Civilised society Quote by George Mikes

“Then you have tea for breakfast; then you have tea at eleven o’clock in the morning; then after lunch; then you have tea for…

— George Mikes

“I was learning, even in my brief time in England, that a cup of tea almost always helped. I didn't know whether it was…

— Beth Pattillo

“Time for the lovely cup of tea”

— Ruth Hogan

“I am a comfortable sort of person when alone, and found no difficulty in passing this time profitably. Being very orderly, as you must…

— Anna Katharine Green

“Some people have no business attending a dignified tea. Gawking as if I belong in a zoo, when they're the ones who have all…

— A.G. Howard

Ah, there's nothing like tea in the afternoon. When the British Empire collapses, historians will find that it had made but two invaluable contributions…

— Ayn Rand

“The tea ritual: such a precise repetition of the same gestures and the same tastes; accession to simple, authentic and refined sensations, a license…

— Muriel Barbery

“Yes, I like sitting at a table in the sun,' I agreed, 'but I'm afraid I'm one of those typical English tourists who always…

— Barbara Pym

“Tea is the tast of my land:it is bitter and warm,strong,and sharp with memory.It tastes of longing.It tastes of the distance between where you…

— Chris Cleave

“Tea, for me, is one of the great subjects. It is a romatic trade, it does not pollute excessively, it has all sorts of…

— Alexander McCall Smith

“The art of tea, whichever way you drink it, or whichever country you are from, has one underlining thread for all of us. It…

— Nicola Salter

“Tea drinking is a liturgy of comfort,”

— Tsh Oxenreider