“We are to have a tiny party here tonight. I hate tiny parties, they force one into constant exertion.”

—  Jane Austen

Letter (1801-05-21) [Letters of Jane Austen -- Brabourne Edition]
Letters

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "We are to have a tiny party here tonight. I hate tiny parties, they force one into constant exertion." by Jane Austen?
Jane Austen photo
Jane Austen477
English novelist 1775–1817

Related quotes

Harry Hill photo

“I understand that there's a large party of Scottish people here tonight…[Silence]I'll kill that researcher!”

Harry Hill (1964) English comedian, doctor

"Hooves" Live

Charlie Brooker photo

“Each episode follows an unbelievably spoiled rich and tiny sod as they prepare to throw a despicably opulent coming of age party for themselves and their squealing shitcake friends.”

Charlie Brooker (1971) journalist, broadcaster and writer from England

Screenwipe

Henry L. Benning photo

“The Republican party is the permanent, dominant party at the North, and it is vain to think that you can put it down. It is true that the Republican party hates slavery, and that it is to be the permanent, dominant party at the North; and the majority being equivalent to the whole, as I have already stated, we cannot doubt the result.”

Henry L. Benning (1814–1875) Confederate Army general

Speech to the Virginia Convention (1861)

Andrei Grechko photo

“The Communist Party and the Soviet Government display constant concern to strengthen the country's defensive might and raise the combat readiness of the Armed Forces.”

Andrei Grechko (1903–1976) Soviet military commander

Quoted in "Soviet Civil Defense" - Page 5 - by Leon Gouré - 1971

Michael Bloomberg photo

“In response to criticism from Democratic mayoral candidates for appearing at a 2004 event for the Independence Party: "To all the critics who are rushing out to criticize me tonight, criticize me for being here tonight, let me point out that this night is about the one million New Yorkers who are denied the most basic rights by the two major political parties."”

Michael Bloomberg (1942) American businessman and politician, former mayor of New York City

http://www.independentvoting.org/Bloomberg.html
Politics

Stafford Cripps photo

“The problem of dealing with the armed forces of the Crown is the most difficult one we will have to face when we do get into power. The Labour Party will have to face the fact that it is a class Party…It has to be prepared to take steps more forceful than even the steps taken at the time of the Ulster Rebellion.”

Stafford Cripps (1889–1952) British politician

The Manchester Guardian (28 May 1934), quoted in Hugh Dalton, The Fateful Years. Memoirs 1931-1945 (London: Frederick Muller Ltd, 1957), p. 150.

Drew Barrymore photo

“The older you get, the fewer slumber parties there are, and I hate that. I liked slumber parties. What happened to them?”

Drew Barrymore (1975) American actress, director and producer

Lionel Richie photo

“What is happening here?
Something is going on
That's not quite clear.
Somebody turn on the light,
We're gonna have a party.
It's starting tonight.

Oh, what a feeling!
When we're dancing on the ceiling.”

Lionel Richie (1949) American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer and actor

Dancing on the Ceiling, co-written with Mike Frenchik and Carlos Rios.
Song lyrics, Dancing on the Ceiling (1986)

Vladimir Lenin photo

“When we are reproached with having established a dictatorship of one party… we say, ‘Yes, it is a dictatorship of one party! This is what we stand for and we shall not shift from that position…”

Vladimir Lenin (1870–1924) Russian politician, led the October Revolution

As quoted in Speech to the First All-Russia Congress of Workers in Education and Socialist Culture, Collected Works, Vol. 29, p. 535).
Attributions

Alan Bennett photo

“Polly: Question is whether you hate the coach party because they're like the dogs or hate the dogs because they're like the coach party.”

Alan Bennett (1934) English actor, author

Related topics