Famous Quotes & Sayings

William Cowper

The dinner waits, and we are tired: / Said Gilpin - So am I!

and especially that I got dinner last night.

Leo Tolstoy

And so the liberal tendency became a habit with Stepan Arkadyich, and he liked his newspaper, as he liked a cigar after dinner, for the slight haze it produced in his head.

Juliette Binoche

I would have loved to have met Marilyn Monroe and have dinner with her.

Gail Carriger

They decided the mummy would be unwrapped, for the titillation of the ladies, just after dinner.

Elizabeth Peyton

I lived in London for a time in the '90s and I love it here. You know, I just go and see shows and have great dinners and walk around.

Thomas Troward

God will provide the food, but he will not cook the dinner.

Red Buttons

The Mayor of Hong Kong, who said Can't work today. Have American flu. Never got a dinner!

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Crispus Attucks, who said, Don't shoot till you see the whites! Never got a dinner!

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Lee Iacocca, who said to Dolly Parton, Why do you need an airbag? Never got a dinner!

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The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, who said to his tailor Irving, Forget the slacks - please work on the blazer! Never got a dinner!

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Sydney Poitier, who said to Lester Maddox, Guess who's not coming to dinner? Never got a dinner!

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Gandhi, who went to Wendy's and asked, Where's the belief? Never got a dinner!

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Henry Ford, who despite his immense wealth never owned a Cadillac. Never got a dinner!

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Stan Musial, who said, Why didn't they make me the first Polish pope? I was such a good Cardinal. Never got a dinner!

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Vincent Van Gogh, who said to the hat salesman, I like it, but it keeps sliding over my ear. Never got a dinner!

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Saint Christopher, who said, Where can I get a Frank Sinatra medal? Never got a dinner!

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Orson Welles, who said to Anita Bryant, Stop picketing me. What I said was I was a thespian. Never got a dinner!

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Moses, who said to the Israelites, Stop calling me Charlton! Never got a dinner!

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Amelia Earhart, who said, Stop looking for me; see if you can find my luggage! Never got a dinner!

Lesley Nicol

Ive not cooked Christmas dinner since 1982.

Lady Bird Johnson

We had a delicious dinner of too much.

Laurie Colwin

Dinner alone is one of life's pleasures.

Theophilus London

I started getting emails from Anna Wintour inviting me to her dinners. It was just surreal.

Phyllis Diller

I don't like to cook. I can make a TV dinner taste like radio.

St. Jerome

That clergyman soon becomes an object of contempt who being often asked out to dinner never refuses to go.

Ronald Reagan

In Hollywood, as I've often said, if you don't sing or dance, you end up as an after-dinner speaker.

Stephen Colbert

‎You cannot correct an old person every time they say something offensive. You would never make it through Thanksgiving dinner!

A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend.

Walter Dean Myers

I would enjoy having dinner with the poet/playwright Derek Walcott.

Yochai Benkler

Money isn't always the best motivator. If you leave a $50 check after dinner with friends, you don't increase the probability of being invited back.

Winston Churchill

[My ideal of a good dinner] is to discuss good food, and, after this good food has been discussed, to discuss a good topic - with myself the chief conversationalist.

Woody Allen

Who bothers to cook TV dinners? I suck them frozen.