Espresso Quotes - Page 3

• Coffee: Induces wit. Good only if it comes through Havre. After a big dinner party it is taken standing up. Take it without sugar - very swank: gives the impression you have lived in the East.

  Gustave Flaubert

  Party, Coffee, Taken

  Gustave Flaubert (1968). “Dictionary of Accepted Ideas”, p.24, New Directions Publishing

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• I do, but I don't like doing that. I would do it out of hate or anger. I would do it because some- one was pushing my buttons, but really I don't want to break my back in some European city while everyone else is drinking espresso. I only do it because someone refused to pay for the shipping, or something like that. I don't want to let a whole city of people down.

  Josh Smith

  Hate, Drinking, Cities

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• It was her first book, an indigo cover with a silver moonflower, an art nouveau flower, I traced my finger along the silver line like smoke, whiplash curves. ... I touched the pages her hands touched, I pressed them to my lips, the soft thick old paper, yellow now, fragile as skin. I stuck my nose between the bindings and smelled all the readings she had given, the smell of unfiltered cigarettes and the espresso machine, beaches and incense and whispered words in the night. I could hear her voice rising from the pages. The cover curled outward like sails.

  Janet Fitch

  Beach, Art, Flower

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

  Jeff Bezos

  Running, Coffee, Machines

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• Once I had a potentially heart attack-inducing eight double espressos in one day. I think my assistant secretly swaps my coffees for decaf as she doesn't want me to die of caffeine overdose.

  Steven Soderbergh

  Coffee, Heart, Thinking

  Source: www.indiewire.com

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• Now-what’s our game plan?” Coach Hedge belched. He’d already had three espressos and a plate of doughnuts, along with two napkins and another flower from the vase on the table. He would’ve eaten the silverware, except Piper had slapped his hand. “Climb the mountain,” Hedge said. “Kill everything except Piper’s dad. Leave.” “Thank you General Eisenhower,” Jason grumbles.

  Rick Riordan

  Dad, Flower, Hands

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• I know there are other writers who sit down religiously every morning, they take their espresso, they put a clean sheet of paper there and they sit looking at that paper until they've finished or covered at least a number of those pages. No, I'm not like that. I have to be ready. It has to gestate it for quite a while and then it's ready to burst forth.

  Wole Soyinka

  Morning, Numbers, Paper

  Source: www.nobelprize.org

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• What's it like to be a baby? It's like being in love in Paris for the first time after you've had three double espressos.

  Alison Gopnik

  Baby, Motivation, Inspiration

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

  Ronald Reagan

  Funny, Coffee, Lunch

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• I like the Valentino store in Rome.Because in Rome when I'd be riding my bike, that store is right next to the Spanish Steps, and it gets so crowded there, so I could sometimes duck into the Valentino store and go up to the top floor and have a little espresso and just relax and take it easy.

  Owen Wilson

  Rome, Ducks, Relax

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Sleep is critical to me... at least eight or nine hours a night. I start to slow down my body and my mind at least 30 minutes before I get into bed. I don't watch any disturbing or invigorating TV at night. I also get energy from meditation practice and from eating healthy fresh food, only one cup of espresso in the morning, and not drinking too much.

  Jane Fonda

  Morning, Drinking, Sleep

  "Pharaohs of fitness". Interview with Julie Deardorff, articles.orlandosentinel.com. April 18, 2012.

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• Compared with other Americans, journalists are more likely to live in upscale neighborhoods, have maids, own Mercedes and trade stocks, and less likely to go to church, do volunteer work or put down roots in a community. Journalists are over-represented in ZIP code areas where residents are twice as likely as other Americans to rent foreign movies, drink Chablis, own an espresso maker and read magazines such as Architectural Digest and Food & Wine.

  John Leo

  Wine, Roots, Volunteer

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• A good espresso to me is a little bit salty; you just become used to a good taste. Anytime I go into a new place and they don't clean their machine properly or the water temperature isn't right, it tastes awful.

  Andrew Bird

  Water, Machines, Littles

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• I got hooked on espresso when I visited Italy at 18, but these days I prefer a 'flat white.' It's like a small latte with less milk - they're popular in Australia.

  Hugh Jackman

  White, Australia, Milk

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• There are certain aspects of acting that I don't like. I'm not a person who loves being on set. I mean, I know people that have their espresso machines in their trailers and they like being in there and they put pictures on walls. But I don't like it. I don't like sitting around.

  Joaquin Phoenix

  Wall, Mean, Love Is

  Interview With Elvis Mitchell, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 10, 2012.

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• Until now, I've been a kind of binge-writer - I'll carve out five or six hours on a weekend day and make a large container of espresso and just bang out a lot of words.

  Lev Grossman

  Weekend, Six, Bangs

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• During the Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have time to sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressing problems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.

  Bill Maher

  Gratitude, Coffee, Book

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• To me, every kitchen appliance is useful and nothing's overrated. When I look at my little espresso machine, I don't see coffee. I see a steaming valve as an opportunity to make amazing creme brulee.

  Grant Achatz

  Coffee, Opportunity, Kitchen

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• I probably have about four or five cups of coffee a day. I make myself an espresso macchiato when I wake, which is a shot of espresso and just a dollop of steamed milk. Then, if I'm going to do some work at home, I would make myself a French press. It's the best way to make conventional coffee.

  Howard Schultz

  Coffee, Home, Four

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• Leo: "So...giants who can throw mountains. Friendly wolves that will eat us if we show weakness. Evil espresso drinks. Gotcha. Maybe this isn't the best time to bring up my psycho babysitter." Piper: "Is that another joke?

  Rick Riordan

  Evil, Friendly, Mountain

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• Been trying the soapy water and instant coffee method. Works somewhat, but boy it tastes terrible. I don't know how you guys can stand it. I'm going back to milk and espresso for my cappas.

  David Lynch

  Coffee, Boys, Water

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• American coffee can be a pale solution served at a temperature of 100oC

  Umberto Eco

  Coffee, Temperature, Pale

  Umberto Eco (1995). “How to Travel with a Salmon & Other Essays”, p.51, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I usually get up not before 9. I have a huge library - I'm a big fan of Scandinavian crime fiction - so I'll usually take a book and go off to one of my favorite bistros for a cappuccino or espresso or maybe I'll have some lovely smoked salmon for breakfast.

  Anthony Geary

  Book, Lovely, Library

  "Exclusive: General Hospital's Anthony Geary On Life, Death and the Future of Luke and Laura". Interview with Michael Logan, www.tvguide.com. October 9, 2013.

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• Coffee in England is just toasted milk.

  Christopher Fry

  Coffee, Milk, England

  New York Post, November 29, 1962.

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