“What a shame it is for a nation to be developing without a sense of beauty, and eating bananas for breakfast.”

— Edith Wharton

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American novelist, short story writer, designer 1862–1937

Thomas Pynchon book Gravity's Rainbow

Source: Gravity's Rainbow

“Apes had it worked out. No ape would philosophize, "The mountain is, and is not." They would think, "The banana is. I will eat the banana. There is no banana. I want another banana.”

Terry Pratchett book Unseen Academicals

Source: Unseen Academicals

“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.”

Peter F. Drucker (1909–2005) American business consultant

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/
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