Dinner Quotes

My brother never had me to dinner in his life.

— Burt Lancaster

“Who the hell is coming to dinner?”

— M.L. Buchman

A dinner lubricates business.

— William Scott, 1st Baron Stowell

“I wonder what's for dinner.”

— Emma Iadanza

Now I know what a TV dinner feels like.

— Anonymous

... the agent provocateur of a good dinner.

— Marie-Antoine Careme

Tina, you fat lard, come get some DINNER!

— Napoleon Dynamite

“make dinner for both of you at our”

— V.K. Sykes

Thou hast nor youth nor age But as it were an after dinner sleep Dreaming of both.

— William Shakespeare

I was raised before the advent of DVD players in cars and iPads at the dinner table.

— Dan Levy

Truth that peeps Over the glass's edge when dinner's done.

— Robert Browning

If I could, I'd wear my sneakers everywhere, even for dinners or events.

— Elizabeth Tan

The easiest way to stay awake during an after-dinner speech is to deliver it.

— Herman Herst Jr

The family was an art ... and the dinner table was the place it found expression.

— Don DeLillo

As a comforter, philosophy cannot compete with a good dinner.

— Mason Cooley

Men do not greet one another like this ... except perhaps at rugby club dinners.

— Alan Cooper

My parents were the traditional Filipino parents who didn't talk about money around the dinner table.

— Bo Sanchez

The hardest exercise for most of us fat people is that one where we push our chairback from the dinner table.

— Dolly Parton

Men are conservatives when they are least vigorous or when they are most luxurious-they are conservatives after dinner.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

People invite me to dinner not because I can cook, but because I like to clean up. I get immediate gratification from…

— Carol Burnett

The government of the world I live in was not framed, like that of Britain, in after-dinner conversations over the wine.

— Henry David Thoreau

If George W. Bush is the kind of person folks might like to have a beer with, John McCain is the guy…

— Ellen Malcolm

Nothing can be more relaxing than spending time with family over dinner, a good sleep, followed by a bright sunrise.

— Anonymous

Live events and lectures in front of large audiences. It is the best. I like it more than eating dinner.

— David Wolfe

“His mouth said: "Would you like to have dinner tonight?" For just the skin of a second, Miss Dearheart was surprised, but…

— Terry Pratchett

I will say it's great to be a woman because we're very good at multitasking. I could nurse and cook dinner at…

— Marta Kauffman

When my children were growing up, we began every family meal - which included breakfast and dinner every day - with a…

— Ezekiel Emanuel

I'm very low-key. I don't really blend in, so it's difficult to go out in public. I like to do things that…

— Dwayne Johnson

Zooey said... It would be very nice to come home and be in the wrong house. To eat dinner with the wrong…

— Anonymous

Every lesson I learned as a kid was at the dinner table. Being Greek, Sicilian and Ruthenian - we are an emotional…

— Michael Symon

So Stapes conducted a dinner for just the two of us, then informed me of a dozen small but important mistakes I…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Michael Clarke Duncan and I met at a music festival that was honoring films, and we happened to be seated next to…

— Nikki Blonsky

“The point is, when you ask, “What do you want for dinner?” we’re thinking about screwing you on the kitchen counter. When…

— Emma Chase

When we travel for research our strategy is to simply move from kitchen to kitchen. It's truly a wonderful way to travel…

— Jon Rubin

Quick note here: if this crush-slash-swooning stuff is hard for you to stomach, if youve never had a similar experience, then you…

— Mark Z. Danielewski

Glen had a disability more disfiguring than a burn and more terrifying than cancer. Glen had been born on the day after…

— Augusten Burroughs

The woodchopper reads the wisdom of the ages recorded on the paper that holds his dinner, then lights his pipe with it.…

— Henry David Thoreau

Millions of people never analyze themselves. Mentally they are mechanical products of the factory of their environment, preoccupied with breakfast, lunch, and…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

“A dinner party is the oldest experiment. Trap a bunch of souls in a room. Faces move like painted moons, rising and…

— Jardine Libaire

For me, working in the fashion industry is about getting to meet the minds behind the brands. Sure, there are nice dinners,…

— Ben Clymer