quotations about Coca-Cola
I open up some Coke and smile
And then my minds free for a while
Things go better with Coca-Cola
Things go better with Coke
BEE GEES
"Another Cold and Windy Day"
Fish and Chips
A little Coke and you, oh, babe
Honey drips
CHUCK BERRY
"Fish and Chips"
This original version of Coca-Cola contained a small amount of coca extract and therefore a trace of cocaine. (It was eliminated early in the twentieth century, though other extracts derived from coca leaves remain part of the drink to this day.) Its creation was not the accidental concoction of an amateur experimenting in his garden, but the deliberate and painstaking culmination of months of work by an experienced maker of quack remedies.
TOM STANDAGE
A History of the World in 6 Glasses
Coca-Cola is little more than sugar, some flavoring, and lots of (carbonated) water. It is largely indistinguishable from innumerable other brands of cola, yet people around the world seem to think that Coca-Cola is something and they are eager to ask for it by name and even to pay a premium for it.
GEORGE RITZER
The Globalization of Nothing
We were just kids living young and naive
Running round streets like the King and the Queen
Gas light flicker in your eye, what are hopeless dreams?
Staying out waiting 'til they call off the search
Chewing gum, cherry coke until our brains burned
A sugar drunk high, we were the only ones, oh
JAMES BAY
"Sugar Drunk High"
She's the Jack in my Coke.
THE LACS
"Jack in My Coke"
And you know what happened next in my dream? Dick Cheney and I said the same thing at the same time: "Well, we had a Cold War to win." And then I screamed at him: "I KNEW you would say that! You ALWAYS say that!" But then, since Cheney and I made the same remark at the same time, I realized he owed me a Coke. So I said, "Jinx! You owe me a Coke!" And Vice-President Dick Cheney smiled sheepishly. *Shudder* ... I don't even DRINK coke. I tastes like robot sweat.
DAVID REES
Get Your War On 2
The sun shines high above
The sounds of laughter
The birds swoop down upon
The crosses of old grey churches
We say that we're in love
While secretly wishing for rain
Sipping coke and playing games
September's here again
DAVID SYLVIAN
"September", Secrets of the Beehive
Some critics will say Coca-Cola made a marketing mistake. Some cynics will say that we planned the whole thing. The truth is we're not that dumb and we're not that smart.
DON KEOUGH
remarks at 1985 press conference announcing the return of "classic" Coke following consumer backlash to New Coke
Coca-Cola emerged from this turbulent, inventive, noisy, neurotic new America. It began as a "nerve tonic" like many others marketed to capitalize on the dislocations and worries of the day. After surviving an early history rife with conflict and controversy, this lowly nickel soft drink became so much a part of national life that by 1938 it was called "the sublimated essence of America."
MARK PENDERGRAST
For God, Country, and Coca-Cola