Talk:Tea

The following quotes were moved here from the page because the source has no apparent notability. If he is notable, please create a wp page, a wq page or add evidence of notability here. ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 07:57, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

• "Tea is drunk to forget the din of the world." — T'ien Yiheng

"Japanese proverb" removal

The following proverb is not in Japanese proverbs. After talking to Aphaia, who is not sure of such proverb (or maybe it's just a bad translation), I decided to move it here. Only add it if you can confirm it's a proverb (in which case add it, and the Japanese original, to the proverbs page) or if you can attribute it to someone (Aphaia said it sound like something a tea master might say). ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 20:37, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

• "A man without tea in him is incapable of understanding truth and beauty." ~ Japanese proverb

This quote is from Okakura Kakuzo, Book of Tea (1906)

claimed Lady Astor quote removal

I removed the follow spurious exchange between Lady Astor and Sir Winston Churchill:

• "Mr. Churchill, if you were my husband, I'd poison your tea!" "And if you were my wife, I would drink it!"

Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations (1989) notes:

Exchange described as a false story by George Thayer in a review of a book about Churchill.—The Washington Post, April 27, 1971, p. B6.

Thayer spent a year as research assistant to Randolph Churchill on the biography of his father, Sir Winston Churchill. Another story Thayer declared false has Lady Astor reproaching Churchill, “Winston, you are drunk,” to which he replied, “Indeed, Madam, and you are ugly—but tomorrow I’ll be sober.”

http://www.bartleby.com/73/2004.html

12.4.60.178 15:24, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

ACTUALLY THIS QUOTE IS TRUE. THEY TAUGHT US THIS IN OUR HISTORY BOOKS FOR COLLEGE THIS SEMESTER---

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 97.95.143.83 (talk) 00:07, 8 December 2010

LiveJournal quote removal

I removed the following quote due to doubt of notability. It sounds a bit witty but from my view not meets our notability criteria - "quotes from notable people".

• "When the news reporter said 'Shopkeepers are opening their doors bringing out blankets and cups of tea' I just smiled. It's like yes. That's Britain for you. Tea solves everything. You're a bit cold? Tea. Your boyfriend has just left you? Tea. You've just been told you've got cancer? Tea. Coordinated terrorist attack on the transport network bringing the city to a grinding halt? TEA DAMMIT!" - "jslayeruk," posted on LiveJournal

--Aphaia 05:20, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

It's featured by Snopes and show all over the place in viral quotes lists. Circeus 15:50, 16 February 2009 (UTC)