Social Gathering Quotes

I have a fondness for Georgetown. There's always some place in Georgetown that has a bunch of people that look like they're having fun, watching the game. Go in there, grab a pint. It's the best.

I learned that the hardest party to pull off successfully is Saturday night dinner. This meal is expected to be elaborate: appetizers, first course, dinner, dessert, and coffee. People arrive at 7:30 or 8 p.m. and stay for hours - definitely past my bedtime - and they all go home exhausted.

When I first started working at MIT, back in the '80s, our writing department had a joint cocktail party with the Harvard writing department. It was kind of oil-and-water.

Everybody's old enough for a beer, ain't that right, Mule?

Every year, I always go abroad with dark music, and I'm going to these places, and I feel like I want a party rep - I want something that everyone is going to go crazy to and enjoy and have a good feeling.

Always take a banana to a party.

Honey the party went away quickly, but thats the trouble with ticking and talking.

I want the roast to be like a party where everybody goes and has a good time.

I don't like the term 'dinner as theater,' because that implies something thespian that I don't want to tie into this, but there are plenty of times that people go out to dinner because they want to have an experience. There are, however, probably many more times that people go out to eat because it's 7 o'clock and it's time to eat.

The Regulars are coming out!

These people, as far as I can see, do not congregate in the notorious centers of the movement, like the North Beach in San Francisco or Greenwich Village, or Venice, California.

Arak means 'sweat' in Arabic, and it is the perfect Mediterranean after-dinner drink, in my opinion.

In Prosper, the city shuts down and everybody goes to the games... Everything shuts down. You're idolized around there... Texas high school football - it's a lifestyle. It's a culture.

My dinner party,' Miles grated. 'It's just breaking up.' And sinking. All souls feared lost.

My restaurants are about community and about sharing and about warmth.

Such widely different things as war and picnics will surely show a man up.

The Red Cross Gala is unique. There's great history there. It's the highlight of the summer in terms of social and charity events.

I rented a house in Favignana, off the coast of Sicily, in the mid or late '90s. There was a revolving door of visiting friends and family - we played games, painted our faces, went swimming naked, cooked big meals, rode around on motorini, and had great cappuccinos.

Had an amazing weekend hanging with my pals.

When great questions end, little parties begin.

The light music of whiskey falling into glasses made an agreeable interlude.

As we say in the American Institute of Wine and Food, small helpings, no seconds. A little bit of everything. No snacking. And have a good time.

I'm always shocked when I get an invitation. People are always shocked when they see me at a party.

When I was to come to Washington the first time as Music Director of the Boston Symphony, Mrs. Johnson phoned us to find out if they could give us a party and who we would like to meet.

I don't go to these places where there are belly dancers and this and that.