Tea Quotes

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  A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Funny, Strength

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• Come, let us have some tea and continue to talk about happy things.

  Chaim Potok

  Happy Things, Afternoon Tea, Cups Of Tea

  Chaim Potok (2016). “The Chosen”, p.237, Simon and Schuster

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  If you are cold, tea will warm you; if you are too heated, it will cool you; If you are depressed, it will cheer you; If you are excited, it will calm you.

  William E. Gladstone

  Cheer, Tea Drinking, Coffee And Tea

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• When tea becomes ritual, it takes place at the heart of our ability to see greatness in small things.

  Muriel Barbery

  Heart, Greatness, Ability

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• If at first you don't succeed, have a cup of tea.

  Peter Scott

  Cups, Firsts, Succeed

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• Where there's tea, there's hope.

  Arthur Wing Pinero

  Sweet Tea

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• Good tea is eloquent enough, it turns out, to change a person's mind.

  Banana Yoshimoto

  Mind, Enough, Turns

  Banana Yoshimoto (2011). “The Lake”, p.88, Melville House

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• The spirit of the tea beverage is one of peace, comfort, and refinement.

  Arthur Gray

  Comfort, Beverages, Spirit

  Arthur Gray (2012). “The Little Tea Book”, p.1, BoD – Books on Demand

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• I don’t feel very much like Pooh today," said Pooh. "There there," said Piglet. "I’ll bring you tea and honey until you do.

  A. A. Milne

  Piglet, Honey, Today

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• Tea is balm for the soul, don't you agree?

  P. L. Travers

  Soul, Agree

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• Come along inside... We'll see if tea and buns can make the world a better place.

  Kenneth Grahame

  Buns, World, Better Place

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• The Chinese say it's better to be deprived of food for three days than tea for one.

  Khaled Hosseini

  Chinese, Three, Deprived

  Khaled Hosseini (2010). “The Complete Khaled Hosseini: Digital box set”, p.326, A&C Black

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• Would you like an adventure now, or would you like to have your tea first?

  James M. Barrie

  Adventure, Firsts

  "Peter Pan: Top 100 Classic Novels".

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• Wouldn't it be dreadful to live in a country where they didn't have tea?

  Noel Coward

  Country, Sweet Tea

  Noel Coward (1927). “Home Chat”

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• The way you wear your hat, The way you sip your tea, The mem'ry of all that -- No, no! They can't take that away from me!

  Ira Gershwin

  Way, Hats, Gershwin

  1937 'They Can't Take That Away from Me', song from the film musical Shall We Dance? (music by George Gershwin).

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• Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves - slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future.

  Nhat Hanh

  Inspirational, Time, Tea Drinking

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2016). “The Miracle of Mindfulness, Gift Edition”, p.29, Beacon Press

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• It's always tea-time.

  Lewis Carroll

  Tea Time

  Lewis Carroll (2008). “Alice in Wonderland-English Classics”, p.60, Star Publications

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• Enjoy simple things with total intensity. Just a cup of tea can be a deep meditation.

  Rajneesh

  Simple, Meditation, Cups

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• There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life.

  Lin Yutang

  World, Quiet, Contemplation

  Lin Yutang (1937). “The Importance of Living”

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• A cup of tea is a cup of peace.

  Ken Cohen

  Cups Of Tea, Cups

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  Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

  Henry Fielding

  Love, Gossip, Scandal

  'Love in Several Masques' (1728) act 4, sc. 11

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• The British have an umbilical cord which has never been cut and through which tea flows constantly. It is curious to watch them in times of sudden horror, tragedy or disaster. The pulse stops apparently, and nothing can be done, and not one move made, until a “nice cup of tea” is quickly made. There is no question that it brings solace and does steady the mind. What a pity all countries are not.

  Marlene Dietrich

  Running, Country, Nice

  "Marlene Dietrich's ABC: Wit, Wisdom, & Recipes".

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• Coffee isn't my cup of tea.

  Samuel Goldwyn

  Funny, Hilarious, Food

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• Tea is the magic key to the vault where my brain is kept.

  Frances Hardinge

  Keys, Magic, Brain

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• I am not interested in immortality but only in tea flavour.

  Lu Tong

  Immortality, Flavour, Not Interested

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