The half-hour before dinner has always been considered as the great ordeal through which the mistress, in giving a dinner-party, will either… — Isabella Beeton Copy Share Image
I spend a good portion of my dinner-party conversation defending America because no matter what the political agenda, it's still a fantastic,… — Gwyneth Paltrow Copy Share Image
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All of our panelists are deeply engaged in the topics at hand, so that leaves me free to convene a little dinner… — Gwen Ifill Copy Share Image
I love the English way, which is not as capitalistic as it is in America. People don't talk about work and money.… — Gwyneth Paltrow Copy Share Image
It's my own personal hang-up, but I find adults who are picky eaters to be the worst. I don't mean food allergies… — Rumaan Alam Copy Share Image
I'm kind of a brown-rice hippy. I don't think I'd have much success if I tried a dinner party, but I'm not… — Chrissie Hynde Copy Share Image
'The Invitation' is a meditation on grief and loss carried within a suspense drama. At its core, it's about a dinner party… — Karyn Kusama Copy Share Image
“The dinner-table is often the terrain of critical conversations, for it is there one has the better of one's interlocutor. There is… — Maurice Renard Copy Share Image
Know your load. That's rule numero uno in this business, which is why I make them count the penguins out in front… — Jacob M. Appel Copy Share Image
I settled in with The Uninvited Guests thinking I knew what kind of Edwardian pleasures were in store: the fraught dinner party… — Maile Meloy Copy Share Image
Deep down, underneath all his layers of stupidity, he’s a really good man. He may act out far too many selfish thoughts,… — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
In every civilization, life grows easier. Men grow lazier in consequence. We have a picture of what happened to the individual Greek.… — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Every time you say 'yes' when you mean 'no,' you put a bullet in the head of the real you. You’re stacking… — Lokesh Tuli Copy Share Image
[On the socialites in New York in the Nineties who devoted themselves to politics, charities, and other volunteer work:] I never knew… — Margaret Case Harriman Copy Share Image
Mixed dinner parties of ladies and gentlemenare very rare, which is a great defect in the society; not only as depriving themof… — Frances Trollope Copy Share Image
You've got to have the right attire for the right event. I attend a lot of dinners, a lot of concerts, and… — Amar'e Stoudemire Copy Share Image
In fact, I've only been to a couple of other people's dinner parties. But I must admit, I really enjoyed the few… — Chrissie Hynde Copy Share Image
I love a small dinner party - let's say six people, max, were everybody's having the same conversation. That's my favorite thing… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
“I have two choices: attend my sister's dinner party or tie a plastic sack around my mother's head until she runs out… — Alex Adams Copy Share Image
My girlfriend and I went to a dinner party the other night and we ended up playing charades. There was another couple… — Zach Galifianakis Copy Share Image
My husband, Gabriele, is a musician, and I love music, so you can bet it's a really important part of our home… — Debi Mazar Copy Share Image
I'm not a functional person because I don't go on lunch dates with friends. I hear about people having dinner parties but… — Fiona Apple Copy Share Image
I first saw 'The Dinner Party' in 2007 at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City. While perusing the Heritage Panels, which… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
“You wear your armor even to dinner, Lady Wilhelmina?" “Of course I wear armor. I am sitting with a pirate, a mercenary,… — Meljean Brook Copy Share Image
In England especially, I've found that if you bring up King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson at a dinner party or a… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
There are only three things which make life worth living: to be writing a tolerably good book, to be in a dinner… — Cyril Connolly Copy Share Image
“First base was a far richer social opportunity. First base made catching feeling like a bad dinner party - what with the… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
When I look at the Abnegation lifestyle as an outsider, I think it’s beautiful. When I watch my family move in harmony;… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
There is etiquette in golf, but it's not any harder to learn than what to do at a dinner party. Actually, it's… — Paula Creamer Copy Share Image
“America is exceptional. Does that statement shock you? It shocks me to have to say it! To be forced by your doubt… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
I mean, being provincial is a privilege in a way. Also people in New York think everybody interacts because they all take… — Meghan Daum Copy Share Image
When I was nine or 10, I remember having a dinner party at my mum and dad's house. I wanted to have… — Edith Bowman Copy Share Image
What comedy does, for the most part, is it voices something so simplistically that people will agree with us, and then once… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
“I like to cook for 2, or for 4 or 6 at the most 8 people. Beyond that you get into quantity… — Julia Child Copy Share Image
I was at a dinner party with a group of people, and we were talking about fake names. You know, how its… — Paul Rudd Copy Share Image
I like being around people who are good conversationalists. When there's a give and take, and you are heightening an idea, exploring… — Baron Vaughn Copy Share Image
I'm sick of the ignorance that lack of funding has generated, of the fathers who apporach me at dinner parties with their… — Koren Zailckas Copy Share Image
The best number for a dinner party is two; myself and a dam' good head waiter. — Nubar Gulbenkian Copy Share Image
![“[On the socialites in New York in the Nineties who devoted themselves to politics, charities, and other volunteer work:] I never knew but one woman who devoted her life exclusively to the social game. She ended her days arranging dinner parties with paper dolls, a breakdown pitiful to watch.” quote by Margaret Case Harriman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/318/margaret-case-harriman-41069_arranging_on-the-socialites-in-new-york-in-the-nin_2110578.jpg)
