Party Etiquette Quotes

Every time you go to a party and take a picture and post that picture to Facebook, you're being a rat. You're being a narc.

Always take a banana to a party.

No- I cannot talk of books in a ballroom; my head is always full of something else.

When Jack Benny has a party, you not only bring your own scotch, you bring your own rocks.

Cocktail party: A gathering held to enable forty people to talk about themselves at the same time. The man who remains after the liquor is gone is the host.

It struck me as pretty ridiculous to be called Mr. Darcy and to stand on your own looking snooty at a party. It's like being called Heathcliff and insisting on spending the entire evening in the garden, shouting "Cathy" and banging your head against a tree.

A wise man once said, 'The skill in attending a party is knowing when it's time to leave.'

[To the man who came up to her at a party and exclaimed effusively, 'Tallulah! I haven't seen you for 41 years!':] I thought I told you to wait in the car.

If you want to have a great party at Wembley, don't invite the Germans.

I think the sort of person you want at a party is someone who is self-aware, polite and has a basic knowledge of table manners. And that goes for both men and women.

I don't see anybody categorized as a 'fashion diva,' except for me! And I like that. I am thought of as a diva because I wear an evening dress and I take care of my look when I go out. I go to parties regarding business, not for fun. And that's why they call me a 'diva.'

A party is a slightly artificial event where one learns the rudiments of human behavior at its most admirable: speaking when spoken to, looking somebody in the eye, shaking hands and being friendly under duress.

somehow at parties at which one stays standing up one seems to require to be more concentratedly intelligent than one does at those at which one can sit down.

It's always better to leave the party early.

There must be some good in the cocktail party to account for its immense vogue among otherwise sane people.

Next to dressing for a rout or ball, undressing is a woe.

There is a fine line between a sleepover and just drinking way too much at someone else's house.

You should always leave the party 10 minutes before you actually do.

No man does right by a woman at a party.

Never, ever, ever show up to your office holiday party on time.

Let me get you all some punch,” I said. “You're leaving us?” said Isabel, sounding panicky. “I'll be right back,” I promised. “If anyone comes near you, just scream and run.

I don't want to bother them and ruin the party they are preparing so carefully at La Scala.

I don't want to smoke cigars or go to stag parties, wear jockey shorts or pick up the check.

the person talking to you never looks directly at you, but rather around the room, searching for the answer to the universal cocktail party question, 'Who's here tonight?

I do this thing at every party: I go to a party, I stand around for, like, 45 minutes, and then I turn to my wife and say, 'I think we should go home.' And then we leave, and then I wake up the next morning and say to my wife, 'We don't go out anymore.' It's a great trick.