Quotes About Hospitality

As a dinner guest I gratefully eat just about anything that's set before me, because graciousness among friends is dearer to me than any other agenda.

We cater to the better class of gentile clientele. We reserve the right to decline service to anyone we deem to be incompatible.

cradling the soup terrine that she set

apron back on, and I washed all the dishes while she sat on her wooden stool and watched. I told her just sit, I've got this. Miss Betsy acted like she'd never seen a man clean up a kitchen before, which maybe she hadn't. I wanted to keep her talking about Angus, so I asked

Her kitchen chairs were equipales that took you in like a hug, which I needed.

The spirits have been good enough to let us live here and use the utilities, and we're saying: We know how nice you're being. We appreciate the rain, we appreciate the sun, we appreciate the deer we took. Sorry if we messed up anything. You've gone to a lot of trouble, and we'll try to be good guests.

Aren't you going to invite me in? No. You aren't very polite. That is a virtue I am seldom accused of possessing. Don't sulk, Cousin, it spoils the shape of that charming mouth.

meant well, and they had all been very good to her. Mrs Thornton was forever telling her to consider The Meadow her home, and she had even turned the little box room at the end of the second-floor landing into a bedroom for her. Mrs Thornton had insisted she keep a few clothes there, and when she had visited Gwen in November she had left behind

May I join you?" she asked. Her English was lightly accented with something warm, maybe Spanish or Portuguese. "Please," I said, standing and pulling back a chair for her. "Is English all right?" "Of course," she said, looking at me closely. "You… you're American?" I nodded. "My parents are Japanese, but I grew up in America. I'm more comfortable in English.

Ancorammo la barca al riparo dal vento, entrammo nella baracca, ci cambiammo e preparammo la cena. Il nostro sollievo si espresse in una serie di battute scherzose, a spese l'uno dell'altro. Mangiammo in silenzio, andammo a letto e dormimmo come orsi d'inverno.

Always carry a corkscrew and the wine shall provide itself.

How can we send a signal over the phone, when the customer calls with a question, that we are different than the other companies, and they are going to feel more welcome and at home with us? How do we create a relationship right there at the point of that call? What

You're nuts, but you're welcome here.

Peppier n. The waiter at a fancy restaurant whose sole purpose seems to be walking around asking diners if they want ground pepper.

Though I love the luxury of the Waldorf Towers, room service there doesn't do soul food.

Fasting and feasting are universal human responses, and any meal, shared with love, can be an agape.

Hospitality should have no other nature than love.

The word hospitality in the New Testament comes from two Greek words. The first word means love and the second word means strangers. Its a word that means love of strangers.

Know what people love to eat, prepare it yourself with love and serve them

To love is to make of one's heart a swinging door.

Internationally, I love going to Switzerland. I went there many times for shooting and loved the Alps, the tranquility, cleanliness, the greenery and the warmth of the people there.

I love cooking. Not for myself alone. Cooking is about giving.

Gratitude is a two fold love - love coming to visit us, and love running out to greet a welcome guest.

There's no substitute for a great love who says, 'No matter what's wrong with you, you're welcome at this table.'