Dinner Quotes

1426 quotes by 1096 authors

Reading, for me, is like this: consumptive, pleasing, calming, as much as edifying. It's how I feel after a good dinner. That's why I do… — Tara Bray Smith
The kiss originated when the first male reptile licked the first female reptile, implying in a subtle way that she was as succulent as the… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
The evenings grew longer; kitchen windows stayed open after dinner and peepers could be heard in the marsh. Isabelle, stepping out to sweep her porch… — Elizabeth Strout
I was perpetually grief-stricken when I finished a book, and would slide down from my sitting position on the bed, put my cheek on the… — Marya Hornbacher
...I just gave up trying to be a Christian... Let's face it, I ain't got the knack for holiness. Besides, I didn't have the slightest… — Katherine Paterson
The truth is seldom welcome, especially at dinner. — Margaret Atwood
I called my mother immediately to inform her that she was a bad parent. "I can't believe you let us watch this. We ate dinner… — Sloane Crosley
I never asked my mother where babies came from but I remember clearly the day she volunteered the information....my mother called me to set the… — Sloane Crosley
Anyone who thinks they're too grown up or too sophisticated to eat caramel corn, is not invited to my house for dinner — Ruth Reichl
Directors are always changing things at the last minute. Actors will do a scene, and the director will say, â€˜Okay, that was perfect, but this… — Dave Barry
My mother is a big fan of precision, and tries her best to maintain it. Unfortunately, her own incompetence gets in the way. Dinner is… — Gregory Galloway
Being a reader is sort of like being president, except reading involves fewer state dinners, usually. You have this agenda you want to get through,… — Nick Hornby
We mortals, men and women, devour many a disappointment between breakfast and dinner-time; keep back the tears and look a little pale about the lips,… — George Eliot
What's agitating about solitude is the inner voice telling you that you should be mated to somebody, that solitude is a mistake. The inner voice… — Charles Baxter
If Jesus Christ were to come today, people would not even crucify him. They would ask him to dinner, and hear what he had to… — Thomas Carlyle
She's sent the crows out to blind the guests coming for dinner!" What?" She's BLINDING THE GUESTS COMING FOR DINNER!" Well, that's one way to… — Gregory Maguire
LINUS: Where are you going for Thanksgiving, Charlie Brown? CHARLIE: My father, my mother, Sally, and I are all going to my grandmothers for dinner.… — Charles M. Schulz
Sometimes when I'm faced with an atheist, I am tempted to invite him to the greatest gourmet dinner that one could ever serve, and when… — Ronald Reagan
Except for cases that clearly involve a homicidal maniac, the police like to believe murders are committed by those we know and love, and most… — Sue Grafton
Life itself, she thought, as she went upstairs to dress for dinner, was stranger than dreams and far, far more disordered. — Nancy Mitford

Who Wrote These Dinner Quotes

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