“The oldest form of theater is the dinner table. It's got five or six people, new show every night, same players. Good ensemble; the people have worked together a lot.” PeopleShowsTogetherFormNightFivePlayerSixTheaterTablesDinnerEvery NightEnsembleDinner Table Author:Michael J. Fox
“Over the weekend, of course, down there in Washington, D.C., they had the big White House Correspondents' Dinner. Do you know who was really funny? President Obama. So funny, in fact, he has already been promised 'The Tonight Show' in five years.” KnowsYearsFactsShowsBigsCoursesHousePresidentWhiteFiveDinnerFive YearsTonightWhite HouseDo You KnowPresident ObamaWeekend Author:David Letterman
“People need to understand. If they go to a show on Broadway and find seventy people working but only fifty spectators, how much would the ticket cost? That's what El Bulli's about. There are seventy actors who are playing for just fifty spectators. Is the price expensive? It's relative. How much does a normal dinner at a five-star hotel restaurant cost? Four hundred dollars. It's the same as El Bulli. But you can also think of it this way: How much would it cost to eat something that nobody else is eating?” PeopleIfsThinkingWayNeedsDoeShowsActorsStarsFiveFourCostNormalEatingHundredDollarsDinnerRestaurantsExpensiveFiftyHotelRelativeTicketsSeventiesBroadwaySpectators Author:Ferran Adria
“Glory and fame mean twelve thousand francs' worth of paid articles in the newspapers and five thousand crowns' worth of dinners.” MeanFiveThousandFameGloryPaidDinnerNewspapersArticlesTwelveCrowns Author:Honore de Balzac
“Much depends upon when and where you read a book. In the five or six impatient minutes before the dinner is quite ready, who would think of taking up the Faerie Queen for a stopgap, or a volume of Bishop Andrews's Sermons?” ThinkingBookReadingFiveMinutesReadyDependsSixDinnerQueensVolumeSermonsImpatientBishopsFaerieAndrew Author:Charles Lamb
“Yes, as a people we are spoiled. We look for dinners that take two minutes to cook in our microwave instead of five, and we audibly sigh if the directions on the box require us to stir at the halfway point. Aw, I gotta stir? See what else is in the freezer.” PeopleIfsLooksTwoFiveMinutesCookingBoxesDinnerCooksSighHalfwaySpoiledMicrowavesFreezer Book:I Think, Therefore, I Have a Headache!: A Laugh-Out-Loud Look at Life Source: I Think, Therefore, I Have a Headache!: A Laugh-Out-Loud Look at Life
“I love to cook when I have the time. I don't cook French or Mexican food with exact recipes. I just go to the supermarket and buy things that look good, and I mix it all together and invent something. Ninety-five percent of the time, I'm lucky. Sometimes not so lucky, and I say, 'Let's go out to dinner.'” LooksSometimesTogetherFiveLuckyPercentDinnerCooksRecipesNinetyMexicanSupermarketsSo LuckyMexican Food Author:Salma Hayek
“If the [actors] are working, and I have a dinner engagement, I don't do 20 takes. I do five takes and go home. I want to go to dinner.” IfsWantHomeActorsFiveDinnerEngagement Author:Woody Allen
“I like to sleep about four or five really solid hours at night, and then sometimes take a nap in the afternoon or early evening after dinner. I love naps.” SometimesNightHoursSleepFiveFourDinnerEveningAfternoonNaps Author:Dan Chaon
“On my days off I pick up our chicken's eggs. My wife and I have five chickens called The Spice Girls. Five lovely chicks. And no, we won't be eating any of them for Christmas dinner.” GirlFiveWifeEatingPicksDinnerMy WifeLovelyEggsChickensSpicesChicksDays OffSpice GirlsChristmas Dinner Author:John Nettles