“A novel is a conversation starter, and if the author isn't there for the after-party, both the writer and the reader are missing a lot.” IfsPartyNovelMissingReaderConversationStartersAfter Party Author:Maggie Stiefvater
“What I'm trying to do is put back into rap music what's missing - which is the good part, the fun part, that party part.” TryingFunPartyMissingRapRap Music Author:Flavor Flav
“Democrats in state legislatures are at their lowest level since the 1920s. President Obama has a can't-miss strategy to save the party in 2016. He's leaving.” StatesPresidentLevelsPartyMissingStrategyDemocratLeavingPresident ObamaLowestLegislatureState Legislatures Author:Craig Ferguson
“The element which is conveniently missing from today's Republican Party is the human one. People's hopes and realities become numbers and words, devoid of personality and easy to erase.” PeopleHumansRealityTodayEasyPartyNumbersMissingPersonalityRepublicanElementsRepublican PartyErase Author:Steven Weber
“The rites of passage in the academic world are arcane and, in their own way, highly romantic, and the tensions and unplesantries of dissertations and final oral examinations are quickly forgotten in the wonderful moment of the sherry afterward, admission into a very old club, parties of celebration, doctoral gowns, academic rituals, and hearing for the first time "Dr.," rather than "Miss" Jamison.” WorldWayFirstsMomentsPartyWonderfulMissingFirst TimeFinalsForgottenClubsHearingTensionRitualPassagesCelebrationAcademicDrsExaminationAdmissionGownsRiteRite Of PassageArcaneDissertationSherryWonderful Moments Author:Kay Redfield Jamison
“What is the disease which manifests itself in an inability to leave a party--any party at all--until it is all over and the lightsare being put out?... I suppose that part of this mania for staying is due to a fear that, if I go, something good will happen and I'll miss it. Somebody might do card tricks, or shoot somebody else.” IfsMightHappensPartyMissingDiseaseCuriosityDuesTricksCardsStayingInabilityGood WillManiaCard Tricks Author:Robert Benchley
“I looked back on the roaring Twenties, with its jazz, 'Great Gatsby' and the pre-Code films as a party I had somehow managed to miss.” FilmPartyMissingTwentiesJazzCodeRoaringRoaring Twenties Author:Hugh Hefner
“I have a talent for missing the best and greatest parties.” PartyTalentMissing Author:David Alan Grier
“You know when you go into a restaurant, and it gets busy and they start a waiting list, and they start calling out names, "DuFresnes, party of two." They say again, "DuFresnes, party of two." But then if no one answers, they'll just go to the next name, "Bush, party of three." Yeah, but what happened to the DuFresnes? No one seems to care. Who can eat at a time like this? People are missing! And they're hungry! That's a double whammy! "Bush, search party of three!" You can eat once you find the DuFresnes!” PeopleIfsKnowsTwoHumorSeemsCareFunnyThreeNextNamesWaitingAnswersPartyHappenedMissingCallingYeahBusyListsHungryRestaurants Author:Mitch Hedberg
“Environmentalism needs to be absolutely based in objective and verifiable science, it needs to be rational, and it needs to be flexible. And it needs to be apolitical. To mix environmental concerns with the frantic fantasies that people have about one political party or another is to miss the cold truth - that there is very little difference between the parties, except a difference in pandering rhetoric.” PeopleNeedsLittlesPoliticalDifferencesPartyFantasyMissingColdConcernEnvironmentalObjectivesRationalRhetoricPolitical PartiesFlexibleEnvironmentalismFranticApolitical Author:Michael Crichton