Quotes About Hospitality

A man should think less of what he eats and more with whom he eats because no food is so satisfying as good company.

How can you give a man a room in a house and not let him come through the front door?

That man will never be unwelcome to others who makes himself agreeable to his own family.

Happy the man who never puts on a face, but receives every visitor with that countenance he has on.

Let a man behave in his own house as a guest.

If any young men come for Mary or Kitty, send them in, for I am quite as leisure.

When guests enter the room their entertainers rise to receive them; and in all meetings men should ascend into their higher selves, imparting to one another only the best they know and love.

A civil guest Will no more talk all, than eat all the feast.

I always like to find those little mom-and-pop sandwich places, or diners. Those are my favorite kind of places.

Tom Osborne, Lou Holtz, Bobby Bowden were in our living room. My mom didn't know who they were!

My house has always been like everyone's house. You walk in, you're a part of the family, no matter who you are, what celebrity status you are, everyone is treated the same - with love from my mom.

My parents were workers. My mom, especially in my high school years, was a stock clerk at Kmart... My dad was a bartender that worked banquets.

Christmas is the season when people run out of money before they run out of friends.

You realize how much fun we did have, with no money at all. We'd stay in peoples' homes in Tangiers. When you're young, you invite yourself.

I don't want to be an island. I want to be more of a tourist attraction. You stop here, I take your money and you go.

Whoever expects to walk peacefully in the world must be money's guest.

To buy very good wine nowadays requires only money. To serve it to your guests is a sign of fatigue.

Money isn't always the best motivator. If you leave a $50 check after dinner with friends, you don't increase the probability of being invited back.

And we mean to treat you all,' added Lydia, 'but you must lend us the money, for we have just spent ours at the shop out there.

When you have more than you need, make your table longer, not your fence higher.

I want to build / and raise anew / Theseus' Temple and the Stadiums / and where Pericles livedBut there's no money, too much spent today / I had a guest over and we sat together.

Keep the change, " he smiled. Was there ever a more empowering phrase than "Keep the change"?

Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.

All well-regulated families set apart an hour every morning for tea and bread and butter