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Quotes About Entertaining

Apparently I'm well-known for my stories, my raconteur tales, that sort of thing.
~ Rick Wakeman
Hosting is work. It means you don't get to go up to your room and disappear and take a nap. Like everybody else does after lunch. I'm talking about hosting, not hosting a dinner party, but hosting people staying in your home.
~ George Clooney
In the original version, David Pumpkins talks a lot more.
~ Mikey Day
Truth be told, I'm not an easy man. I can be an entertaining one, though it's been my experience that most people don't want to be entertained. They want to be comforted.
~ Richard Russo
You make learning fun. Like a children's book or after school special. Tell me about your…um, Athenian women.
~ Richelle Mead
You are such fun, Ms. Morgan. Watching you is like watching a five-year-old.
~ Kim Harrison
I want to do entertaining films, where a woman gets the respect of being an actor.
~ Bipasha Basu
I realize that we just met but I want to be "the example" of what a man should be instead of "another example" of what a man should never be. You are beautiful, smart, and entertaining and I hope to see you again.
~ Zane
Pound for pound, your show is the best of its kind. I'm always learning from your great content!
~ Craig Shoemaker
My best hostess tip is to have good food and really good music! We usually put on the Charlie Brown Christmas album. That's my favorite.
~ Jennifer Aniston
Rich people like to hostess, so they can show off their nice stuff. Tonight
~ Jennifer Egan
It dropped so low in my regard I heard it hit the ground, And go to pieces on the stones At bottom of my mind; Yet blamed the fate that fractured, less Than I reviled myself For entertaining plated wares Upon my silver shelf.
~ Emily Dickinson
At feasts, remember that you are entertaining two guests, body and soul. What you give to the body, you presently lose; what you give to the soul, you keep for ever.
~ Epictetus
She could always go back to hostessing. She knew how to show someone a seat.
~ Amy Sohn
Montalbano sat outside reading a good detective novel by two Swedish authors, husband and wife, in which there wasn't a page without a ferocious and justified attack on social democracy and the government. In his mind, Montalbano dedicated the book to all those who did not deign to read mystery novels because, in their opinion, they were only entertaining puzzles.
~ Andrea Camilleri
Although I may not know a lot about football, I do know a lot about food! As a result, not many people ask me to join their fantasy leagues, but they will come to me for suggestions on what to serve for guests for a weekly Sunday get-together.
~ Marcus Samuelsson
We're a rock group. we're noisy, rowdy, sensational and weird.
~ Angus Young
I actually saw 'Piranha 3DD' - God, it's so weird saying that - and it's actually really surprising. It's really good. It's funny; it's fun. And you actually want more when you see it.
~ Chris Zylka
I really like Akshay Kumar. He can be funny and weird while at the same time. His films are always interesting and meaningful.
~ Kiku Sharda
My husband and I have very similar desires when we're entertaining. We want everybody to feel comfortable and welcome, to know they can kick off their shoes and be able to come right in.
~ Tiffani Thiessen
A good host will point out food, snacks, and drinks that you're welcome to help yourself to, but if they don't, do not ask what is available. It sounds greedy.
~ Tinsley Mortimer
I do like a well-written sketch with a bunch of jokes in it, and I like stand-up with good jokes in it it.
~ Lenny Henry
I'm more of a homebody. I'm constantly asked: 'Why don't we see you out?' But that's not what drives me. I prefer to have people over - which I do a lot, because I bought a house that's way too big for me, and four of my friends live there.
~ Kristen Bell
They say the Premier League is best league in the world. Or Roy Keane says we are brainwashed into believing it. He might be right. But I can definitely say it's the most entertaining league.
~ Gianluca Vialli