“The best bet is in yourself, the second best is in a cup of coffee.”
Isaac Mashman (2000) businessman, speaker
Source: Black Coffee Blues
“The best bet is in yourself, the second best is in a cup of coffee.”
Isaac Mashman (2000) businessman, speaker
“There are two things in life that keep me motivated, a cup of coffee and a second cup of coffee.”
Craig Benzine (1980) Filmmaker, comedian, presenter
Source: Robert Galinsky (2013) Coffee Crazy, p. 88
Robert Rauschenberg (1925–2008) American artist
Source: 1980's, Off the Wall: Robert Rauschenberg and the Art world of Our Time, 1980, p. 89
“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
“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
“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)
“If you cannot stand a spoon upright in the cup, then the coffee is too weak.”
Lawrence Block (1938) American writer