After Dinner Quotes

60 quotes by 56 authors

There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall which is leaning toward you and kissing a girl… — Winston Churchill
During the war one accepted indifferent after-dinner coffee as a necessity, but when, after the war, one sought to find the coffee remembered of days… — Constance Spry
A man who was fond of wine was offered some grapes at dessert after dinner. "Much obliged," said he, pushing the plate aside, "I am… — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
On May 15, 1957 Linus Pauling made an extraordinary speech to the students of Washington University. ... It was at this time that the idea… — Edward Condon
After a truly good meal, an outstanding cigar is still the most satisfying after-dinner activity that doesn't involve two human beings. — Brad Shaw
Murder is always a mistake. One should never do anything that one cannot talk about after dinner. — Oscar Wilde
There are men here and there to whom the whole of life is like an after-dinner hour with a cigar; easy, pleasant, empty, perhaps enlivened… — Joseph Conrad
Is it a good hot dog? Thatâ€™s all I want to know â€¦ I donâ€™t think the personal health and purity of my colon is… — Anthony Bourdain
The government of the world I live in was not framed, like that of Britain, in after-dinner conversations over the wine. — Henry David Thoreau
How awful that the artist has become nothing but the after-dinner mint of society, — Samuel Barber
My training was never to drink after dinner nor before I wrote nor while I was writing. — Ernest Hemingway
The easiest way to stay awake during an after-dinner speech is to deliver it. — Herman Herst, Jr.
I've been turning it over in after-dinner speeches, but it looks awkward-it's not what people are used to-it wants a good deal of Latin to… — George Eliot
The theater is the only branch of art much cared for by people of wealth; like canasta, it does away with the brother of talk… — Mary McCarthy
There is but one pleasure in life equal to that of being called on to make an after-dinner speech, and that is not being called… — Charles Dudley Warner
Men are conservatives when they are least vigorous, or when they are most luxurious. They are conservatives after dinner, or before taking their rest; when… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Money isn't always the best motivator. If you leave a $50 check after dinner with friends, you don't increase the probability of being invited back. — Yochai Benkler
People are not interested in you. They are not interested in me. They are interested in themselves - morning, noon and after dinner. — Dale Carnegie
No matter how much strong black coffee we drink, almost any after- dinner speech will counteract it. — Kin Hubbard
Too often we take blessings for granted, like the sun, the air, health, and opportunity. Or we accept favors, honors, and privileges day after day… — Spencer W. Kimball

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