Quotes About Hospitality

Pax huic domui

Chairs were few; even kings and popes received ambassadors sitting on beds furnished with elaborate curtains and spreads;

nuns of the Hôtel Dieu or municipal hospital, "having no fear of death, tended the sick with all sweetness and humility.

The hospitality of the universe is famous among the comets; There is always an extra plate for the late-comer and a flower for his buttonhole.

I want more girls' nights, more dinner parties, more date nights, more nights on the couch with zucchini fries watching bad reality television.

Japanese culture? I kind of love everything about it. I love the food. Everyone's really nice. There's just a lot about Japan that's really cool.

As a chef, you need to respect your guests and their needs. If they decide that they want to eat certain things and not eat others, if for religious reasons or just decide they don't want to eat certain ingredients, you have to respect that.

I was a bartender for a long time, so I know how to make drinks, but I'm more likely to offer them than to have them. I think this is one of the reasons why I get to live longer than my great-grandmother did, and why I get to produce more writing than she did, and why my marriage isn't in dire straits.

I will always be open to receive my friends. I will not force myself on them.

That point of life when I learned I could cook, that always made me understand what cooks felt like feeding other people. It's okay to receive, but it's really cool to give, so food is to me sexy because it's the fact that someone is giving it to someone else.

Chelsea received me very well.

I've been very well received by all the people I've met in St. Petersburg.

Take Ernie Els. He plays in every country. You see his name everywhere. He's received in different parts of the world. It's a good experience.

The people were just so lovely and accommodating and had really interesting questions and it was just interesting to see how the show is actually received in so many different countries.

When you bring a man two millions of money, you need have but little fear that you will not be well received.

I challenge those who are in business and other professions to see that there are copies of the Book of Mormon in their reception rooms.

I have enjoyed playing in England, and have enjoyed the reception I've got from the people here.

The people in China love their snooker. We get a fantastic reception when we go over there.

I think Chennaiites are the best because the city has a receptive audience.

The exposure from 'Iron Chef' has been helpful, but at the end of the day your product and your service determine whether you get customers or not. If people decide to eat out less during a recession, the first restaurants that they will cut out are the ones that don't do a great job.

If you have an Ina Garten-level roasted-chicken recipe, it's a game changer. I bring that to dinner parties and make a lot of friends.

My wife was born and raised in Italy until she was about 9, and then she came to America, and her mom was a great cook, and they have great recipes, and whenever her mom would come into town, we would have all these friends just randomly showing up at our house, and eventually we figured out why. They wanted Mama's cooking.

If somebody is good to me, I'll reciprocate. What's the harm? If somebody says 'Hello' to me, I won't turn my back on him.

It's very hard to behave naturally when you know people recognise you. On the other hand, I still sometimes get upgraded in hotels because someone used to like me back in the day, which is still pretty amazing.