Libations are for the gods. Cocktails are for mere mortals.

Lobbying' is the activity of attempting to influence legislation by privately influencing the legislators. It is the result and creation of a mixed economy-of…

— Ayn Rand

“Hemlock in the cocktails, wasn't it? Something of that kind.”

— Agatha Christie

Let us candidly admit that there are shameful blemishes on the American past, of which the worst by far is rum. Nevertheless, we have…

— Bernard DeVoto

I always wanted a father. Any kind. A strict one, a funny one, one who bought me pink dresses, one who wished I was…

— Judy Blundell

I misremember who first was cruel enough to nurture the cocktail party into life. But perhaps it would be not too much to say,…

— Dorothy Parker

Finally ... You have accomplished your mission in going there tonight - you were 'seen,' and you furnished your host and hostess with the…

— Letitia Baldrige

I will meet you in the dirtiest city you can dream of. We will drink cocktails so sweet they pucker our cheeks, as we…

— Michelle Tea

My cocktail, so to speak, was only EPO, but not a lot, transfusions and testosterone.

— Lance Armstrong

Whereas most other modern composers are engaged in manufacturing cocktails of every hue and description, I offer the public pure cold water.

— Jean Sibelius

I like to set up bars at my parties so people can make their own cocktails and mix and match and teach each other…

— Jeremiah Brent

Shrimps ought to stay small and curled up in their cocktail sauce, if you ask me.

— Aya Nakahara

As soon as I arrived I made an attempt to find my host but the two or three people of whom I asked his…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

The cocktail party - as the name itself indicates - was originally invented by dogs. They are simply bottom-sniffings raised to the rank of…

— Lawrence Durrell

I can't build a simple shelf. I have no idea how to change an oil filter on a car. I can't even stick a…

— Haruki Murakami

I don’t want to do a cocktail party. I’d rather people left my shows and vomited.

— Alexander McQueen