Quotes About Hospitality

Robert Frost famously wrote that home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.

It's also very annoying when you've made a fuss over some children who have come on a passing visit, and gone out of your way to give them things they'll like, and now they've come to expect this treatment and start constantly turning up and running around knocking things over.

The reason Steve Herrell's shop did so well is that it was famous for having a line! People brought folks from out of town to have the experience.

On the other hand, here's an example from By the Way Bakery, which my wife founded. It's the largest gluten-free bakery of its kind in the world. Their change? "We want to make sure no one is left out. By offering people gluten-free, dairy-free, and kosher baked goods that happen to be delicious, we let the entire community be part of special family occasions. We change hosts from exclusive to inclusive, and guests from outsiders to insiders." What

A driver had been sent to meet us. He was gray-haired, short, and nimble and introduced himself. I am Patrick and so is every fourth man in Ireland, and the ones in between are named Sean or Mick or Finn, and I'll be driving you.

Freely given, freely shared, between true companions and friends." That was an old phrase, but Gran had made sure I knew all the old phrases. JoAnn looked—and according to the land, felt—startled. For a long moment, she didn't move, then she smiled again—a little less firmly—and took the bag from me. "The feast increases, with the goodwill of all.

You may," I said magnanimously, "invite me over whenever you care to have wine.

Two avgolemono, dolmades, falafel with hummus," the waiter repeated, writing it all down

When a glass sits on a table here, people don't wonder if it's half filled or half empty. They just hope it's good beer.

She shook my hand, loosely, like Indians do, using only her fingers. Not like those tight grips that white people use to prove something. She touched my hand like she was glad to see me, not like she wanted to break bones.

I'm staying here tonight. I can bunk on the floor. (Nathan) What if I say no? (Terri) I'll just break in after you go to sleep and still bunk on the floor. (Nathan)

Hotel life is about the same in every latitude.

Oh, Zoe Kazan - I'd move back to Brooklyn for her. She makes me happy with my life. Knowing her, being at her dinner table, going on a walk with her is the best of all possible worlds.

I once worked in a pub. I couldn't add up to save my life, but I could pull the pints.

I have never cooked a meal in my life and always end up paying for dozens of people to eat with me.

The Iraqi people are some of the warmest people you'll meet in your life. They are extremely receptive to strangers. Their hospitality is immense.

Ancient Chinese custom if you were a guest in one of their homes and you admired some particular thing, they would wrap it up and present it to you as a gift. But isn't that what life does.

Fish and guests in three days are stale.

...the waiters carried themselves with a quiet joy, as if their entire mission in life was to make their customers feel comfortable and well tended.

The sharing of food is the basis of social life.

The sharing of food is the basis of social life, and to many people it is the only kind of social life worth participating in.

I'll think of you when I'm tucked up in a warm bed at Castle Araluen and you're all out sleeping in muddy ditches and drafty barns." A chorus of cheerful abuse met this comment

Now see what you have done?" he said. "Not only have you shamed me in front of a guest, you have made that guest lie on your behalf.

Halt never ceased to be fascinated by the way women, young or old, big or small, could not resist the temptation to feed Horace.