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Luncheon Quotes

11 quotes from 11 authors

Eleven different voices gather around the table, each showing how a simple luncheon can become a stage for inner dramas, culinary balance, and polite obligations. One notes a phantom‑focused focus, another praises the careful pairing of courses. If you like this, try the dining etiquette and banquet pages for more.

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Luncheon: as much food as one's hand can hold.

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“During the luncheon he paid attention to no one except his own phantoms.”

Gabriel García Márquez

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And now, dear Lord, I cannot wait Because I have a luncheon date.

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I'm not a luncheon personality so I skip it.

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“I really feel obliged to go to this confounded luncheon.”

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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Tell me you want them to get mraired one day just so you can display these pictures at their luncheon. Well that…

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The harmony of the luncheon is achieved by a combination of the two main courses which are the focus of the menu.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

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I was at a luncheon; and some cameras were trained on us. I dont' know whether they were for television or not.…

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“I wish you'd tell me when we're having friends over for luncheon." "I would, if they would tell me.”

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“To begin with, I hate these new-fangled intermediate meals. Why can't people eat enough at luncheon to last till dinner?”

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I was invited to a luncheon with 49 other women to give my opinions about the problematic situation among young people. They…

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