Dinner Conversation Quotes

• The things a man believes most profoundly are rarely on the surface of his mind or tongue. Newly acquired notions, decisions based on expediency, the fashionable ideas of the moment are right on top of the pile, ready to be displayed in bright after dinner conversation. But the ideas that make up a man's philosophy of life are somewhere way down below.

  Eric Johnston

  Philosophy, Believe, Men

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• The government of the world I live in was not framed, like that of Britain, in after-dinner conversations over the wine.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Wine, Government, World

  'Walden' (1854) 'Economy' conclusion

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• To be honest dinner conversations was the worst bit about being a child and listening to the boring people around me.

  Prince Harry

  Funny, Children, People

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I like dressing up for dates and dissecting a dinner conversation with a new guy to determine if he might be The One.

  J. Courtney Sullivan

  Dressing Up, Guy, Dinner

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• My parents were extraordinarily focused on education. It was the topic of every dinner conversation, is are you number one, are you getting all As, if not, why not. You need to do better. So my entire orientation and focus growing up was around doing your best and making sure that you were going to get the best education possible.

  Michelle Rhee

  Growing Up, Numbers, Focus

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Dinner 'conversation' at the Cohens' meant my sister, mom, and I relaying in brutal detail the day's events in a state of amplified hysteria, while my father listened to his own smooth jazz station in his head.

  Andy Cohen

  Mom, Father, Smooth Jazz

  Andy Cohen (2012). “Most Talkative: Stories from the Front Lines of Pop Culture”, p.7, Macmillan

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