Audrey Hepburn July 14 2025

"Let's face it, a nice creamy chocolate cake does a lot for a lot of people; it does for me."
(Often paired with tea — Audrey was known for her refined taste.)

Dodie Smith. I Capture The Castle July 07 2025

Dodie Smith. I Capture The Castle
I shouldn't think even millionaires could enjoy anything nicer than new bread and butter and honey in their tea. Dodie was an English author who lived in Southern California during World War II

Noel Coward July 04 2025

Noel Coward
Wouldn't it be terrible to live in a country where they didn't have tea?

Billy Connolly July 02 2025

Billy Connolly
Never trust a man who, when left alone with a tea cosy, doesn't try it on

Gary Snyder July 01 2025

Gary Snyder
There are those who love to get dirty and fix things. They drink coffee at dawn, beer after work. And those who stay clean, just appreciate things. At breakfast they have milk and juice at night. There are those who do both, they drink tea

Aprilynne Pike, Illusions June 30 2025

Aprilynne Pike, Illusions
As far as her mom was concerned, tea fixed everything. Have a cold? Have some tea. Broken bones? There's  tea for that too. Somewhere in her mother's pantry, Laurel suspected, was a box of tea that said, '”in case of Armageddon, steep three to five minutes.”

William Ewart Gladstone June 29 2025

William Ewart Gladstone
If you are cold, tea will warm you; if you are heated, it will cool  you; if you are depressed, it will cheer you; if you are excited, it will calm you I guess if anyone would know, it would have been him. He was Prime Minister of England four times and no doubt drank a lot of tea

The Reverend Sir Sydney Smith June 27 2025

The Reverend Sir Sydney Smith
Thank God for tea! What would the world do without tea! How did it exist? I am glad I was not born before tea

The Reverend Sydney Smith June 25 2025

The Reverend Sydney Smith
A man who wishes to make his way in life could do no better than go through the world with a boiling tea-kettle in his hand

D.T. Suzuki, Zen and Japanese Culture June 24 2025

D.T. Suzuki, Zen and Japanese Culture
Who would then deny that when I am sipping tea in my tearoom, I am swallowing the whole universe with it, and that this very moment of my lifting the bowl to my lips is eternity itself transcending time and space? 

Lewis Carroll. Alice in Wonderland June 22 2025

Lewis Carroll. Alice in Wonderland
“Take some more tea,” the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly.
“I've had nothing yet,” Alice replied in an offended tone, “so I can't take more.”
“You mean you can't take less,” said the Hatter: “it's very easy to take more than nothing.” “Nobody asked your opinion,”  said Alice

Douglas Adams June 22 2025

Douglas Adams
A cup of tea would restore my normality

Ann Patchett. Truth and Beauty June 20 2025

Ann Patchett. Truth and Beauty
Writing is a job, a talent, but it's also the place to go to in your head. It is your imaginary friend that you drink your tea with in the afternoon

Neil Galman. Armageddon June 19 2025

Neil Galman. Armageddon
Honestly, if you're given the choice between Armageddon or tea, you don't say 'what kind of tea' ?

Douglas Adams. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy June 16 2025

Douglas Adams. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Arthur blinked at the screens and felt he was missing something important. Suddenly, he realized what it was. Is there any tea on this spaceship? he asked

Muriel Barbery. The Elegance of the Hedgehog June 13 2025

Muriel Barbery. The Elegance of the Hedgehog
When tea becomes ritual, it takes its place at the heart of our ability to see greatness in small things. Where is beauty to be found? In great things that, like everything else, are doomed to die, or in small things that aspire to nothing, yet know how to set a feel of infinity in a single moment?

Lin Yutang. The Importance of Living June 11 2025

Lin Yutang. The Importance of Living
There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life

Henry James June 10 2025

Henry James
There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea

Theodore Roosevelt. In a letter dated 1912 June 10 2025

Theodore Roosevelt. In a letter dated 1912
My experience convinced me that tea was better than brandy, and during the last six months in Africa, I took no brandy, even when sick, taking tea instead

Audrey Hepburn June 09 2025

Audrey Hepburn
When you have nobody you can make a cup of tea for, when nobody needs you, that's when I think life is over

Royal S. Copeland. Times for Tea June 07 2025

Royal S. Copeland. Times for Tea
The most trying hours in life are between four o'clock and the evening meal. A cup of tea at this time adds a lot of comfort and happiness

Charles Dickens June 06 2025

Charles Dickens
My dear, if you could give me a cup of tea to clear my muddle of a head, I should better understand your affairs. And we had the tea - and the affairs too

Monty Python June 03 2025

Monty Python
Make Tea, not war

James Norwood Pratt June 02 2025

James Norwood Pratt
Tea to satisfy our cravings. Tea is quiet and our thirst for tea is never far from our craving for beauty