Literary tradition is full of lies about poverty-the jolly beggar, the poor but happy milkmaid, the wholesome diet of porridge, etc. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
I never thrust my nose into other men's porridge. It is no bread and butter of mine; every man for himself, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Oh madam, when you put bread and cheese, instead of burnt porridge, into these children's mouths, you may indeed feed their vile… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
By the time she had interpreted Harry's dreams at the top of her voice (all of which, even the ones that involved… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Your date is better in your pie and your porridge than in your cheek. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The food that's never let me down in life is porridge, especially with milk and maple syrup, which is delicious. Paris isn't… — Marianne Faithfull Copy Share Image
One of the difficulties in understanding the brain is that it is like nothing so much as a lump of porridge. — Richard Gregory Copy Share Image
You mean they killed her?" asked David. They ate her," said Brother Number One. "With porridge. That's what 'ran away and was… — John Connolly Copy Share Image
Date syrup is a natural sweetener that has wonderful richness and treacly depth; I drizzle it over semolina porridge. — Yotam Ottolenghi Copy Share Image
It used to be standard practice that the pre-match meal consisted of egg, steak and chicken. But I talked them into changing… — Craig Johnston Copy Share Image
My perfect morning is spent drinking coffee, eating porridge and reading the paper at a local cafe. — Anton du Beke Copy Share Image
Colin : “Perhaps now is the time to tell you that I have a weakness for agreeable women.” Sugar Beth : “Well,… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image
...the true spirit of gastronomic joylessness. Porridge fills the Englishman up, and prunes clear him out. — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
Oh- my twitchy witchy girl I think you are so nice, I give you bowls of porridge And I give you bowls… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
37 is a lumpy number, a bit like porridge. Six is very small and dark and cold, and whenever I was little… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
If men had been forbidden to make porridge of camel's dung, they would have done it, saying that they would not have… — Muhammad Copy Share Image
Interesting, he later reflected, was perhaps not the correct word.By the time he and Henry arrived back at the house for their… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
I feel good when I stir something with a spurtle, but I don't make porridge very much in London. — Fergus Henderson Copy Share Image
Illegitimis non carborundum. Lat., Don't let the bastards grind you down. — Joseph Stilwell Copy Share Image
If I'm playing in the morning, I'll get some carbs early: porridge with chopped banana. If I'm playing in the afternoon, I'll… — Rory McIlroy Copy Share Image
