“Now that the midterm elections are over, President Obama has invited congressional leaders from both parties to a meeting at the White House tomorrow. When asked if he's nervous, Obama said, 'Oh, I'm not going to be there. I just invited them over. They can figure it out themselves.'” IfsSaidHousePresidentWhitePartyLeaderFiguresTomorrowElectionMeetingsNervousWhite HousePresident ObamaInvitedMidtermsMidterm Elections Author:Jimmy Fallon
“I kept careful record of the impact of religion on the election in my county. The religious issue permeated every meeting I conducted. It influenced Republicans and Democrats alike. Ministers preached politics publicly and churches distributed the most vicious electioneering materials. Practically no one I met escaped the pressure of this overriding problem and both parties were ultimately forced to make their major calculations with the religious question a foremost consideration.” ProblemChurchReligiousPartyIssuesRecordsAtheismMaterialsRepublicanMetsMajorsPressureElectionImpactMeetingsDemocratCarefulMinistersConsiderationViciousCalculationsCounty Author:James A. Michener
“Meetings ... are rather like cocktail parties. You don't want to go, but you're cross not to be asked.” WantPartyCrossesMeetingsCocktailsCocktail Parties Author:Jilly Cooper
“In our Richmond there is much fanaticism, but chiefly among the women. They have their night meetings and prayer parties, where, attended by their priests, and sometimes by a hen-pecked husband, they pour forth the effusions of their love to Jesus, in terms as amatory and carnal, as their modesty would permit them to use a mere earthly lover.” SometimesUseNightJesusTermPrayerPartyAtheismLoversHusbandMeetingsMerePositive AtheismPriestsPermitModestyFanaticismHensRichmond Book:The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence and Papers, 1816-1826 Source: The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence and Papers, 1816-1826
“Mixed dinner parties of ladies and gentlemenare very rare, which is a great defect in the society; not only as depriving themof the most social and hospitable manner of meeting, but as leading to frequent dinner parties of gentlemen without ladies, which certainly does not conduce to refinement.” DoeSocialPartyMeetingsDinnerGentlemanDefectsRefinementDinner PartyLadies And GentlemenDepriving Author:Frances Trollope
“I totally rule out any arrangements with the SNP — in the same way I rule out any arrangements with Ukip - because there is no meeting point for me with one party that basically wants to pull our country to bits and another party that wants us to pull out of the EU. I would never recommend to the Liberal Democrats that we help establish a government which is basically on a life support system, where Alex Salmond could pull the plug any time he wants.” WayWantLifeCountryHelpingGovernmentBitsPartySupportMeetingsDemocratOur CountryArrangementsWant UAlexPlugsSupport SystemsUkip Author:Nick Clegg
“It would be one of the most irritating experiences in the world to do a lot of work to uncover a fraud and then at have it go from X to 3X and at h the crooks happily partying with your money while you're meeting margin calls. Why would you want to go within hailing distance of that?” WorldWantWould BePartyDistanceMeetingsFraudMarginsIrritatingCrooks Author:Charlie Munger
“Always go into meetings or negotiations with a positive attitude. Tell yourself you're going to make this the best deal for all parties.” DealsPartyAttitudeMeetingsPositive AttitudeNegotiation Author:Natalie Massenet