“People think of you differently if you've been in their homes. They think they own you because they watched you while they were eating dinner, or they can turn you up or down, or even freeze you.” PeopleIfsThinkingHomeTurnsEatingDinnerThink Of YouFreezeMaggieEating Dinner Author:Maggie Smith
“I'm a really good dinner party guest. I am always so appreciative, impressed that anyone has even managed to turn on the oven and cook for me.” TurnsPartyDinnerCooksGuestsImpressedTurn-onOvensAppreciativeDinner Party Author:Lucy Punch
“Broke my femur on a cruise with my wife in Italy. I'd walked back to my cabin after dinner with half a plate of spaghetti when I leaned in to open the door. Turns out it was already open, so I fell flat on my face like something from the Keystone Kops.” FacesTurnsHalfWifeDoorsDinnerMy WifeBrokeFlatsPlatesLike SomethingCruiseCabinsSpaghettiKeystones Author:Art Donovan
“It is a fact of life that people give dinner parties, and when they invite you, you have to turn around and invite them back. Often they retaliate by inviting you again, and you must then extend another invitation. Back and forth you go, like Ping-Pong balls, and what you end up with is called social life.” PeopleGivingEndsFactsTurnsSocialPartyBallsDinnerInvitesInvitationsBack And ForthSocial LifeFacts Of LifeYou AgainInvitingDinner PartyPingPing Pong Author:Laurie Colwin
“I haven't a clue about the biology or the psychology involved when a person dissolves into tears, but it is quite fascinating to note what turns them on. There are wives who can cascade over a late husband or a burned dinner, and equally pour tears of joy over a new bonnet or a renovated bathroom.... A while ago I took a ship back from Europe. Amid the tumbling confetti ... I found myself misty-eyed watching a young lady waving a tearful farewell to her boyfriend on the dock. I couldn't figure out if I was crying at her plight, or in delight that he wasn't coming along with us.” IfsPersonsYoungJoyTurnsFoundPsychologyWifeHavensCryFiguresTearsInvolvedSorrowHusbandLateEuropeNotesDelightDinnerShipsFascinatingBiologyBurnedClueFarewellBathroomPlightYoung LadiesMistyDocksTumblingCascadeBonnetsConfettiTears Of Joy Author:Malcolm Forbes