“The best bet is in yourself, the second best is in a cup of coffee.”
Isaac Mashman (2000) businessman, speaker
Source: Robert Galinsky (2013) Coffee Crazy, p. 88
“The best bet is in yourself, the second best is in a cup of coffee.”
Isaac Mashman (2000) businessman, speaker
“Sometimes life is merely a matter of coffee and whatever intimacy a cup of coffee affords.”
Richard Brautigan (1935–1984) American novelist, poet, and short story writer
Robert Rauschenberg (1925–2008) American artist
Source: 1980's, Off the Wall: Robert Rauschenberg and the Art world of Our Time, 1980, p. 89
“What goes best with a cup of coffee? Another cup.”
Henry Rollins book Black Coffee Blues
Source: Black Coffee Blues
“Me and a book is a party. Me and a book and a cup of coffee is an orgy.”
Robert Fripp (1946) English guitarist, composer and record producer
Robert Fripp: From King Crimson to Guitar Craft (Eric Tamm)
“My strength returns to me with my cup of coffee and the reading of the psalms.”
Dorothy Day (1897–1980) Social activist
“Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?”
Albert Camus (1913–1960) French author and journalist
There is no documented evidence that Camus ever wrote or said this, aside from Barry Schwartz's uncited mention in The Paradox of Choice. It is likely falsely attributed.
Disputed
Emo Philips (1956) American comedian
The Guardian - The best God joke ever - and it's mine! (September 1980)