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
The best number for a dinner party is two; myself and a dam' good head waiter. — Nubar Gulbenkian Copy Share Image
At a formal dinner party, the person nearest death should always be seated closest to the bathroom. — George Carlin Copy Share Image
My dinner party,' Miles grated. 'It's just breaking up.' And sinking. All souls feared lost. — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
The dying process begins the minute we are born, but it accelerates during dinner parties. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is very vulgar to talk about one's own business. Only people like stockbrokers do that, and then only at dinner parties. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Uh oh...better cancel that dinner party tonight! Thanks for the nose news neighbor. — Ned Flanders Copy Share Image
I wasn't a great dinner party guest. I would say, 'Great to be here. Now, can I have some steamed chicken and… — Hugh Jackman Copy Share Image
I find my characters and stories in many varied places; sometimes they pop out of newspaper articles, obscure historical texts, lively dinner… — Lynn Nottage 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
A man filled with meat turns his back on the dry bones of political doctrine. Fanatical devotion to the ruling party comes… — W. Somerset Maugham 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
New York is like a big dinner party. You have to be very careful about what you say and do because you… — Susanna Moore Copy Share Image
When I was in L.A. in the 80s I got talking to Bruce Springsteen at a dinner party about the Harley-Davidson I'd… — Paul Young Copy Share Image
“Like those dreaded dinner party words 'Longtime Companion' or "Partner.' Sometimes I just want to scream, 'is she your wife or is… — Suzanne Stroh 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
“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'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
I was at a dinner party many years ago,sitting along from Tom Stoppard, who in those days smoked not just between courses,but… — Stephen Fry 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
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
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
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
“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
“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
“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
“To be honest? I'd thought myself above them. What a nasty little counter-culture snob I was. There they were, doing their fucking… — Joolz Denby Copy Share Image
“Bok Choy Seitan Pho (Vietnamese Noodle Soup) After sampling pho at a Vietnamese noodle shop in Los Angeles, I was on a… — Sharon Palmer 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
“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
I'm an avid cook. Brazilian, some Italian, a little French. And I often throw dinner parties. — Morena Baccarin 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
The dinner party is a suburban form of entertainment. Its spread in our big cities represents an insidious Fifth Column suburbanization of… — Phillip Lopate Copy Share Image
Whereas Jeremy is just the opposite: always moving because he's never really thinking of anything and the kind of guy you'd worry… — Jason Schwartzman Copy Share Image
It's as though some poor devil were to set out for a large dinner party with the knowledge that the following morning… — Cornelia Otis Skinner Copy Share Image
The LPGA is basically corporate America's dinner party, and they can invite whomever they want. They're not ready for people getting up… — Hollis Stacy Copy Share Image
“I was at a dinner party in New York during which the host loudly declared his undying love for his wife. Two… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
