Close Quote by Tom Ford

I consider a good dinner party at our house to be where people drink and eat more than they're meant to.

— Elizabeth Gilbert

Large cocktail parties are an infamous technique for ridding yourself of social obligations to people you usually don't know well or like much, which…

— Barbara Walters

I don't do dinner parties. I have people come to share the food I've cooked for the family.

— A. A. Gill

I love a small dinner party - let's say six people, max, were everybody's having the same conversation. That's my favorite thing in the…

— Paul F. Tompkins

I never liked big parties, especially going alone. I much prefer smaller gatherings that are more intimate.

— Yolanda Hadid

Whether it's a big dinner party or people just coming over to hang out, I just love to spend time with them.

— Sarah Michelle Gellar

I consider a good dinner party at our house to be where people drink and eat more than they're meant to. My husband is…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

In fact, I've only been to a couple of other people's dinner parties. But I must admit, I really enjoyed the few I've been…

— Chrissie Hynde

I'm kind of a brown-rice hippy. I don't think I'd have much success if I tried a dinner party, but I'm not going to…

— Chrissie Hynde

I just don't get invited to the same dinner parties I used to like to go to.

— Ron Silver

With the exception of an occasional cocktail party with friends, my holiday entertaining mostly centers around smaller get-togethers with family.

— Ree Drummond

Dinner parties are still highly popular, and I believe they always will be.

— Yotam Ottolenghi