Oatmeal Quotes

One of life's best coping mechanisms is to know the difference between an inconvenience and a problem. If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you’ve got a problem. Everything else is an inconvenience. Life is inconvenient. Life is lumpy. A lump in the oatmeal, a lump in the throat and a lump in the breast are not the same kind of lump. One needs to learn the difference.

Robert Fulghum

Differences, Coping Mechanisms, Fire

"Uh-Oh: Some Observations from Both Sides of the Refrigerator Door". Book by Robert Fulghum, 1991.

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It is hard to convince people of this, but oatmeal truly is miraculous. It gives you an amazing amount of energy, like cocaine.

Kelly Williams Brown

People, Giving, Energy

Kelly Williams Brown (2013). “Adulting: How to Become a Grown-up in 468 Easy(ish) Steps”, p.40, Hachette UK

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Bowl of oatmeal tried to stare me down... and won.

John Prine

Down And, Staring, Bowls

Song: Illegal Smile

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I always start my breakfast out with oatmeal, because it's full of vitamin D, it's a great carb, and you can get, like, some fun flavors in there.

Gracie Gold

Fun, Flavor, Breakfast

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Oatmeal tastes so good on its own, you don't even need to add sugar.

Kristin Chenoweth

Add, Needs, Sugar

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As a kid, I got three meals a day. Oatmeal, miss-a-meal and no meal.

Mr. T

Kids, Missing, Meals

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I'm not much of cook, but I cook a mean bowl of oatmeal.

Mahershala Ali

Mean, Cooks, Bowls

"Mahershala Ali: the 'free state of Jones'". Interview with Sam Williams, www.eurweb.com. June 24, 2016.

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The prayers we weave into the matching of socks, the stirring of oatmeal, the reading of stories, they survive fire.

Ann Voskamp

Prayer, Reading, Fire

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You have to eat oatmeal or you'll dry up. Anybody knows that.

Kay Thompson

Dry Up, Dry, Knows

Kay Thompson (2015). “Eloise: Book & CD”, p.26, Simon and Schuster

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When a man diets, he eats oatmeal in addition to everything else he usually eats.

E. W. Howe

Men, Diets

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Lisp has all the visual appeal of oatmeal with fingernail clippings mixed in.

Larry Wall

Computer, Fingernails, Appeals

Usenet article, 1994.

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I always like to start my morning with a good amount of fruit. I really like pineapple, particularly because of the enzymes that it has. Sometimes I have oatmeal. But if I'm feeling like I really want to be watching my weight more, then I definitely do a protein, like an omelet, scrambled eggs or some smoked salmon.

Cynthia Nixon

Morning, Eggs, Feelings

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...now and then a giggling trail of mermaids appeared in our wake. We fed them oatmeal.

Tove Jansson

Inspirational, Funny, Mermaid

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I make myself a bowl of instant oatmeal, and then I don't do anything for an hour. Why do I need the instant oatmeal? I could get the regular oatmeal and feel productive.

Mitch Hedberg

Funny, Humor, Needs

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Fairy dust is very useful. I use it to turn oatmeal into cake.

David Shannon

Dust, Cake, Use

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I am a believer in nutrient timing and supplementation, through 8Zone. I love eggs, apples, wild fish, leafy greens, brown rice, pasta, oatmeal, home grown Washington Potatoes, and cooking with coconut and olive oils.

Apolo Ohno

Home, Eggs, Oil

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On more than one occasion, the camera has cut to me after a break as I'm still trying to swallow the last bite of cookie. Those of you who have thought to yourselves, 'That guy talks like he has marbles in his mouth,' should know that they are not marbles, but oatmeal cookies.

Lester Holt

Cutting, Guy, Trying

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I can't tell you enough about cinnamon. Cinnamon is an awesome spice to use and it goes great with something like apples in the morning or in a mixture of fruit or in your oatmeal or even in your cereal.

Emeril Lagasse

Morning, Cereal, Apples

"Emeril on eating smart and efficient". ESPNHS Interview, www.espn.com. February 1, 2012.

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My wife gets pampered pretty well. She's had me trained since she was pregnant, when I started making her oatmeal with fresh berries every morning.

Michael Weatherly

Morning, Wife, Berries

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Cultivating literature as I do upon a little oatmeal, and driving, when in a position to be driven at all, in that humble vehicle, the 'bus, I have had, perhaps, exceptional opportunities for observing their mutual position and behaviour; and it is very peculiar.

James Payn

Humble, Opportunity, Peculiar

James Payn (1882). “Sammlung”

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... keeping her wild-honey-and-chamomile-soaked hair from falling into her oatmeal-and-yogurt face mask

Emma McLaughlin

Fall, Hair, Yogurt

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I eat cheese and salami and a lot of fried chicken. I eat a big bag of oatmeal-raisin cookies every night and I don't gain weight. I still look OK as long as I'm dressed.

Ellen Barkin

Night, Long, Bags

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Accents are funny in that they have this odd draw for us, yet we forget we have one, too. No one is without an accent, but the one you’ve got seems like oatmeal to their caviar.

Deb Caletti

Caviar, Forget, Odd

Deb Caletti (2012). “Stay”, p.56, Simon and Schuster

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I love my daughter, but she had me on couscous and fixed me pastas and made me eat oatmeal every morning. Turkey burgers, turkey bacon and that kind of stuff. She wants her dad to live a long time, and I do, too.

Dusty Baker

Daughter, Mother, Morning

"Dusty Baker on S.F.: 'This is my home'". San Francisco Chronicle Interview, www.sfgate.com. October 5, 2012.

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It takes only one bad amp to turn your ears to oatmeal: That's how old hippies became Yanni fans.

Rob Sheffield

Hippie, Fans, Ears

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