Quotes About Hospitality

Make eye contact and small talk.

No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not annoy his host after three days.

No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.

In the way such things happen in real life, I suspect I'll never see him again. We talked about that once. There was a term in Japanese, he said. Eng. It was both a concept and a word of advice. It meant that anyone you meet may be the most important person in your life. Therefore, that every stranger should be treated as a friend. Loved before it is too late. You never know (he said) in which night your ship is passing.

I can't deliver lines, but I can talk about food all night long.

Pero, al mismo tiempo, cuando cada persona se siente al mando, aun a escala local o temporal, esa persona toma en serio su responsabilidad. Esa persona es "dueña" de su trabajo, o de una parte del parque o de la situación. Y eso la hace preocuparse y tomar en serio el bienestar del invitado. Así es exactamente como se sienten los integrantes del reparto.

Cuando los diseñadores desarrollaban la Liberty Tree Tavern, Walt Disney les dijo que había un solo concepto básico: "quiero que las personas vayan a un edificio de cinco millones de dólares a comprar hamburguesas de cinco centavos". Desde aquel día, el precio de las hamburguesas ha aumentado considerablemente, pero la premisa de proporcionar un gran valor sigue allí.

As an American, and especially as a Christian, I am convinced that a love for our own people is not a bad thing, but love doesn't stop at borders. Love is infinitely boundless and all about holy trespassing and offensive friendships.

The people I want are very famous and very rich, and all I can offer them is a bit of exposure on TV and a bit of cash, so it's a miracle we get any guests at all. But we have been very lucky.

I was brought up in a way that when you're at a dinner party, you don't grab a chip unless it's been offered to everyone else. It's the manners of being brought up by English parents.

I did my graduation in hospitality in Jaipur. When I was working, I started getting offers in modeling and did a few South films.

I'm the type of person who, if somebody offers me a free meal, I get excited because you never know where your next free meal is going to come from.

You can't open anything after your 50. You have to wait 'til people stop by the house. 'Oh my God, I'm glad you're here.'

When I have parties, I have little sandwiches. I always make sure I have two or three fresh habaneros, and I only put them on one or two. There's always someone who comes running around the corner, 'Oh my God! I don't know what was in those, but my mouth is on fire! What do I do?'

When I used to work at Friday's, in a restaurant, that endless appetizer, that was my worst enemy as a server. Oh my god.

I like Columbus, Ohio, because it's Pleasantville for real. They have the nicest white people I have ever met, and I mean that!

I bring incense, essential oils, and candles to make my hotel room feel more like home.

I have a couple freeloader friends, but it's okay. I know they're gonna come in with their arms flying in the air empty-handed.

Oklahoma has been so great to me.

Oklahoma's always been good to me.

The people that we met when we lived in Cincinnati, the Midwestern values - I'm from Oklahoma, my wife's from Green Bay - we felt at home in the year we were here.

I love entertaining old school. It's how I feel the most comfortable, because it's what I experienced growing up.

I've been adapting ever since my oldest had her first play date with a boy, and I was like, 'That's not normal,' because I came from the old school. Now boys sleep over at my house. It doesn't matter which girl, which age.

My favourite thing is cooking for my friends. There are 13 of us who all met at university. They come round once a week, and I make a huge lasagne.