Quotes About Hospitality

Then they knew that the lady they had lodged was a real Princess, since she had felt the one small pea through twenty mattresses and twenty feather-beds, for it was quite impossible for any one but a true Princess to be so tender.

Faith's table is always laid, whether the invited guest sits down or stays away with a thousand excuses and pretexts.

Pass the damn ham, please.

even the knives and forks had a social clatter as they went on to the table; and the chicken and ham had a cheerful and joyous fizzle in the pan, as if they rather enjoyed being cooked than otherwise

Honestly, we don't kick or bite or throw potatoes at all our guests." A crooked smile touched Lord Bradford's lips. "Your family has spirit," he said, taking his hat from Azalea. "I enjoyed the evening." "Well, yes, you've just come from a war," said Azalea.

Lord Teddie?" she said. "Will you stay for tea?" " Rather! " said the carpet.

I've no intention of harming you—or touching you, Mrs. Michaelson. But if the countryside is that packed with Yanks, then I will accept your gracious hospitality for the night. And since I dare not come near you, I'm going to go and lock myself in a room. And since I don't want to lie awake all night wondering just where you are and what you're doing, I'm taking the whiskey bottle. What a companion it will make!

The kind man feeds his beast before sitting down to dinner.

What if Naomi grew weary of having her come down to the kitchen for chats?

The Africans wouldn't consider it a real visit unless they ate.

The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink.

It's quite a thing, if you've never been in or known a small southern town. The people are not particularly sophisticated, naturally. They're not worldly wise in any way. But they tell you a story whenever they see you.

And the greeter is what sets the tone for this company and I've been on TV a little bit this morning.

Fresh peach pie can lift a bullying reprobate into apologetic courtesy; I have watched it happen.

If you are ever at a loss to support a flagging conversation, introduce the subject of eating.

There are two kinds of people in this life: Those who walk into a room and say, 'Well, here I am!' And those who walk in and say, 'Ahh, there you are.

The worst surroundings in the world can be tolerated if the people in them are interesting and kind.

Anyone who gives you a cinnamon roll fresh out of the oven is a friend for life.

Los peores sitios del mundo se pueden soportar si la gente que allí habita es interesante y amable.

Never say you're hungry until you learn what they're fixing.

I'm sorry we made you come all the way to our rooms just to take us right down the hall," Charles said. "It's my pleasure," Klaus said. As I'm sure you know, when people say, "It's my pleasure," they usually mean something along the lines of, "There's nothing on Earth I would rather do less

Stewardesses

I suppose the dinner will be delicious? Grand old English cooking?" "It's ever so nice tonight. We've just got a new cook." They went through to the dining-room, where they ate the usual tinned soup, tasteless plaice from the icebox in composite batter, a shaving of cold meat with hot gravy over it, tinned peas and processed cheese. A wine list was produced, and Carolus ordered a Burgundy which arrived lukewarm, and they ended with bad coffee of the same temperature.

A woman, feeling sorry for a beggar who had come to her door, invited him in and offered him food. On the table was a pile of dark bread—and a few slices of challah. The shnorrer (beggar) promptly fell upon the challah. "There's black bread, too," the woman hinted. "I prefer challah." "But challah is much more expensive!" "Lady," said the beggar, "it's worth it." That, I think, is chutzpa.