There are men here and there to whom the whole of life is like an after-dinner hour with a cigar; easy, pleasant,… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
I am a neat hand at cookery, and I'll tell you what I knocked up for my Christmas-eve dinner in the Library… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
My mom was crazy. And her mom was crazy. And her mom's mom was crazy. Is it my turn? Am I going… — Christopher Titus Copy Share Image
Sitting down for dinner not only helps you learn, but also teaches you how to listen - which I feel is the… — Michael Symon Copy Share Image
The same intelligence is required to marshal an army in battle and to order a good dinner. The first must be as… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
What happened when you were twelve?” “Oh, Mom offered to take us all out for dinner—us girls, Dad was out of town—to… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
A successful dinner is one that lasts a while and one where everyone leaves happy. It's a meal where we didn't just… — Laurie David Copy Share Image
We were never the family that ordered pizza, and my mom never came home with a bucket of fried chicken. My mom… — Haylie Duff Copy Share Image
I'm either at the movie theater, or I'm at home cooking - well, not really cooking because I don't cook, I usually… — Kate Mara Copy Share Image
After the satyrs filed in to dinner, the Hermes cabin brought up the rear. They were always the biggest cabin. Last summer… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
When I would see my friends with their kids, I was envious that you can use children to get out of just… — Kevin Nealon Copy Share Image
I love to watch those old movies on late-night television, particularly when a couple get up from a champagne dinner in a… — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
For the past several centuries the bonding power of the family dinner table has been one of the few constants, and now… — Larry McMurtry Copy Share Image
A hand landed on his shoulder like an anvil. “How’d you like to stay for dinner?” Butch looked up. The guy was… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
When does the mind put forth its powers? when are the stores of memory unlocked? when does wit 'flash from fluent lips?'… — Letitia Elizabeth Landon 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
Over the weekend, of course, down there in Washington, D.C., they had the big White House Correspondents' Dinner. Do you know who… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
I like living in the city where I have all my books and music and can go out to buy that night's… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
The high spot of my day has always been getting home to have my dinner with my family. It still is: to… — Terry Wogan Copy Share Image
When I listen to the complaints that follow just about every presidential debate, I'm reminded of the well-worn joke about the Jewish… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share Image
When museums are built these days, architects, directors, and trustees seem most concerned about social space: places to have parties, eat dinner,… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
“Dinner is covered; there’s a salad in the fridge, and all I have to do is put the steak and potatoes on… — Helena Hunting Copy Share Image
Get up, groan, write a bit, moan, eat breakfast, write some more, cycle my bike through the Sligo hills, make up country… — Kevin Barry Copy Share Image
He had had a severe shock some weeks earlier, when, having narrowly failed to capture a large grey-brown hare for his dinner,… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
My theory on literature is an author who does not indulge in trashiness-writes about people you could introduce into your own home...he… — Booth Tarkington Copy Share Image
If you wish to grow thinner, diminish your dinner, And take to light claret instead of pale ale; Look down with an… — Henry Sambrooke Leigh 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
[I and Don Knotts never have a romantic relationship off screen].We were just good friends, and would go out to dinner sometimes… — Betty Lynn Copy Share Image
The perfect party for me is having six to 12 people for dinner Friday or Saturday - good, fun friends, a lot… — Sofia Milos Copy Share Image
I'm from Kentucky. I used to be very personable and make eye contact and smile at people, and now all I do… — Jennifer Lawrence Copy Share Image
Peak hours for sending a first email through the online dating system tended to be during work (eleven A.M. to four P.M.)… — Amy Webb Copy Share Image
Their charms, Sir John, I shall discover, I have no doubt, when dinner's over; At present, if to judge I'm able, The… — William Combe Copy Share Image
I had a friend whose family had dinner together. The mother would tuck you in at night and make breakfast in the… — Moon Unit Zappa Copy Share Image
I could just envision Sam imagining that I wanted him to go out to the lake with me, only to be confronted… — Charlaine Harris Copy Share Image
It's a long story. Want a refill?" "No, let's start the steak. Where's the button?" "Right here." "Well, push it." "Me? You… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
I walked down my snow covered street. Out of habit I turned and checked for my footsteps. When I arrived at my… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
And so while the great ones depart to their dinner, the secretary stays, growing thinner and thinner, racking his brain to record… — Arthur Bryant Copy Share Image
I like to be able to wear something that is appropriate for wherever the day takes me: to work, on a hike… — Matthew McConaughey Copy Share Image
When I first came up to the majors and I'd have a bad day, I'd punish myself. I would do something like… — Todd Helton Copy Share Image
The performance of buggery is no more inevitable a part of homosexuality than an orange syllabub is an inevitable part of a… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image