Quotes About Hospitality

Northern Ireland has treated me well, you know?

What I learned is that how we present ourselves to the world is really how we get treated. So if you want to be treated really well in a restaurant, you really have to dress up. You cannot just show up.

November 11, 1802, I arrived at Judge Patterson's at Lisle. This respectable family treated me with every mark of distinction and friendship, and likewise all the people did the same. I really want for words to express my gratitude.

We have been treated gorgeously by Amazon.

I get treated like a princess in India. It is like a different world.

The city of Houston has treated me really good.

There are perks to being the partner of a professional athlete - we were invited into beautiful homes, enjoyed stunning sponsor cars, got special treatment at restaurants, and attended many exquisite functions.

I love The Inn at Palmetto Bluff, an Auberge Property in Bluffton, South Carolina. It's a spectacular corner of the world, with massive old trees lined with Spanish moss, and alligators swimming in the river.

My plat de resistance is potato salad with garlic and olive oil which we press from the olives from my trees in the grounds of my home near St Remy de Provence. I have four hectares and take the olives down to the local community press at Maussane les Alpilles. I don't produce big quantities; it is just for the family and friends.

From natural disasters to the refugee crises, the impact we can have as individuals might seem limited. But as many of our hosts know, sharing your home for even a few nights can make a tremendous difference in someone's life.

I think it's because Toronto is the Gothenburg of Canada, with the trends and the music and everything. I feel very at home when I'm there. Everyone has always been so kind to me.

The African people and tribal chiefs are hospitable, and African music and dances are invigorating.

When you sit down to eat at a table, you are ready to take in nourishment - we all need to eat to live. Even in primal tribes, people ate together. It's the opening for friendship.

Soup is cozy.

When people come to Jamaica, we don't want them to think about the problems of Jamaica. So let them come be in their paradise.

When those waiters ask me if I want some fresh ground pepper, I ask if they have any aged pepper.

That's right, you're not from Texas. But Texas wants you anyways.

I love Adele, I want her to be my best friend. She could come to the U.S., live with me and sing to me every morning.

'The tea is coming!' ...she may want a martini, but make her drink tea.

Grilling takes the formality out of entertaining. Everyone wants to get involved.

God wants people to meet Him when they meet us.

Guys wake up at your place and they expect breakfast. They don't eat bagels and M&M's in the morning. They want things like toast. I say, 'I don't have these recipes.'

Cooking and baking are pleasures and I want everyone to be able to experience and share them.

I like it when the waiter askes you if you want parmesan cheese on your dinner, yeah, give me essence of puke all over me tea!