Social Occasions Quotes

Fools are in great demand, especially on social occasions. They embarrass everyone but provide material for conversation. In their positive form, they become diplomats.

Everything ends this way in France. Weddings, christenings, duels, burials, swindles, affairs of state—everything is a pretext for a good dinner.

If a D.C. event doesn't have crab cakes, it's low-rent and you need to flee.

I don't really like to drink. I don't like the way alcohol feels or tastes. On occasion I'll do it as a social thing, just to kind of go, 'Hey! I did something with you guys!'

In my regular life, I don't really wear much makeup unless I'm going out.

In college I didn't dress up every day, for class or stuff like that, but when it came time to do certain things I'd dress up for sure.

I'm not super social, don't really go to parties, or basketball games, or football games very often, the big social occasions.

A suit is just a suit: a practical garment, not a ceremonial robe; it can be worn out to dinner with friends or for a visit to an art gallery. Its beauty and craftsmanship are utterly wasted if you think of it as something magical and symbolic.

You've got to have the right attire for the right event. I attend a lot of dinners, a lot of concerts, and I have to be on the red carpet; each has its own dress code, and I have to be prepared. Jeans and a hoodie are great for a concert, but a dinner party?

Whenever I go out, I have to have a jacket on. I prefer casual ones for a party and semi-formal ones for events.

Only a sadistic scoundrel-or a fool-tells the bald truth on social occasions.

The most congenial social occasions are those ruled by cheerful deference of each for all.

I don't attend costume parties.

My wife and I have always thought it odd that, on social occasions, couples play the 'hot tub fantasy' game where you're allowed to pick a celebrity you'd like to share a hot tub with.