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42 Coffee Quotes to Jazz Up Your Love For Java

"Coffee smells like freshly ground heaven."

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Alexander Spatari

True love these days can be found in a lot of creative places—online, at a bar, or the old-fashioned way, on a blind date. But to a true coffee lover, the relationship they want and need is found every morning (noon and night, sometimes!) at the bottom of their favorite mug. Black, cream, sugar, foam, no foam, these preferences could easily divide nations, it seems, because people LOVE their coffee a certain and often will not budge on changing it. Growing up in Seattle, where Starbucks is the Mothership, and craft coffee shops are found on every corner, I grew up thinking coffee and coffee culture was a normal way of life. But for many people, coffee is just what gets you going in the morning. You fill up your trusty thermos or travel mug with whatever you’ve got ground up or in a pod and you’re off for the day. So if that’s you, and you’d like to experience a deeper affinity and appreciation for one of God’s finest beverages, then look no further than these quotes. And if you’re on the hunt for what to buy your coffee-crazed friend or family member, look no further than our coffee lover gift guide!

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Ronald Reagan

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

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Josephine Baker

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"He was my cream, and I was his coffee - And when you poured us together, it was something."

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Dave Barry

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"Eating rice cakes is like chewing on a foam coffee cup, only less filling."

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Burt Lancaster

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"I judge a restaurant by the bread and by the coffee."

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Fran Drescher

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"Once you wake up and smell the coffee, it's hard to go back to sleep."

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Michael Scott, The Office

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"Coffee is the great incentivizer in the office."

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Charles J. Sykes

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"Television is not real life. In real life, people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs."

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Jarod Kintz

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"I like instant gratification. It's like instant coffee, only it won't keep you up at night."

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Jessi Lane Adams

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"Coffee smells like freshly ground heaven."

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Earl Wilson

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"Science my never come up with a better office communication system than the coffee break."

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Harry Mahtar

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"I orchestrate my mornings to the tune of coffee."

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T.S. Eliot

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"I have measured out my life with coffee spoons."

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Cassandra Clare, City of Ashes

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“As long as there was coffee in the world, how bad could things be?”

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Lorelai Gilmore, Gilmore Girls

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“I can’t stop drinking the coffee. I stop drinking the coffee, I stop doing the standing, and the walking, and the words-putting-into-sentences doing.”

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Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

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“I’d rather take coffee than compliments just now.”

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Holly Black, Ironside

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“Ah coffee. The sweet balm by which we shall accomplish today’s tasks.”

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David Letterman

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“If it wasn’t for coffee, I’d have no discernible personality at all.”

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Lewis Black

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“I like coffee because it gives me the illusion that I might be awake.”

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Anthony Trollope, The Warden

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“What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?”

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Dave Barry

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“It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity.”

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Leah Hall is currently a digital producer and writer for Country Living. She is based in Huntsville, Alabama. 

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