204 Quotes About Breakfast
- Author David Thomson
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Why was Simpson called "OJ" except in some kind of branding or headlinese that said, "Look, this guy is sweet, wholseome, and nourishing (and 'Orenthal' is just too fancy)? You can have him for breakfast." (And "Sweetness" and "Sweet" are nicknames often given to black men.) Is "OJ" that far away from Jell-O? Wasn't that extended advertising campaign a way of saying you can trust our pudding because Bill Cosby likes it—sweet, wholesome, and pretty?
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- Author Jeffrey Stepakoff
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The kitchen smelled amazing. Turkey-apple sausage sizzled in a blackened iron skillet on the sturdy old eight-burner gas range. Thick slices of bread toasted in a shiny vintage Toastmaster. Hair tied back, sleeves rolled up on her blouse, apron around her waist, Grace tossed a handful of pecans into the skillet and let them brown with the sausage while she flipped a cheddar-filled omelet in another pan. The heady aroma of freshly ground black dark-roast coffee filled the kitchen.
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- Author James Villas
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Smelling the strong coffee and that sausage , and watching the potatoes as they turned crispy golden brown in the butter, made me hungrier than I'd been in months, and when the cheese began oozing out the sides of the puffy omelette, I really wondered for a minute how much longer I could keep torturing myself like this.
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- Author Samantha Shannon
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Every revolution begins with breakfast,’ I quoted as they left. ‘Is this your revolution, Jaxon?
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- Author Steven Magee
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One of the bad habits I developed in very high altitude astronomy was eating a bowl of free ice cream for breakfast, as the free cooked breakfast would make me feel really sickly when at the summit of Mauna Kea.
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- Author Stewart Stafford
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Breakfast, when the night's secrets go unspoken and the day's plans echo the cock's crow.
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- Author Seanan McGuire
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Tell me what you know.""I'm awake and you're not pancakes.
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- Author John Steinbeck
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He shoveled the bacon out on a plate and broke the eggs in the hot grease and theyjumped and fluttered their edges to brown lace and made clucking sounds.
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- Author John Steinbeck
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He shoveled the bacon out on a plate and broke the eggs in the hot grease and they jumped and fluttered their edges to brown lace and made clucking sounds.
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