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Dinner Parties Quotes

Lines on hosting, gathering, and the meals that bring people together.

These Dinner parties quotes celebrate the unplanned, communal side of entertaining, from grocery-run menus to lifelong habits of feeding friends. They capture how a shared table becomes an excuse to gather.

I've been having these dinner parties at my house in L.A. for years that turn into charades parties. I'm so good at breaking stuff down into syllables and sounds. If I were to be doing anything else besides being an...

Quotes by Wilson Bethel

One thing about my dinner parties - they're never planned. I go to the grocery store, and I buy whatever is on sale. I get a lot of it, and I just send out a mass text: 'I just bought...

Quotes by Tituss Burgess

My whole life has been a very communal experience; growing up in a house full of happy hippies, having dinner parties three days a week, and going to Christiania, I was constantly surrounded by people celebrating community. If you look...

Quotes by Thomas Vinterberg

I think Ian McKellen made it all happen, because he used to throw dinner parties and invite everyone over.

Quotes by Shawn Ashmore

Age Quotes

Journalists are quite surprised outside their dinner parties when they hear where I live. 'Van Nuys? You still live there?' It is like saying you're from Alabama.

Quotes by Sandra Tsing Loh

My mum and dad used to make me stand up at dinner parties and sing to their friends.

Quotes by Sam Smith

Funny you mention my dinner parties when I have just suggested that inviting close friends over to share a meal with candlelight and wine at your table could be a form of religious experience for some people. To me it's...

Quotes by Sally Quinn

I just don't get invited to the same dinner parties I used to like to go to.

Quotes by Ron Silver

You can imagine the kind of dinner parties I had to go to at a young age... pretty dull.

Quotes by Prince Harry

Dinner Quotes

People should buy a house to live in, not as an investment. Property has become such a national obsession - it was the primary subject at dinner parties and how many television shows were dedicated to the market. It's not...

Quotes by Peter Hargreaves

The South has a way of worshipping appearances - the suburbs are all about presentation and amazing flowers and a beautiful yard and dinner parties that impress people and having the Christmas lights just right.

Quotes by Paul Downs Colaizzo

If the '80s were about Christian Lacroix ball gowns, the '90s give us wealthy women who either go to work or pretend to, and want office suits or slip dresses they can wear to dinner parties - ergo, the minimalism...

Quotes by Michael Shnayerson

I can be super reclusive and hermetic, and then I can be in California and host dinner parties and drink wine. It's all me.

Quotes by Lia Ices

I just really love having dinner parties and hanging out.

Quotes by Lauren Ambrose

Experience Quotes

I really like to cook and have dinner parties and I like to clean, it really clears my head and it makes me feel good to keep my home as a comfortable place.

Quotes by Jenny Slate

There was a time when going out to parties and dinner parties and clubs was an exciting thing to do. I'd wake up in the morning and immediately think, 'Now what am I doing tonight?' Now I'd be more likely...

Quotes by Gina Bellman

Her mother, Laurie Simmons, is a contemporary artist, and my stepmother, Cindy Sherman, is a photographer, so they've known each other forever. Lena and I were often at the same dinner parties when we were kids.

Quotes by Gaby Hoffmann

At dinner parties I sit below the salt now. There are a lot of interesting people there.

Quotes by Donald T. Regan

Because of the earlier loss of the two elder siblings, my brother and I lived a very pampered and protected life. Nursemaids kept constant watch. With my parents busy at dinner parties and social events, we only met them as...

Quotes by Charles K. Kao

Go Quotes

It was always chaos with Mom, Dad, uncles, you know; we all lived in the same building. Dinner parties with 25 people every night.

Quotes by Alexander Skarsgard

Frequently Asked Questions

What are these Dinner Parties quotes about?
They gather reflections from actors, musicians, and writers on hosting casual gatherings, from last-minute grocery runs to long-running house traditions. Several describe dinner parties as unplanned and improvised rather than formally arranged.
Why do people search for dinner parties quotes?
Readers often want words that match the feeling of pulling a gathering together on short notice, or that celebrate cooking and eating as a communal act. These quotes give language to that everyday hospitality.
Do any quotes describe spontaneous or unplanned dinner parties?
Yes, one speaker describes buying whatever is on sale and sending a mass text once the food is ready, treating the party as improvised rather than scheduled in advance.
Is there a quote connecting dinner parties to a communal or shared-living lifestyle?
One quote recalls growing up in a house full of "happy hippies" with dinner parties three times a week, framing frequent gatherings as part of a communal upbringing rather than an occasional event.
Do these quotes touch on fashion worn to dinner parties?
Yes, one quote contrasts 1980s ball gowns with 1990s office suits and slip dresses worn to dinner parties, using the setting to mark a shift in what women wore to socialize. See more on Go quotes for related lifestyle reflections.

Beyond the food, this collection touches on the Experience of hosting itself, and how tastes in gathering change with Age and circumstance over the years.