Art means nothing if it simply decorates the dinner table of power which holds it hostage. — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
“I’ve one hell of a to-do list. Just need someone to do it.” Theo at the dinner table procrastinating.” — Anyta Sunday Copy Share Image
Robocall scams not only inconvenience us at the dinner table, but they prey on the vulnerable, including seniors, and it's despicable. — Jeff Van Drew Copy Share Image
I think if we all acted the way we felt, four out of eight people at a dinner table would be sitting… — Jim Carrey Copy Share Image
At the dinner table, if you can't think of anything to say, sit quietly. Don't throw rolls, or chew on your napkin. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
When we were younger, we sang at the dinner table. We started doing two part harmony, then three part, and then we… — Isaac Hanson Copy Share Image
My family was very apolitical. We were just lower-middle class working people - and sitting around at the dinner table, politics was… — Ken Wahl Copy Share Image
“Other dads actually sat at the dinner table. Mine left me a fifty and a reminder to do my goddamn katas.” — Lilith Saintcrow Copy Share Image
My material is as new as anything on the dinner table. What difference does it make if I'm 70 or if I'm… — Jackie Mason Copy Share Image
Compassion is the foundation of everything positive, everything good. If you carry the power of compassion to the marketplace and the dinner… — Rue McClanahan Copy Share Image
Not to psychologize, but it's hard growing up in a family of 14 to ever feel like you're the center of the… — Ronan Farrow Copy Share Image
When my brothers and I were young, my mom, a Democrat, and my dad, a Republican, used to lead freewheeling discussions at… — Charlie Baker Copy Share Image
“Again, I know that story is suspect in the high precincts of American fiction, but only because it brings entertainment and pleasure,… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
My father was a news guy, you know, he was in radio news. And so that was sort of in my DNA.… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
You can be tweeting strangers and saying, 'Don't say that,' but are you saying that to your friends? How about your mom?… — Luvvie Ajayi Copy Share Image
I believe Florida deserves a candidate who will work for Florida every single day and campaign for every Florida voter, no matter… — Carlos Lopez-Cantera Copy Share Image
“A quote about Carla Kelly - We used to have a family saying around the dinner table. For expediency in feeding our… — Gene McAvoy Copy Share Image
My upbringing was pretty interesting. It was a rigorous, intellectual upbringing, but with the idea that we were a part of an… — Eliza Griswold Copy Share Image
I am a stickler for good manners, and I believe that treating other people well is a lost art. In the workplace,… — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
This is it, in the best possible way. That thing I'm waiting for, that adventure, that movie-score-wor thy experience unfolding gracefully. This… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
My family was in two businesses - they were in the textile business, and they were in the candy business. The conversations… — Karen Mills Copy Share Image
Art is consumed in so many different ways. You could say people don't stop to appreciate art. On the other hand, people… — Ben Sollee Copy Share Image
Books have always been my home. I ransacked the library regularly from the time we moved to the States. I read on… — Mitali Perkins Copy Share Image
Since I have an aversion to movies in which people say grace at the dinner table (not to the practice but to… — Pauline Kael Copy Share Image
“My belief is that when you're telling the truth, you're close to God. If you say to God, "I am exhausted and… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“I have always, essentially, been waiting. Waiting to become something else, waiting to be that person I always thought I was on… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“Much of the prejudice against women is stored at an unconscious level. Many of those with the most punishing attitudes towards passionate… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
“A few years later, Jobs described to Wired the process that went into getting a new washing machine: It turns out that… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“Cathy smiled back ‘Rules were meant to be broken.’ ‘Don’t disagree,’ Oversteegen replied immediately. ‘Indeed they are. Providin’, however, that the one… — David Weber Copy Share Image
“No one wants to suffer. But much as we would all like to live a totally happy life, suffering is an inescapable… — Richard G. Causton Copy Share Image
“My dad: “Emily, this risotto…” My mom: “It’s just delicious.” Gus’s mom: “Oh, thanks. I’d be happy to give you the recipe.”… — John Green Copy Share Image
“These are all good things, I said. But no one knows where your country is or who you are. You don't have… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
Our family dinner table was my first platform - every dinner was all about sharing stories and jokes and points of view. — Phoebe Waller-Bridge Copy Share Image
“I like to be able to open a can of stock and I like to talk about politics, or the movies, at… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
My folks are economists and have taught economics and social science so I grew up with those kind of conversations around the… — Seth Gordon Copy Share Image
A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“Oh dear Sunday, I am so happy that I want your entire wisdom at my dinner table.” — Santosh Kalwar Copy Share Image
Some of the most important conversations I've ever had occurred at my family's dinner table. — Bob Ehrlich Copy Share Image
The dinner table is a rite of civilization and we need to participate in that to keep our families together, to keep… — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
I can't remember a time when I wasn't trying to figure out what to say at the dinner table. — Leslie Jamison Copy Share Image
