Communication Quote by Maurice Renard

“The smaller the dinner table, the better the side conversation: you can gossip about the guests without fearing whether you will be overheard. It…

— Bauvard

The dinner table is the center for the teaching and practicing not just of table manners but of conversation, consideration, tolerance, family feeling, and…

— Judith Martin

There are a lot of people who must have the table laid in the usual fashion or they will not enjoy the dinner.

— Christopher Morley

The dinner table is a rite of civilization and we need to participate in that to keep our families together, to keep our communities…

— Alice Waters

Somewhere in the back of their minds, hosts and guests alike know that the dinner party is a source of untold irritation, and that…

— Craig Brown

When you are invited to a dinner, you are either a guest or you are part of a menu

— Guy Verhofstadt

“Dinner was a meal where good manners overlaid discomfort.”

— Philippa Gregory

Planning a dinner party in a way that you're actually capable of getting it done without panicking is important. It's bad hospitality for the…

— Ted Allen

Food is about communal togetherness. Our family does sit at the table. I think it's a great tragedy if a family doesn't have a…

— Jonathan Dimbleby

Working- and Middle-class families sat down at the dinner table every night - the shared meal was the touchstone of good manners. Indeed, that…

— Larry McMurtry

Back in the really olden days, dinner was seldom a ceremonial event for U.S. families. Only the very wealthy had a separate dining room.…

— Nancy Gibbs

“I have already established an elite body called The Knights of the Idiotic Table. We will be holding an annual dinner at which we'll…

— Stieg Larsson