That so-called feminine ardor for clothes shopping had been flagging for some time. Between 1980 and 1986, at the same time that… — Susan Faludi Copy Share Image
The first thing you should do with an actor is not sign a contract with him. Take him to dinner. And take… — Elia Kazan Copy Share Image
Society was nothing but a long, dull dinner party conversation in which one was forced to speak to one's partner on both… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
I had dinner with Marlene Dietrich in the early 1970s. I went to pick her up and she had someone with her,… — Robert Wilson Copy Share Image
Bob wasn't precisely a friend to me but... I was used to him. In a way he was family, the mouthy, annoying,… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
My mom is proud of me. But she might not be too happy about the hours I keep or how little I… — Aaron Levie Copy Share Image
I like dates that are really fun as opposed to just getting dinner. — Jamie Blackley Copy Share Image
The swift December dusk had come tumbling clownishly after its dull day and, as he stared through the dull square of the… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
Family dinners are more often than not an ordeal of nervous indigestion, preceded by hidden resentment and ennui and accompanied by psychosomatic… — M. F. K. Fisher Copy Share Image
If George W. Bush is the kind of person folks might like to have a beer with, John McCain is the guy… — Ellen Malcolm Copy Share Image
My kids teased me at dinner that I'm not cool. I told them if I was cool I wouldn't be sitting at… — Greg Fitzsimmons Copy Share Image
There is nothing like roast chicken. It is helpful and agreeable, the perfect dish no matter what the circumstances. Elegant or homey,… — Laurie Colwin Copy Share Image
When I was a deacon, the ominous signs of the Great Depression began to appear. Tens of thousands lost their jobs. Money… — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
Since my job as Test Kitchen manager requires me to hit the Union Square farmers' market and various grocery and specialty stores… — Brad Leone Copy Share Image
Dean Martin's pancreas, who overheard his liver singing I got a right to sing the blues. Never got a dinner! — Red Buttons Copy Share Image
You might not remember what you had for dinner last night, but you remember everything about one particular summer of your youth.… — Sigrid Nunez Copy Share Image
We don't really go in for big family dinners, but Scottish people are famously confrontational. It's a cultural thing, so maybe we… — Denise Mina Copy Share Image
I was just peeling some potatoes for dinner and they all looked like crisp white potatoes until I cut them in half.… — Jaclyn Moriarty Copy Share Image
Natalie Spenser was giving a dinner. She was not an easy hostess. — Mary Roberts Rinehart Copy Share Image
Peter Minuet, who said to the Indians in modern-day Manhattan, Will you accept a check from a Puerto Rican bank? Never got… — Red Buttons Copy Share Image
“Sitting on the porch alone, listening to them fixing supper, he felt again the indignation he had felt before, the sense of… — James Jones Copy Share Image
When this is all over I'm going to found an association called 'The Knights of the Idiotic Table' and its purpose will… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Dinner was ready. Professor Lidenbrock did full justice to it, for his compulsory fast on board had turned his stomach into an… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
