Tablecloth Quotes

18 quotes by 17 authors

A good upbringing means not that you won't spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won't notice it when someone else does. — Anton Chekhov
Salt and the center of the world have to be there, in that spot on the tablecloth. — Julio Cortazar
Until I saw Chardin's painting, I never realized how much beauty lay around me in my parents' house, in the half-cleared table, in the corner… — Marcel Proust
We should, I believe, beware of the pitfalls described by Taine: 'Imagine a man who sets out on a voyage equipped with a pair of… — Robert Kennedy
I still have the shirt I wore my first time on Johnny Carson's show. Only now I use it as a tablecloth at dinner parties.… — Ellen DeGeneres
With a stretch belt, anything can be a dress - a dinner napkin, a tablecloth, even a towel. Just wrap and snap, and away you… — Beth Ditto
That boy is your company. And if he wants to eat up that tablecloth, you let him, you hear? — Harper Lee
I'm an outlaw, not a philosopher, but I know this much: there's meaning in everything, all things are connected, and a good champagne is a… — Tom Robbins
Time passes and the pain begins to roll in and out as though itâ€™s a woman standing at an ironing board, passing the iron back… — Audrey Niffenegger
The motto of West African cooking is that if the food doesn't set fire to the tablecloth the cook is being stingy with the pepper. — Ben Aaronovitch
Love, I've never been anyone's mother; I don't know how to talk to young or old. But don't stop smiling just because I flap my… — Catherynne M. Valente
She was a sweet girl but not really pretty, a rough sketch of a woman with a little of everything in her, one of those… — Guy de Maupassant
A light was on in the kitchen. His mother sat at the kitchen table, as still as a statue. Her hands were clasped together, and… — Suzanne Collins
At least, you two have decent manners," says Effie as we're finishing the main course. "The pair last year ate everything with their hands like… — Suzanne Collins
My tablecloth was missing in action and long, jagged scratches covered the table's surface.The scratches looked suspiciously like letters. I climbed on a chair and… — Ilona Andrews
A kid under a tablecloth insists heâ€™s a ghost. A table underneath a tablecloth is, I guess, like the rest of us, only pretending to… — Richard Siken
The problem is not scientifically illiterate kids; it is scientifically illiterate adults. Kids are born curious about the natural world. They are always turning over… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
A good upbringing means notthat you won't spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won't notice it when someoneelse does. — Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Who Wrote These Tablecloth Quotes

17 authors contributed a total of 18 Tablecloth Quotes as follows: