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Quotes About Invited

It never occurred to me that one could just buy tickets to the Tonys. I figured you had to be invited.
~ Andrew Rannells
Kennedy invited us into the White House-the first time in the history of the White House picketers had been invited inside. This made front page headlines.
~ Peter Coyote
Invited, not inflicted; of all wounds, those that seem willful are the worst to bear.
~ Sophocles
As I moved about the room I would encounter that silver wedge of a moon at this window or that, like some old beggar who wished to be invited in.
~ George Saunders
History resembles a guest list, in that sense, of the invited and the gate-crashers, the people, for whom we have been waiting, and those whose presence takes us unawares. Sometimes the gate-crashers prove to be the life of the party.
~ Sarah Churchwell
As the great questions were always posed in the same way, they invited answers that were equally predictable and unchanging.
~ Gore Vidal
I got invited to what's called the Gifting Suite in Toronto. I had the day off, so I thought I'd go and see what's what. You come out laden with wonderful stuff. Apparently, if you go to the Oscars, you get given things like iPads. Not that I'm in it for the swag.
~ Lesley Manville
The shock settled on Willa like a personal failure, as if she'd invited the disaster by failing to see it coming.
~ Barbara Kingsolver
Correct," the machine replied. "But thankfully you made the correct choice, and knowingly disengaged from the cycle of warlike escalation with your imaginary enemy. That is why I'm speaking to you now. Once the Test has been passed, the Emissary makes contact with the individual most directly responsible, to inform them that their species has been invited to join the Sodality.
~ Ernest Cline
We can go in like we were invited. Too bad we didn't bring that bottle of sparkling wine. It would have been a nice hostess gift, to throw them off. Jesse pulled into a space as close as he could get to the house, though we were still going to be soaked as we made our way in. That's one of the many things I love about you, Susannah, he said. You're always so polite to the parents of the kids you've unintentionally set up to be murdered. It's just the way I was raised.
~ Meg Cabot
Bursting into parties to which I wasn't invited - but acting as if I had every right in the world to be there - is another one of my many gifts. It's basically all about confidence - and having the right shoes, of course. If you have the right shoes, you can do anything.
~ Meg Cabot
It is the way in which the Dark returns, Harrier. I will explain, if you like. Oh, no, Harrier said. I'd much rather not know a thing about what we're facing. Let me get dressed first. A few minutes later Harrier came back, dressed for the day. He made another cup of hot cordial for Tiercel, refilled the kettle and started the water brewing for tea, and set some dried fruit to soak for griddle-cakes. Okay. Now. Ruin my day, he invited.
~ Mercedes Lackey
It is impossible to say how many dinners Drawlight was invited to sit down to that day - and it is fortunate that he was never at any time much of an eater or he might have done some lasting damage to his digestion.
~ Susanna Clarke
In many senses, 'Borgen' was a very democratic show. I was always invited to hear the writers' thoughts for the next episodes and allowed to comment on them.
~ Birgitte Hjort Sorensen
It is important to remember that I am not in the G-8; I am just an invited guest.
~ Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
Typically, you're not gonna find me out at night; I don't go to industry parties. Like, I will go sometimes if I'm invited, but usually, I'm, like, home by 11.
~ Jonathan Van Ness
I was invited to a couple of races, but I was doing a play in New York.
~ Josh Brolin
I was invited to play with the New York Knicks. I was never drafted, but I was invited to the rookie camp.
~ Louis Gossett, Jr.
I don't know if high society is different in other cities, but in Hollywood, important people can't stand to be invited someplace that isn't full of other important people. They don't mind a few unfamous people being present because they make good listeners.
~ Marilyn Monroe
I saw Metallica, I'm not a major Metallica fan, but I like music enough to get invited and went.
~ Sean Dyche
I started down the walkway. Two vampires vaulted out of the trenches in front of me, fangs bared. Oh look, it's a party and everybody is invited. Good. I liked parties.
~ Ilona Andrews
I did auditions at a club called the Comedy Connection. They wanted nothing to do with me. But one night they were doing a night of all women comics, and they invited me to do that.
~ Paula Poundstone
We have been chosen from the mass of humanity to live in an intimate union with Christ. It is amazing even to be tolerated by God. It would be an honor simply to be invited to the wedding! It is beyond comprehension to be the beloved bride of the King of kings and Lord of lords! When you understand this, you can't help but live life aware of the honor, privilege, and blessing that are yours.
~ Timothy S. Lane
My parents were super strict, so I didn't have a lot of freedom to hang out at parties or anything like that. I didn't get invited, and I didn't have many friends.
~ Melanie Martinez