Dinner Quotes

1426 quotes by 1096 authors

My training was never to drink after dinner nor before I wrote nor while I was writing. — Ernest Hemingway
Being from North Carolina, it's kind of slow-paced. There's not too much going on there, whereas in New Orleans, there's always something going on. I… — Chris Paul
Dress simply. If you wear a dinner jacket, don't wear anything else on it ... like lunch or dinner. — George Burns
[Fatherhood] is everything.... The hardest job in the world, the most rewarding job in the world.... We put in long days. And to go home… — Brad Pitt
My mother accidentally gave me food poisoning. She fed me baby carrots for a snack before Christmas dinner - but they had expired in June!… — Busy Philipps
My mom is a really good cook. I didn't get the cooking gene, but she cooks this really amazing dinner every Christmas, and that's always… — Miranda Cosgrove
We always had lutefisk for Christmas dinner, after which Dad read from the Norwegian Bible. — Peter Agre
He went out with a variety of women, slept with some of them, hated the whole meaningless process. Drinks, dinners, plays and concerts and gallery… — Ken Grimwood
Oh brother, pray; in spite of Satan, pray; spend hours in prayer; rather neglect friends than not pray; rather fast, and lose breakfast, dinner, tea,… — Andrew Bonar
I have got so low that I have asked to be hospitalized and for deep narcosis (sleep). I cannot stand being awake. The pain is… — Spike Milligan
In life, as in restaurants, we swallow a lot of indigestible stuff just because it comes with the dinner. — Mignon McLaughlin
They take great pride in making their dinner cost much; I take my pride in making my dinner cost so little. — Henry David Thoreau
When a man drinks wine at dinner, he begins to be better pleased with himself. — Plato
Hurry it up! I want to be in hell in time for dinner. — Edward H. Rulloff
Religion is like going out to dinner with friends. Everyone may order something different, but everyone can still sit at the same table. — Dalai Lama
Everything on our dinner table-the meat, cheese, salad, bread, and soft drink-requires carbon dioxide to be there. For those of you who believe that carbon… — Unknown Author
It's promising and seductive, that huge Italian family, sitting around the dinner table, surrounded by olive trees. But it's not my family and I am… — Gabrielle Hamilton
A lunch date is more fun than a dinner date; you're not tired. It's a secret that not a lot of other parents told me… — Jessica Capshaw
Throughout my reading life, I've enjoyed many memorable meals-if only fictionally. The oysters at dinner near the beginning of Anna Karenina, the dinner Nana throws… — Alexander Chee
I love to eat. That's why I got so fat; I love to eat. If I don't walk away from a meal hurting, I didn't… — Greg Behrendt

Who Wrote These Dinner Quotes

1,096 authors contributed a total of 1,426 Dinner Quotes, led by these top contributors: