“The telling of a story, like virtually everything in this life, was always made all the easier by a cup of tea.”

“I realise that steam engines aren't everyone's cup of tea. But they're what made England great.”

Fred Dibnah (1938–2004) English steeplejack and television personality, with a keen interest in mechanical engineering

“Oh come on Pam, they're funny. They're like humans but miniature… tea cup humans!”

Charlaine Harris (1951) American writer

“Coffee isn't my cup of tea.”

Samuel Goldwyn (1879–1974) American film producer (1879-1974).

“The proper, wise balancing
of one's whole life may depend upon the
feasibility of a cup of tea at an unusual hour.”

Arnold Bennett (1867–1931) English novelist

“That cup of tea is definately not down your alley”

Jean Ferris (1939–2015) American children's writer

“A cup of tea would restore my normality."

[]”

Douglas Adams (1952–2001) English writer and humorist

“It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.”

Patrick Rothfuss book The Name of the Wind

“I want to drink a cup of tea to all those Kennedys who went and all those Kennedys who stayed.”

John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) 35th president of the United States of America

“Happiness isn't a thing. You can't go out and get it like a cup of tea. It's the way you feel about things.”

Diana Wynne Jones book Fire and Hemlock