Nowhere is the English genius of domesticity more notably…

In nothing more is the English genius for domesticity more notably declared than in the institution of this festival-almost one may call it-of afternoon…

— George Gissing

“When the servants break the cups and saucers, a ‘puzzle’ arises within. Who really breaks the cups and saucers? Who runs this world? One…

— Dada Bhagwan

I would give my back tooth - the one with the silver filling - to eat afternoon tea with my mother.

— Grace Dent

Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.

— Henry James

Someone's killed 100,000 people. We're almost going, "Well done! You killed 100,000 people? You must get up very early in the morning! I can't…

— Eddie Izzard

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

— Henry James

“You can serve high tea around the dining room table, but afternoon tea is more of a living room occasion, with everything brought in…

— Angela Hynes

“Even his initial stirrings of domesticity had some quirks. He bought a proper house in the Los Gatos hills, which he adorned with a…

— Anonymous

Of all modern notions, the worst is this: that domesticity is dull. Inside the home, they say, is dead decorum and routine; outside is…

— Anonymous

Everyone's saved, we're in the grave. See you there for afternoon tea.

— Jethro Tull

Jihad is becoming as American as apple pie and as British as afternoon tea.

— Anwar al-Awlaki

“At that moment, Bobbie Faye felt an unbridled hatred for every movie heroine who'd ever raced away from he villain in Jimmy Choo shoes,…

— Toni McGee Causey

“Mrs. Jones had invited a great and well-known violinist to entertain at her afternoon tea. When it was all over, everyone crowded around the…

— John C. Maxwell

“Coffee could easily become lunch if one was not careful, and lunch could so comfortably slip into afternoon tea.”

— Alexander McCall Smith

My grandparents were far more English in their manners than they were Chinese. For example, we spoke English at home, had afternoon tea every…

— Kevin Kwan