--- title: "10 Dine in Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 10 Dine in quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Dine in sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d64/oscar-wilde-16_bostonians_though-one-can-dine-in-new-york-one-coul_1905534.jpg" --- > [Though one can dine in New York, one could not dwell there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/though-one-can-dine-in-new-york-one-could-not-dwell-there/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d64/oscar-wilde-16_bostonians_though-one-can-dine-in-new-york-one-coul_1905534.jpg) > [But one day we shall be rich, and the next poor. One day we shall dine in a palace and the next…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-mansfield/but-one-day-we-shall-be-rich-and-the-next-poor-one-day-we-shall-dine/) [Katherine Mansfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-mansfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f15/katherine-mansfield-1781_dine_but-one-day-we-shall-be-rich-and-the-nex_497288.png) > [ It is rarely \[Americans\] dine in society, except in taverns and boarding-houses. Then they eat with the greatest possible rapidity, and in… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-trollope/it-is-rarely-americans-dine-in-society-except-in-taverns-and-boarding/) [Frances Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-trollope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a4/frances-trollope-22974_boarding-house_it-is-rarely-americans-dine-in-society-e_570597.png) > [Lyon is full of temperamental gourmets, eternally engaged in a never-ending search for that imaginary, perfect, unknown little back-street bistro, where one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-andries-de-groot/lyon-is-full-of-temperamental-gourmets-eternally-engaged-in-a-never/) [Roy Andries De Groot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-andries-de-groot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f75/roy-andries-de-groot-81392_bistro_lyon-is-full-of-temperamental-gourmets-e_2549152.jpg) > [Instead of the Negro leaders having the black man begging for a chance to - to dine in white restaurants, the Negro…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/instead-of-the-negro-leaders-having-the-black-man-begging-for-a/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1dd/malcolm-x-213_begging_instead-of-the-negro-leaders-having-the_1548178.jpg) > [My life is really a history of observing forms and taking in imagery. I don't mean in a photographic way, I mean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-dine/my-life-is-really-a-history-of-observing-forms-and-taking-in-imagery/) [Jim Dine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-dine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6dc/jim-dine-36402_dine-in_my-life-is-really-a-history-of-observing_3024091.png) > [Thank you for inviting me to your house, but I prefer to dine in the Greek restaurant at Wabash Avenue and 12th…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maxwell-bodenheim/thank-you-for-inviting-me-to-your-house-but-i-prefer-to-dine-in-the/) [Maxwell Bodenheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maxwell-bodenheim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/139/maxwell-bodenheim-50481_avenues_thank-you-for-inviting-me-to-your-house_2308277.png) > [For me, drawing is everything, because it informs everything. It even informs my poetry. It's the way I begin everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-dine/for-me-drawing-is-everything-because-it-informs-everything-it-even/) [Jim Dine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-dine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/308/jim-dine-36402_artist_for-me-drawing-is-everything-because-it_834208.png) > [Books are the perfect Time Machine. By the simple act of opening a book you can, in an instant, be travelling up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-l-amour/books-are-the-perfect-time-machine-by-the-simple-act-of-opening-a/) [Louis L'Amour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-l-amour/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/007/louis-l-amour-876_bills_books-are-the-perfect-time-machine-by-th_992903.jpg) > [The cities of America are inexpressibly tedious. The Bostonians take their learning too sadly; culture with them is an accomplishment rather than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-cities-of-america-are-inexpressibly-tedious-the-bostonians-take/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/144/oscar-wilde-16_accomplishment_the-cities-of-america-are-inexpressibly_1260250.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dine-in/#itemlist", "name": "Dine in Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Though one can dine in New York, one could not dwell there.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/though-one-can-dine-in-new-york-one-could-not-dwell-there/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d64/oscar-wilde-16_bostonians_though-one-can-dine-in-new-york-one-coul_1905534.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d64/oscar-wilde-16_bostonians_though-one-can-dine-in-new-york-one-coul_1905534.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d64/oscar-wilde-16_bostonians_though-one-can-dine-in-new-york-one-coul_1905534.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Though one can dine in New York, one could not dwell there.” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "But one day we shall be rich, and the next poor. 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