“Go on, have a glass of wine with dinner. What is wine, anyway? Pure grapes. A glass of wine is much better for you than a Coke.” Goes OnPureWineGlassesDinnerGrapesCokeWine Glass Author:Jack LaLanne
“Food is one of my favourite things. Though I certainly know lots of people who happen to be happily married who don't have food play the role in it that it plays in my life. And I don't know how they do it, and frankly I feel so bad for them because I just love food and one of my favourite things is asking, "What do we want for dinner? What do we feel like eating?" That wonderful negotiation that goes on several times a week about what "we" feel like.” PeopleKnowsWantFeelsPlayHappensRolesKnow HowWonderfulWeekGoes OnEatingMarriedAskingDinnerFavouriteNegotiationFood LoveHappily MarriedFavourite Things Author:Nora Ephron
“It is quite proper to meet a young man at a cocktail party and go on to dinner with him. If he is attractive, you can consider yourself not only correct, but lucky.” IfsMenYoungPartyGoes OnLuckyDatingDinnerAttractiveYoung ManCocktailsCocktail Parties Book:No Nice Girl Swears Source: No Nice Girl Swears
“The rules your parents teach you to live by are very different than the rules the world actually runs by. Most of the conventional wisdom is not only wrong, it's a lie told to us by people who want to control us. It doesn't help us, it helps them. Pretty much everything we're told as children (and adults, really) by the established power structures in our lives are made up fairytales us to reinforce that control: Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the tooth fairy, fat-free frozen dinners, religion, and metering lights on the highway--the list goes on” PeopleWorldWantChildrenMadeDifferentHelpingLightRunningLyingParentTeachOur LivesGoes OnAdultsStructureDinnerListsTeethFatsFairyLive ByConventionalEasterFrozenHighwaysSantaFairytaleSanta ClausBunniesConventional WisdomTooth FairyEaster Bunny Book:Hilarity Ensues Source: Hilarity Ensues
“But I'm not superstitious. I don't really eat dinner before I go on stage, because digesting a lot of food kind of shuts you down. And I try not to get involved in emotional conversations with anyone beforehand either, so I've got a clear head.” TryingKindClearStageEmotionalGoes OnInvolvedConversationDown AndDinnerGet InvolvedSuperstitiousClear Head Author:Michael Bolton
“I like the ritual of putting on my makeup, putting on my costume, doing my warm-ups. I eat the same dinner every night before I go on stage. I like having something that I can count on, something that feels stabilizing for me.” FeelsI CanNightStageGoes OnWarmDinnerMakeupRitualEvery NightCostumes Author:Sarah Paulson
“I'm a weirdo that goes on stage to make strangers laugh, but if I wasn't working, I would just want to be with my wife and kids. I don't even think I'd want to go out to dinner.” IfsThinkingWantKidsLaughingWifeStageGoes OnStrangerDinnerMy WifeWeirdoMy Wife And Kids Author:Jim Gaffigan
“It's absolutely imperative for the parents and the typical kids to have time by themselves, to go out to dinner or even go on vacation while someone else cares for the autistic child.” ChildrenCareKidsParentGoes OnDinnerVacationTypicalImperativesAutisticAutistic Children Author:Jenny McCarthy
“But I must go on," said the Lady Amalthea, "for it is never finished. Even when I wake, I cannot tell what is real, and what I am dreaming as I move and speak and eat my dinner. I remember what cannot have happened, and forget something that is happening to me know. People look at me as though I should know them, and I do know them in the dream, and always the fire draws me nearer, though I am awake—” PeopleKnowsShouldLooksSaidRealDreamRememberMovingSpeakForgetFireHappenedGoes OnDrawsHappeningsDinnerFinishedAwakeLook At Me Author:Peter S. Beagle