Cocktail-Parties
Quotes on Cocktail Parties
The cocktail party — as the name itself indicates — was originally invented by dogs. They are simply bottom-sniffings raised to the rank of formal ceremonies.
Lawrence Durrell (b. 1912) British author
It was one of those parties where you cough twice before you speak and then decide not to say it after all.
P. G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) British novelist, humorist
We are persons of quality, I assure you, and women of fashion, and come to see and to be seen.
Ben Jonson (1573-1637) English dramatist, poet
Consider yourselves introduced, because I only remember one of your names, and that wouldn’t be fair to the other.
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1853-1917) British actor-manager
