Quotes About Hospitality

It's a great group of people here at Texas A&M, and everybody you run into is incredibly polite.

Texas people are very open, because it's open.

I've always been in love with the States. When I was a kid, we would take these long summer holidays in Texas, Nashville, and all over. I fell in love with the people, the food, even the smell. You don't necessarily get that in old Europe.

One thing about my dinner parties - they're never planned. I go to the grocery store, and I buy whatever is on sale. I get a lot of it, and I just send out a mass text: 'I just bought food. Dinner's at 8. Text me if you're coming.'

I love Ric Flair. He's a great person with me, he talks, texts me, sometimes we have dinner.

One of the nicest things about taking your kids to a restaurant - Thai or Chinese for example - is having all the dishes in the middle of the table so that you can try a little bit of everything.

I eat out a lot, so being at home is just great. I usually make a chicken rice recipe that I picked up in Thailand years ago. The chicken has to be boiled before adding in chillies, ginger, soy and white pepper. Then you make a kind of pilaf. Its delicious.

If I am more fortunate than others I need to build a longer table not a taller fence.

You will also allow me to thank the Academy for inviting me to lecture in Stockholm, for its hospitality, and for the opportunity afforded me for admiring the charm of your people and the beauty of your country.

Never thank anybody for anything, except a drink of water in the desert - and then make it brief.

To eat in the same room where food is cooked - that is the way to thank the Lord for His abundance.

When I go to different countries, I want to know how to at least say hello and thank you. Language is a great hobby.

A day does not go by when I am not in a line at a store or at a McDonald's, and someone will touch my hand, and they will say, 'Thank you.'

I never take for granted how great Australia is and how well I have been treated here, so thank you for this chance at making a good life.

As an entrepreneur and on behalf of the company's management, I am thankful to have been given the opportunity to rededicate ourselves to the company's mission of building the world's most loved hospitality brand that is focused on bringing a better lifestyle for the common man.

I was raised to be appreciative of others and to be thankful for people who, you know, came and opened a door for you or spent money at your place or whatever.

Thankfully, we didn't stop at Malta. I think Malta was thankful, too.

Airbnb has grown thanks to our hosts creating memorable experiences and inspiring their guests to be hosts in their hometowns.

Who says Australia offers not a home for every poor Englishman, or any other countryman that finds his way to our shores? And what sort of thanks do we get for it?

I open the doors for everybody all the time.

Food is kind of my entry card into everything. Food kind of opens the doors... because food is peace. It's good; it's positive.

The first thing I do when I go to people's houses is look at their television, turn it on.

Dessert is probably the most important stage of the meal, since it will be the last thing your guests remember before they pass out all over the table.

I think a coffee table is one of the most important things. It's where everything happens.