Quotes about Coffee

Ingrid Randall: Be careful Gregory, be extremely careful about what you say! I haven't had my coffee yet, and I'm in no mood for stupid, irresponsible remarks.
Gregory Benson: Oh.

- Roddy McDowall in That Darn Cat! (1965)

Marjorie Corder: Miss Tesdale, would you like your coffee in your own seat?
Monica Teasdale: No, put it over here. Oh as a matter of fact, let's go back there where we won't wake anybody no matter how much we talk. That way i can say my prayers if I feel like it.

- Marlene Dietrich in No Highway in the Sky (1951)

Jeff Cohalan: Let's see what the tea leaves say about you... there's a trick my grandmother taught me; she learned it from an old witch in Ireland.
Ellen Foster: And so you've been drinking coffee ever since.

- Betsy Drake in The Second Woman (1950)

Andy: Good morning, Miss Dora.
Dora: Good morning, Teacher. The usual?
Andy: Oh, sure. Four donuts and a cup of coffee.
Dora: Don't you ever want anything else?
Andy: Not so long as they're your donuts.
Dora: Flatterer. Sometimes I think you like to pay me compliments.
Andy: [laughing] I do?

- Andy Clyde in Dora's Dunking Doughnuts (1933)

Andy: Ladies and gentlemen, I am here to introduce Dora's Dunking Donuts. Remember that name, folks. They're baked by Miss Dora herself. Are you listening, Dora?
Dora: Yes, Andy! I'm listening!
Andy: [singing] Dora's Dunking Donuts, they are the rage of the land. / No cookie, cake, or candy could taste so fine and dandy./ With Dora's Dunking Donuts, you'll be nuts about her donuts. / You'll dunk 'em in your coffee, or any old drink, you'll dunk 'em day and dunk 'em night and still they won't sink!

- Andy Clyde in Dora's Dunking Doughnuts (1933)

'Boysie' Oakes: What a marvelous coincidence. Going my way?
Iris MacIntosh: Which way?
'Boysie' Oakes: Eh, my place for coffee. Well, we have nothing to do.
Iris MacIntosh: The invitation is just resistable tonight.
'Boysie' Oakes: But we may not have another night.
Iris MacIntosh: That's up to you, is'nt it, Boysie. Taxi!

- Jill St. John in The Liquidator (1965)

Gracie Allen: [to Botts] I can't drink coffee in the morning. It keeps me awake all day.

- Gracie Allen in Here Comes Cookie (1935)

Nurse Molly Byrd: Nurses are just like husbands. You can abuse them, insult them, work 'em to death, jump all over 'em. They'll take it. But give 'em a bad cup of coffee and you got a revolution on your hands.

- Laraine Day in Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (1940)

Morgan Vallin: We go in for the continental style here, Johnny. Help yourself.
Johnny Allegro: Lobster for breakfast?
Morgan Vallin: Had I known you were coming, I'd have arranged for coffee and donuts.
Johnny Allegro: It's good enough for me.
Morgan Vallin: How do you like our island? You were exploring it this morning. Or in your vernacular, casing the joint.
Johnny Allegro: I took a walk around. I'd have a tough time finding it, even if I knew where it was.
Morgan Vallin: Did you discover anything when you searched their boat?
Johnny Allegro: Yeah. I'm being watched.
Morgan Vallin: [Vallin tries to hide a grin] Well, I discovered that what Glenda says is true. You are Johnny Rock, there is a sentence hanging over you, and you shot a detective. The story's in all the papers.
Johnny Allegro: Well, does that satisfy you?
Morgan Vallin: We'll know better this afternoon.
Johnny Allegro: What happens this afternoon?
Morgan Vallin: We don't allow our guests to become bored, Johnny. And since Florida isn't too far, we're going to the races.

- George Macready in Johnny Allegro (1949)

Professor Henry Higgins: Damn Mrs. Pearce; damn the coffee; and damn you!

- Rex Harrison (as Professor Henry Higgins) in My Fair Lady (1964)