Dinner Quotes

[Chophouse. It was his descriptions of meat, though, that most concerned Americans. Even President Theodore Roosevelt seemed to be more shocked by the details of how cattle and hogs were being sliced into beef and pork--and by how much condemned meat was ending up on American dinner tables--than by the workers' plight. Within a matter of months, Sinclair's book became an international bestseller and sparked legislation regulating the meat industry for the first time.] I aimed for the public's heart, ... and by accident I hit it in the stomach. - Upton Sinclair

[But we are borne back to the father-son chat at the dinner table.] Was I a good father? ... You have ultimately been a great father. But fatherhood would not have been one of the highest parts of your rasuma early on. - Kirk Douglas

[Burger's talent and dedication have led him to cross paths with many of the individuals he has admired - including President Jimmy Carter, for whom he performed in 1979 by special invitation to the White House.] That performance was a really nervous day for me, but it was exciting. He loved Gospel music and he wanted to have a Sunday afternoon dinner concert on the south lawn of the White House. It was great, they loved it... I haven't seen him, but we stay in touch. - Anthony Burger

[A bookish child, she used to read at the dinner table, something that was not discouraged. She was a good student, got into Stanford University, where she met Joseph Brodsky.] He did the best thing a poet could ever do... He gave me a reading list. - Nicole Krauss

[14. Develop a velvet crush.] Some of the velvets (in our fall collection) were very, very lightweight and seasonless, ... and could be worn in a casual way with jeans. And wearing it over a little sundress could be darling. Some of the velvets were strapless or sleeveless, and those could be worn out to dinner. It just depends on how it's layered or not. - Cynthia Steffe

... The guys (from each team) really like each other, they're good friends. But when it's time to play golf, we want to beat each other's brains in. When it's done, we're all friends and we go to dinner together, go to ballgames together. I think the world of Dean and the Utah State golf team. - Richard Church