Quotes with dinner-conversation

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  • George Bernard Shaw I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Bryan Fuller I only eat meat if I go to a nice restaurant and there is an exceptional dish, or if I'm at somebody's home for a dinner, I'll eat whatever is in front of me. Otherwise, I don't eat anything that walks around and has a face.
    Bryan Fuller
    American television writer and producer (1969 - )
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  • Anthony Hope I wish you would read a little poetry sometimes. Your ignorance cramps my conversation.
    Anthony Hope
    English writer (1863 - 1933)
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  • Edward Dahlberg I would rather take hellebore than spend a conversation with a good, little man.
    Edward Dahlberg
    American novelist, essayist and autobiographer (1900 - 1977)
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  • Barry Humphries I've played Beckett. I put on in the 1950s the first Australian production of 'Waiting for Godot.' I played Estragon. The most interesting conversation I've had about Beckett was with a Dublin taxi driver.
    Barry Humphries
    Australian comedian, actor, artist, and author (1934 - 2023)
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  • Emily Post Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought, and not, as many of those who worry most about their shortcomings believe, an eloquent exhibition of wit or oratory.
    Emily Post
    American writer about etiquette (1872 - 1960)
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  • Brody Jenner If a guy's talking to you at a club and you're having a long conversation, and then one of your friends comes up and he automatically devotes his attention to her, that's always a sign to look for. They're not always just doing it 'cause they're being 'friendly.' They want to look for somebody new.
    Brody Jenner
    American television personality, disc jockey and model (1983 - )
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  • Bryant Gumbel If I'm in a room with 100 people, will I be able to find one person I'd like to have dinner with? Probably not.
    Bryant Gumbel
    American television journalist and sportscaster (1948 - )
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  • Thomas Carlyle If Jesus Christ were to come today, people would not even crucify him. They would ask him to dinner, and hear what he had to say, and make fun of it.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Oscar Wilde If one hears bad music, it is one's duty to drown it by one's conversation.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • James Mcneill Whistler If other people are going to talk, conversation becomes impossible.
    James Mcneill Whistler
    American painter (1834 - 1903)
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  • Leigh Hunt If you ever have to support a flagging conversation, introduce the topic of eating.
    Leigh Hunt
    British poet, essaywriter (1784 - 1859)
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  • Betty Dodson If you go out to dinner with someone, you find out what they prefer in food. We ought to be able to have a conversation to find out what people prefer when it comes to sex.
    Betty Dodson
    American sex educator (1929 - )
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  • Taylor Swift If you're yelling you're the one who's lost control of the conversation.
    Taylor Swift
    American singer-songwriter (1989 - )
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  • Anthony Sampson In America journalism is apt to be regarded as an extension of history: in Britain, as an extension of conversation.
    Anthony Sampson
    British writer and journalist (1926 - 2004)
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  • George Herbert In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.
    George Herbert
    English poet (1593 - 1633)
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  • Sarah Orne Jewett It does seem so pleasant to talk with an old acquaintance who knows what you know. I see so many new folks nowadays who seem to have neither past nor future. Conversation has got to have some root in the past, or else you have got to explain every remark you make, and it wears a person out.
    Sarah Orne Jewett
    American novelist, short story writer and poet (1849 - 1909)
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  • Sir Richard Steele It is a secret known but to few, yet of no small use in the conduct of life, that when you fall into a man's conversation, the first thing you should consider is, whether he has a greater inclination to hear you, or that you should hear him.
    Sir Richard Steele
    British Dramatist, Essayist, Editor (1672 - 1729)
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  • Richard Armour It is all right to hold a conversation but you should let go of it now and then.
    Richard Armour
    American poet and author (1906 - 1989)
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  • Adam Smith It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our necessities but of their advantages.
    Adam Smith
    Scottish Economist (1723 - 1790)
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