“In England especially, I've found that if you bring up King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson at a dinner party or a social gathering, it's like throwing a Molotov cocktail into the room.” IfsFoundSocialRoomsPartyKingsEnglandDinnerThrowingGatheringCocktailsDinner PartyMolotovMolotov Cocktail Author:Madonna Ciccone
“If you decide on having an alcoholic at your party, make sure it's a large gathering. This way, until the alcoholic begins removing their clothes or dangling the cat out the window, they can sort of blend in. An alcoholic at a small gathering is called an intervention.” IfsWayPartyClothesCatWindowDrinkingGatheringInterventionAlcoholismAlcoholics Author:Amy Sedaris
“If there was a birthday party or a gathering and I was at training and couldn't make it, then I guess I might have missed out on a few things, but I wouldn't see them as sacrifices because I love what I do so much. I feel I've made the right choices in the way I've lived my life.” IfsWayFeelsMadeMightChoicesPartySacrificeTrainingGatheringRight ChoicesBirthday Party Author:Liam Tancock
“I do spend a great deal of time alone. I'm not very gregarious. I don't like parties and miscellaneous gatherings with no particular purpose. I think parties are largely a mistake. The bigger they are the more mistaken they are.” ThinkingPurposeDealsPartyMistakeParticularBiggerMistakenGatheringMiscellaneousMe AloneAlone TimeGregarious Author:William S. Burroughs
“When will we get done with the fool idea that the way to make a party grow is to scare away everybody who has an extra dollar in his pocket? God forbid that the Democratic Party should become a mere gathering of the unsuccessful!” WayShouldIdeasDoneGrowsPartyFoolDollarsDemocraticMereExtrasPocketsScareGatheringDemocratic PartyUnsuccessful Author:John W. Davis
“As Cindy Sheehan was gathering public sympathy as the Gold Star mom against the killing in Iraq, the Republican party decided to import an easier target to pummel. So they brought over the 'I-salute-your-courage, Saddam' religious fundamentalist crack-pot who can't tell us where the money went.” StarsReligiousPartyMomEasierRepublicanDecidedGoldKillingIraqTargetCracksPotRepublican PartySaddamGatheringFundamentalistImportsSaluteCindy Author:Greg Palast