Quotes with after-dinner

Quotes 201 till 220 of 921.

  • Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani And they said if we help with the crisis, they would do a lot of positive acts. After we helped in those crises, they showed negative acts and the Japanese and Turks were ashamed.
    Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
    Iranian politician and writer (1934 - 2017)
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  • Henry Miller And what is the potential man, after all? Is he not the sum of all that is human? Divine, in other words?
    Henry Miller
    American writer (1891 - 1980)
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  • Alexander Pope And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Lord George Byron And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in masquerade.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Allen Klein Any attempts at humor immediately after September 11th were deemed tasteless.
    Allen Klein
    American businessman, music publisher (1931 - 2009)
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  • Wayne Dyer Anything you really want, you can attain, if you really go after it.
    Wayne Dyer
    American philosopher, self-help author, and a motivational speaker. (1940 - 2015)
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  • Richard D. Rosen Are you going out after the truth, or are you going out after something you believe?
    Richard D. Rosen
    American author
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  • William S. Burroughs Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact.
    William S. Burroughs
    American writer and artist (1914 - 1997)
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  • Billy Gardell As a comic, I've heard gunshots while I'm trying to get to sleep. I've performed where people wanted to do you harm after the show because of something you said.
    Billy Gardell
    American stand-up comedian and actor (1969 - )
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  • Brihadaranyaka Upanishad As an eagle, weary after soaring in the sky, folds its wings and flies down to rest in its nest, so does the shining Self enter the state of dreamless sleep, where one is freed from all desires.
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  • Arthur Conan Doyle As Cuvier could correctly describe a whole animal by the contemplation of a single bone, so the observer who has thoroughly understood one link in a series of incidents should be able to accurately state all the other ones, both before and after.
    Arthur Conan Doyle
    British writer and medical doctor (1859 - 1930)
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  • Beth Ditto As with most phobias, the fear of flying does make some sense, but if ever there was a fear worth quashing then this is it. After all, life is short, and there's a great big world to explore out there.
    Beth Ditto
    American singer-songwriter and actress (1981 - )
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  • Desiderius Erasmus Ask a wise man to dinner and he'll upset everyone by his gloomy silence or tiresome questions. Invite him to a dance and you'll have a camel prancing about. Haul him off to a public entertainment and his face will be enough to spoil the people's entertainment.
    Desiderius Erasmus
    Dutch humanist and philosopher (1469 - 1536)
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  • Fran Lebowitz Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.
    Fran Lebowitz
    American journalist (1950 - )
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  • Beeban Kidron At 99 and after a long stay in a nursing home, the death of legendary photographer Eve Arnold was hardly a surprise - though she may have been just a little annoyed to quit a few months short of 100.
    Beeban Kidron
    British filmmaker (1961 - )
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  • William Somerset Maugham At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.
    William Somerset Maugham
    English writer (1874 - 1965)
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  • P. J. O'Rourke Automobiles are free of egotism, passion, prejudice and stupid ideas about where to have dinner. They are, literally, selfless. A world designed for automobiles instead of people would have wider streets, larger dining rooms, fewer stairs to climb and no smelly, dangerous subway stations.
    P. J. O'Rourke
    American journalist (1947 - )
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  • Bob Keeshan Back in the old days, when I was a child, we sat around the family table at dinner time and exchanged our daily experiences. It wasn't very organized, but everyone was recognized and all the news that had to be told was told by each family member. We listened to each other and the interest was not put on; it was real.
    Bob Keeshan
    American television producer and actor (1927 - 2004)
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  • Steven Wright Be nice to your children. After all, they are going to choose your nursing home.
    Steven Wright
    American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer (1955 - )
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  • Henry Louis Mencken Before a man speaks, it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks it is seldom necessary to assume.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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