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

topic: Philosophy, Believe, Men, Dinner Conversation

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

source: 'Walden' (1854) 'Economy' conclusion

topic: Wine, Government, World, Dinner Conversation

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

- Prince Harry

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

topic: Funny, Children, People, Dinner Conversation

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

topic: Dressing Up, Guy, Dinner, Dinner Conversation, Dissecting

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

source: Source: www.pbs.org

topic: Growing Up, Numbers, Focus, Dinner Conversation

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

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

topic: Mom, Father, Smooth Jazz, Dinner Conversation