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
If people would only *Look to the Cookie* - all our problems would be solved — Jerry Seinfeld 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
A baby changes your dinner party conversation from politics to poops. — Maurice Johnstone Copy Share Image
If I could throw a dinner party for anyone, I'd invite Lena Dunham, Dave Chappelle, and Gena Rowlands. — Sonoya Mizuno 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
“I blinked at him. "What does salt have to do with any of this?" "It protects you from evil." "Salt?" Disbelief all… — Alyxandra Harvey Copy Share Image
One thing about the fantasy dinner party idea that no one considers is whether these people are going to get on. I… — Robert Webb 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
“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
“Normally I don't approve of children staying up late,' he said finally, 'unless they are reading a very good book, seeing a… — Lemony Snicket 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
Octavia Spencer rocks. But just as a human being, she's so down-to-earth. Talk about being pleasantly surprised. You walk onto set, and… — Ciara Bravo Copy Share Image
In any restaurant, my eyes alight first, as if by an atavistic pull, on the meat dishes on the menu. In any… — Neel Mukherjee Copy Share Image
“I pulled my mind off the table and stared into the dimness beyond, and then I gradually saw the servants as real… — Dodie Smith Copy Share Image
When you meet people at dinner parties, you'll ask what they do and it might be a woman who'll say: "Oh I… — Mary Portas 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
“Indeed, it is worth noting that most uses of the words "heaven" or "heavenly" in the New Testament bear little relation to… — Robert Farrar Capon 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
“THIS IS WHY He will never be given to wonder much if he was the mouth for some cruel force that said… — Michael Ryan Copy Share Image
“Whether you are attending someone else's or holding your own dinner party, your main objective should be to lead guests away from… — Gustav Temple and Vic Darkwood Copy Share Image
“Roasted Tomato Soup Serves 4-6 This soup is perfect for those cold winter nights when you want to relax with a comforting… — John Chatham Copy Share Image
“We're at a dinner party in an apartment on Rue Paul Valéry between Avenue Foch and Avenue Victor Hugo and it's all… — Bret Easton Ellis 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
“If it was my business, I wouldn't talk about it. It is very vulgar to talk about one's business. Only people like… — Oscar Wilde 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
“The day comes in the life of every single man living alone when he must give a dinner party, however unpretentious, and… — Barbara Pym 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
Often you see a famous actor who says they produced something, when all they did was claim to have an idea at… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
Sigmund Freud makes people irritable. Whenever someone mentions Freud, say, at a dinner party, I see eyes roll and listen to the… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
It makes it really hard to just go to a dinner party because, in my work life, I'm surrounded by the funniest… — Jenna Fischer Copy Share Image
Think of a dinner party as a club of revolutionaries, a technocratic elite whose social interactions that night are a dry run… — Phillip Lopate Copy Share Image
