Sure, you COULD start the day without a good cup of coffee... but why would you ever want to?

I believe humans get a lot done, not because we're smart, but because we have thumbs so we can make coffee.
~Flash Rosenberg

The morning cup of coffee has an exhilaration about it which the cheering influence of the afternoon or evening cup of tea cannot be expected to reproduce.
~Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., "Over the Teacups," 1891

I never drink coffee at lunch. I find it keeps me awake for the afternoon.
~Ronald Reagan

No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet offering of odour to the nostrils.
~Henry Ward Beecher

Actually, this seems to be the basic need of the human heart in nearly every great crisis - a good hot cup of coffee.
~Alexander King

Starbucks says they are going to start putting religious quotes on cups. The very first one will say, "Jesus! This cup is expensive!"
~Conan O'Brien