Quotes About Dining

There is something about a Martini,Ere the dining and dancing begin,And to tell you the truth,It is not the vermouth—I think that perhaps it's the gin.

At the New York Athletic Club they serve amazing food. People go there, get healthy, and then eat themselves to death - which is, I suppose, the right way to do it.

spooning raisin sauce over the turnips on his plate.

She glanced surreptitiously at Charles, but he was eating the way he usually did—like a well-mannered starving person who wasn't sure where his next meal with coming from.

If you dine at SkyCity, revolving just beneath the 520-foot-high observation deck, the elevator ride is free (otherwise it's $18), but be forewarned that the restaurant is one of Seattle's priciest (you're paying for the million-dollar view).

During his first term as president, Jefferson spent $7,500—roughly $120,000 in today's currency—on wine, and he is generally regarded as America's first great wine connoisseur. (He might also have been America's first great wine bore. "There was, as usual, a dissertation upon wines," John Quincy Adams noted in his diary after dining with Jefferson in 1807. "Not very edifying.")

So Stapes conducted a dinner for just the two of us, then informed me of a dozen small but important mistakes I had made. Setting down a dirty utensil was considered crude, for example. That meant it was perfectly acceptable to lick one's knife clean. In fact, if you didn't want to dirty your napkin it was the only seemly thing to do.

It occurred to me, as the heavy curtains were opened and the morning light flooded the small dining area, that without a doubt we sometimes eclipse our own dreams with reality.

Food was a constant topic of conversation in our household.

When I travel I normally eat club sandwiches or I bring my own food. When you go into a new town, it's very had to find a good place to eat.

They separately served Joseph, his brothers, and the Egyptians. They ate separately because the Egyptians would not eat with the Hebrews, since that was detestable to them.

While they were sitting at the table, the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back,

So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the kingís table for the rest of his life.

When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you,

So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the kingís table for the rest of his life.

Later, as Jesus was dining at Matthewís house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with Him and His disciples.

While Jesus was dining at Leviís house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with Him and His disciples—for there were many who followed Him.

And on returning from the market, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions for them to observe, including the washing of cups, pitchers, kettles, and couches for dining.