A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery. — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
If you organise a dinner party, and two guests cancel, it is still a dinner party: you still get to eat dinner. — Joe Lycett Copy Share Image
Some people play the piano, some do Sudoku, some watch television, some people go out to dinner parties. I write books. — Boris Johnson Copy Share Image
At dinner parties I sit below the salt now. There are a lot of interesting people there. — Donald T. Regan Copy Share Image
I'm very openly a big fan of The Last Dinner Party, they're such a beacon for me. — CMAT Copy Share Image
When you go to a dinner party in Durham, you bring your moral outrage instead of wine. — Mary Katharine Ham Copy Share Image
I find parties difficult. I like a dinner party, but I find being at parties difficult, so I choose not to go… — Paul Bettany Copy Share Image
“Dinner-parties bore us because our imagination is absent, and reading interests us because it is keeping us company.” — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
At barbecues, people just like to eat a lot of meat; it's extraordinary. They eat far more than they normally would at… — Prue Leith Copy Share Image
“Wait and see," Claire said excitedly. "Your husband will not be able to resist you." Grace hoped Claire was right.Since the night… — Kat Martin Copy Share Image
I often feel I'm a disappointment to people because they expect me to be the guy in the books. When I sit… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
We all have firm favourites we bring out at a dinner parties, but it's nice to try something a bit more edgy,… — Tom Aikens Copy Share Image
Try this. At a dinner party sometime, kick off the conversation with: "I believe that the most important objective for every human… — Robert White Copy Share Image
“I’m not sure I’d have put Charles Dickens next to Isaac Newton except at a dinner party, and then only if Nellie… — T E Kinsey Copy Share Image
“Claire lifted her glass after everyone had eaten. "Everyone make a toast. To food and flowers," she said. "To love and laughter,"… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
Planning a dinner party in a way that you're actually capable of getting it done without panicking is important. It's bad hospitality… — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
Once I was hosting an important dinner party at our house - everything was perfect, candles were lit, the house smelled amazing… — Jeremiah Brent Copy Share Image
We are all Julian Assange. Serious reporters discuss classified information every day - go to any Washington or New York dinner party… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
“It was a pity she couldn't do justice to the meal, which featured Scottish salmon, steaming roast joints, venison haunch accompanied by… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
People are more willing to talk about child abuse. When this whole McMartin thing went down, I was at a dinner party… — Laura Dern Copy Share Image
“You know, the act of feeding someone is the ultimate act of care and affection...sharing yourself with someone else through food." He… — Sylvain Reynard Copy Share Image
“A dinner party is the oldest experiment. Trap a bunch of souls in a room. Faces move like painted moons, rising and… — Jardine Libaire Copy Share Image
“I attended a dinner party where the hostess kept the bottle of water sequestered under the table, guarded by her feet during… — David Lebovitz Copy Share Image
It is a fact of life that people give dinner parties, and when they invite you, you have to turn around and… — Laurie Colwin Copy Share Image
“It had been a long time since she had been served such exquisite food. The lukewarm offerings at the London soirees and… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“The meal began with pickled squid, oyster shooters, marinated anchovies, and scungilli salad. Then Rosalie set an enormous bowl of pasta con… — Ruth Reichl Copy Share Image
I think with success you do get a little more guarded and you start to change your friends. You become more isolated.… — Richard Prince Copy Share Image
“Tuesday, March 3 [Meetings with economist Arthur Burns regarding China, and with President Ford on economy; message from Pope John Paul II… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“Consider that the simplest social interactions between two people requires performing an astonishing array of tasks: interpreting what the other person is… — susan cain Copy Share Image
“You're trying to be cool now , Leif? Seriously?" "I am the shit, home slice, straight up," he replied. "No. I mean,… — Kevin Hearne Copy Share Image
“If you try to make a shrimp boil, but the bag of spices bursts, and so you just toss it in along… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
“Dare I ask how you were received?” “Warily, at first. Then somewhat belligerently.” His eyebrow quirked. “But my reception improved markedly, once… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“Whether you are staying in someone’s home as a house guest, attending a dinner party, or visiting a sick friend, when you… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
I met a hustler at a dinner party. He had been invited because I was looking for an adviser to help me… — John Schlesinger Copy Share Image
Thom is one of those wonderful people to cook for because he absolutely loves it, just loves it. He loves to eat… — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
You know when you tell a self-deprecating story at a dinner party, everyone's laughing along with you? But then when someone else… — Toby Young Copy Share Image
I can get a better grasp of what is going on in the world from one good Washington dinner party than from… — Barbara Walters Copy Share Image
There is definitely a comeback of the idea of dressing well every day. Nowadays, suits can be worn for many occasions -… — Brunello Cucinelli Copy Share Image
A guest at a dinner party observed the strange expression on James Thurber's face. 'Don't be concerned,' said Thurber's wife. 'He's writing.' — Sophy Burnham Copy Share Image
Telling people at a dinner party you drive a Nissan Almera is like telling them you've got the Ebola virus and you're… — Jeremy Clarkson Copy Share Image