Quotes About Dinner

A cocktail or two, or several, I found, cheered me up for the foolishness of foolish people. A cocktail, or several, before dinner, enabled me to laugh whole-heartedly at things which had long since ceased being laughable. The cocktail was a prod, a spur, a kick, to my jaded mind and bored spirits.

Though there was the occasional supper engagement, so often her evenings were spent alone, her staple diet being the large pan of soup she made at the beginning of the week. And later, as she donned her flannel pajamas and pulled a pillow

Don't mind me askin', Miss - and I know it ain't none of my business, like - but why don't you take 'im up on the offer of a dinner? I mean, gettin' the odd dinner fer nuffin'ain't such a bad thing.

dinner celebrating the patron saint of

I ignore the headlines. Italy is a nice place to eat dinner and sight see but I'm not going to ever think again about their debt.

I want as much time in the darkness as I can possibly have. The darkness provides cover, the darkness provides places to hide and the darkness provides comfort. Darkness usually comes around dinner, but dinner would be too obvious.

We're going to hang up. You're going to call her. You're going to tell her that you love her, that you want her to move to Los Angeles, that you can't live without her. Then we're having dinner. I laugh. What if she doesn't love me or she doesn't want to move here. Then we will have a miserable dinner.

A normal conversation between my uncles about whether or not the lamb is done will come across as a shouting match between four guys all doing their best to impersonate Tony Soprano.

It was always chaos with Mom, Dad, uncles, you know; we all lived in the same building. Dinner parties with 25 people every night.

Dining with a married couple can be uncomfortable.

Secretary Clinton is tough, smart, and understands better than any candidate the challenges that parents are talking about around dinner tables and keeping families up at night.

I think there's something so funny about Ram Dass. I was lucky enough to sit across from him at dinner once, and I got up the courage to tell him that he was my favorite comedian. Even though he's not a comic, he talks about showbiz in a certain way and understands that there's a presentation to it.

I once had dinner with Madonna and I wasn't nervous but within about a minute I found myself talking about underwear.

Once I was unemployed and didn't have money, you can't just go to dinner. The onus is on you to learn to cook... I learned how important the right equipment is.

When I was unemployed, I hosted lots of dinner parties. Now I have time to make a pot of soup for the week - if I'm lucky!

To increase the value of your day, add some love and gratitude to your coffee and some kindness to your dinner.

If a lion invites you to dinner, turn down the offer, no matter how hungry you are.

How often have the greatest thoughts and ideas come to light during conversations with the family over the evening dinner?

I got to thinking one day about all those women on the Titanic who passed up dessert at dinner that fateful night.

When a man drinks wine at dinner, he begins to be better pleased with himself.

The man of petty ambition if invited to dinner will be eager to be set next his host.

When the waitress puts the dinner on the table, the old men look at the dinner. The young men look at the waitress.

While Steve cooked dinner, I sat at one end of the sofa. Rosie lay coiled at the other. I eyed her suspiciously. She eyed me the same way, both of us hoping that we each didn't just suddenly fling ourselves at the other in attack.

At a dinner which a wealthy Alderman gave to some of the leading members of the government, the Lord Treasurer and the Lord Chancellor were so drunk that they stripped themselves almost stark naked, and were with difficulty prevented from climbing up a signpost to drink His Majesty's health.