Dinner Quotes

1426 quotes by 1096 authors

I always wear a dinner jacket. I never have this definition of what goes for the morning or the evening or what works for the… — Alber Elbaz
Today, most women are surrounded by ingenious gadgets. They don't grow the peas or raise the chicken that they serve for dinner; instead they hunt… — Helen Fisher
Thou hast nor youth nor age But as it were an after dinner sleep Dreaming of both. — William Shakespeare
When the short days of winter came, dusk fell before we had well eaten our dinners. When we met in the street the houses had… — James Joyce
After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations. — Oscar Wilde
But I must go on," said the Lady Amalthea, "for it is never finished. Even when I wake, I cannot tell what is real, and… — Peter S. Beagle
Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner. — Douglas Adams
Thurber was asked by a correspondent: "Why did you have a comma in the sentence, 'After dinner, the men went into the living-room'?" And his… — Lynne Truss
I ate them like salad, books were my sandwich for lunch, my tiffin and dinner and midnight munch. I tore out the pages, ate them… — Ray Bradbury
She knew that she belonged to this man, body and soul. Every trace of shame departed; it was burnt out by the fire that consumed… — Aleister Crowley
The self-prepared dinner is a great time killer for lonely people and as much time should be spent on it as possible. — Steve Martin
I sometimes used to ask myself, what on earth did I love her for? Maybe fore the warm hazel iris of her fluffy eyes, or… — Vladimir Nabokov
Nothing could be slow enough, nothing lasts too long. No pleasure could equal, she thought, straightening the chairs, pushing in one book on the shelf,… — Virginia Woolf
Dogs are my favorite role models. I want to work like a dog, doing what I was born to do with joy and purpose. I… — Oprah Winfrey
The Three Wiseman: The weather has been awful, The countryside is dreary, Marsh, jungle, rock; and echoes mock, Calling our hope unlawful; But a silly… — Wystan Hugh Auden
I can talk to fish!" Angel said happily, water dripping off her long, skinny body. "Ask one over for dinner," Fang said, joining us. — James Patterson
When you live with a woman you learn something every day. So far I have learned that long hair will clog up the shower drain… — Audrey Niffenegger
Against my will I am sent to bid you come in to dinner. BENEDICK Fair Beatrice, I thank you for your pains. BEATRICE I took… — William Shakespeare
lately it has become more and more difficult to attend dinner parties without the evening ending in gunfire or tapioca... — Daniel Handler
Sir, pay no attention to the people who say the glass is half empty, because 32% means it's 2/3 empty. There's still some liquid in… — Stephen Colbert

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