“Hope makes a good breakfast. Eat plenty of it.”
Ian Fleming book From Russia, with Love
Source: From Russia With Love
According to The Quote Investigator, this phrase first appeared on PIMA’s North American Papermaker: The Official Publication of the Paper Industry Management Association, in an article by Bill Moore and Jerry Rose. The year was 2000. Since then, the phrase has appeared many times. Peter Drucker died in 2005. The first time his name was associated to the citation was on 2011. Other occurrences and versions of the phrase can be found at https://quoteinvestigator.com/2017/05/23/culture-eats/ <br class="br">Misattributed
“Hope makes a good breakfast. Eat plenty of it.”
Ian Fleming book From Russia, with Love
Source: From Russia With Love
“To eat well in England, you should have a breakfast three times a day.”
W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965) British playwright, novelist, short story writer
Quoted in Somerset Maugham (1980) by Ted Morgan
“I am that one person
Who eats his breakfast,
Gazing at morning nothing.”
Bashō Matsuo (1644–1694) Japanese poet
Classical Japanese Database, Translation #174 http://carlsensei.com/classical/index.php/translation/view/174 (Translation: Reginald Horace Blyth) <br class="br">Individual poems <br class="br">Original: (ja) 朝顔に<br>我は飯食ふ<br>男かな <br class="br">Original: (ja) asagao ni<br>ware wa meshi kû<br>otoko kana
“Rambo was a Green Beret," Hannah said. "Please. We eat those army boys for breakfast.”
Rachel Caine (1962) American writer
Source: Lord of Misrule
“I kidnap children from bathrooms
I eat the children for breakfast
They were so young
Yum Yum Yum”
Adam Sandler (1966) American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer
The Chanukah Song.