scott Westerfeld

  Writing, Winning, Race

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• I found 'The Twin' sitting on a coffee table at a writers' colony in 2009. It carried praise from J.M. Coetzee. That seemed ample justification for using it to avoid my own writing. I finished it - weeping - a day later, and I've been puzzling over its powerful hold on me ever since.

  Amy Waldman

  Powerful, Writing, Sitting

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• It wouldn't kill you to get me an iced coffee." "No, but not getting killed doing something is not a very compelling reason to do it.

  Peter Cameron

  Compelling Reason, Reason, Compelling

  Peter Cameron (2009). “Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You: A Novel”, p.121, Macmillan

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• I take a slow sip of lukewarm coffee, reopen the book, and read the words scribbled in red ink near the top: Everyone needs an olly-olly-oxen-free.

  Jay Asher

  Book, Oxen, Ink

  Jay Asher (2011). “Thirteen Reasons Why”, p.91, Penguin

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• Rafe grinned. "So we are dating?" "No. You have to pass the parental exam first. It'll take you awhile to compile the data. They'd like it in triplicate." I turned to my parents. "We have Kenji. We have my cell phone. Since we aren't officially dating, I'm sure you'll agree that's all the protection we need." Dad chocked on his coffee.

  Kelley Armstrong

  Dad, Phones, Cells

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• You wanna-I dunno-get coffee or something sometime?" Justin smiled "Not coffee. But yes." "Not Coffee it is, then." "Yes, Not Coffee.

  David Levithan

  Justin

  David Levithan (2014). “How They Met and Other Stories”, p.20, Egmont UK

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• Next morning I went over to Paul’s for coffee and told him I had finished. “Good for you,” he said without looking up. “Start the next one today.

  Steven Pressfield

  Morning, Writing, Today

  Steven Pressfield (2002). “The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles”, p.112, Black Irish Entertainment LLC

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• I don’t have the time to devote to circles or covens. I have to fit things in when and where I can, in stolen moments and cups of coffee. Stirring clockwise to conjure. Widdershins to banish. There’s never enough time, and rarely enough caffeine, but I make do with what I have. Besides, cauldrons and pointy hats are overrated. Sometimes I see other customers practicing. Pouring their cream and sugar with studied intent. Stirring with purpose. I add an extra spoonful of sugar to my own coffee for them, to make all of our enchantments sweeter.

  Erin Morgenstern

  Circles, Enough Time, Enchantment

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• Ooooh," Kate groans, Kate herself now. "I'm so afraid." "I know." "What am I going to do?" "You mean right now?" "Yes." "We'll go to my car. Then we'll drive down to the French Market and get some coffee. Then we'll go home." "Is everything going to be all right?" "Yes." "Tell me. Say it." "Everything is going to be all right.

  Walker Percy

  Home, Mean, Car

  Walker Percy (2011). “The Moviegoer”, p.52, Open Road Media

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• Elena wondered if Michaela was waiting to be served. Snorting inwardly at the idea, she poured her own coffee—and, because she was feeling generous, and okay, maybe because she wanted to irritate Michaela—Raphael’s as well. Then she put down the carafe.

  Nalini Singh

  Ideas, Waiting, Feelings

  Nalini Singh (2009). “Angels' Blood”, p.154, Penguin

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