Coffee quotes: the best quotes

Throughout its long history, its unique taste has always been a source of inspiration for philosophers, artists, sportspeople and many more: we have collected their best quotes about coffee, putting together a host of timeless thoughts for you to save and share.

It doesn’t matter if it’s made with Arabica or Robusta beans, this drink is loved by many people because it arouses so many emotions in us each day. Sentiments that some have managed to describe with the beautiful words that make up the best quotes on the theme: read them with us, perhaps accompanied by a fine 100% Arabica espresso by Caffè Aiello.

Ancient coffee sayings

For centuries, the ultimate black drink has inspired the pens of many illustrious characters, who have also left behind their coffee sayings, summing up their thoughts on the tasty drink:

• Divine coffee, whose taste remains in your mouth all day long. (Arthur Rimbaud)
• Coffee is balm to the heart and spirit. (Giuseppe Verdi)
• Strong coffee, much strong coffee, is what awakens me. Coffee gives me warmth, waking, an unusual force and a pain that is not without very great pleasure. But I would rather suffer than be senseless. (Napoleon Bonaparte)
• Coffee makes the blood move faster, it makes its driving forces flow out, exerting a kind of stimulation that aids digestion, chases away sleep, and allows us to exercise the cerebral faculties for longer. (Honoré de Balzac)
• Not only does he who has drunk strong coffee look livelier in the mirror, but he too sees his reflections with more energy. (Friedrich Nietzsche)

Sayings about life and coffee

Ironic, deep and meaningful, illuminating. Some thoughts about life and coffee that offer us the opportunity to learn valuable lessons:

• Today everything has become like powdered coffee: instant and no longer offering anything truly unique or precious. (Tiziano Terzani)
• Life is like coffee: you can add as much sugar as you like but if you want it to be sweet, you’ve got to stir it. Unless you make a move, nothing happens. (Alex Zanardi)
• To start the day I choose a coffee, to continue it, a smile. (Stephen Littleword)
• Life is a beautiful and endless journey in search of the perfect cup of coffee. (Barbara A. Daniels)
• Actually, this seems to be the basic need of the human heart in nearly every great crisis–a good cup of hot coffee. (Alexander King)

The most beautiful quotes about coffee, love, and friendship

Love and friendship are two of the most powerful sentiments that accompany human existence. For centuries they have inspired artists, writers, poets, and many others. Some have also discovered interesting links with our favourite drink, expressed in delicious sayings about coffee:

• The day should begin with a hug, a kiss, a caress, and a coffee. Because breakfast should be generous. (Charles M. Schulz)
• A woman is like a good cup of coffee: the first time you take her, she won’t let you sleep. (Alexandre Dumas)
• I gave up coffee. It’s almost worse than giving up a lover. (Sandra Bullock)
• It is less frightening to acknowledge that we are heavily dependent on mildly stimulating drinks, than to acknowledge that we are at all dependent on the companionship of other people (Jonathan Coe)
• Friendship is like coffee, once cold it never returns to its original flavour, even if it is reheated. (Immanuel Kant)
• Have you ever wondered what coffee is? Coffee is an excuse. An excuse to tell a friend you love him. (Luciano De Crescenzo)

Funny quotes about coffee

Masters of making people laugh and smile with their works, they also managed to do it with funny coffee quotes:

• Sips of Neapolitan coffee: brief, tasty but capable of rising to your brain and giving it a good old tickle. (Luciano De Crescenzo)
• When I die, bring me a coffee, and you’ll see me rise again, like Lazarus. (Eduardo De Filippo)
• There’s always time to drink a coffee and betray your wife. (Totò)
• Drinking coffee prevents you from sleeping. However, sleeping prevents you from drinking coffee. (Philippe Geluck)

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