Dinner Quotes · Page 15

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

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

— Herman Herst Jr

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

— Elizabeth Tan

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

— Alan Cooper

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

There's nothing better than going to a friend's house for dinner or drinks.

— Amelia Dimoldenberg

Rip Van Winkle, who said, Don't make the bed; I'm just going to the bathroom. Never got a dinner!

— Red Buttons

Orson Welles, who said to Anita Bryant, Stop picketing me. What I said was I was a thespian. Never got a dinner!

— Red Buttons

A baby changes your dinner party conversation from politics to poops [very pleasant thanks for that mental image Maurice!]

— Mo Johnston

At the state dinner for Chinese President Hu Jintao, Hu opened a fortune cookie that said, 'You will lend us another trillion…

— Conan O'Brien

Ben Hur, who said to his sister Ben Him, We'd better swap names before they start calling me Ben Gay! Never got…

— Red Buttons

All of our panelists are deeply engaged in the topics at hand, so that leaves me free to convene a little dinner…

— Gwen Ifill

There are three things being a celebrity is good for: raising money for charity, dinner reservations and tee times.

— Dennis Quaid

This is a fallen world. People lie, the truth gets distorted, and that's the way it is. What's for dinner ?

— Donna Leon

There is etiquette in golf, but it's not any harder to learn than what to do at a dinner party. Actually, it's…

— Paula Creamer

Over the weekend, of course, down there in Washington, D.C., they had the big White House Correspondents' Dinner. Do you know who…

— David Letterman

I like living in the city where I have all my books and music and can go out to buy that night's…

— Charles de Lint

The high spot of my day has always been getting home to have my dinner with my family. It still is: to…

— Terry Wogan

When museums are built these days, architects, directors, and trustees seem most concerned about social space: places to have parties, eat dinner,…

— Jerry Saltz

It's a long story. Want a refill?" "No, let's start the steak. Where's the button?" "Right here." "Well, push it." "Me? You…

— Robert A. Heinlein

I walked down my snow covered street. Out of habit I turned and checked for my footsteps. When I arrived at my…

— Nicole Krauss

I could just envision Sam imagining that I wanted him to go out to the lake with me, only to be confronted…

— Charlaine Harris

My advice is you've got to make sure you wear the clothes and not [let] the clothes wear you. It's quite simple…

— Roger Federer

There's not too many people that don't think I'm crazy, for walking away from so much money," he said. "I'm at a…

— Dave Chappelle

“I’ve spent a lot of my time alone, and I have learned to treat myself as if I were a family. I…

— Robert B. Parker

Know your load. That's rule numero uno in this business, which is why I make them count the penguins out in front…

— Jacob M. Appel

Naturally, when a young fellow steps up into a big position, it breeds jealousy among those whom he's left behind and uneasiness…

— George Horace Lorimer

If a guy were dating my daughter but didn't want to spend the gas money to come pick her up or refused…

— Francis Chan

One chronicler writes of an area of India during the end of the 20th century: Almost no-one in this slum was poor…

— Katherine Boo

Charlotte leaned forward across the table. “The Dark Sisters never mentioned what use they intended to make of your abilities, did they?”…

— Cassandra Clare

The dinner hour is a sacred, happy time when everyone should be together and relaxed.

— Julia Child

I'm down for whatever. You just lead the way. We go to dinner you don't even look at me to pay

— Drake

My dinner party,' Miles grated. 'It's just breaking up.' And sinking. All souls feared lost.

— Lois McMaster Bujold

The dying process begins the minute we are born, but it accelerates during dinner parties.

— Anonymous

We all love animals. Why do we call some 'pets' and others 'dinner?'

— Anonymous

I like being independent, so that when I go home at night nobody says, 'What time's dinner?'

— Amanda Blake

I learned early in life that to laugh before breakfast was to cry before dinner.

— Diana Trilling

A successful dinner is one that lasts a while and one where everyone leaves happy.

— Laurie David