Hospitality Quotes · Page 10

“Open the windows and the doors, she shouted, cook some meat and fish, buy the largest turtles around, let strangers come in…

— Gabriel García Márquez

In the hyper-exploitative sector of retail and hospitality, workers are made to feel worthless - undeserving of a proper wage and genuine…

— Owen Jones

I'm very strict with my packing and have everything in its right place. I never change a rule. I hardly use anything…

— Charlie Watts

“In Paris the cashiers sit rather than stand. They run your goods over a scanner, tally up the price, and then ask…

— David Sedaris

I am defeated, and know it, if I meet any human being from whom I find myself unable to learn anything.

— George Herbert Palmer

No, Sir, you will have much more influence by giving or lending money where it is wanted, than by hospitality.

— Samuel Johnson

You'll see me on 'Top Chef' someday. My Midwestern hospitality needs an outlet, you know?

— Haley Bennett

Civilization does not engross all the virtues of humanity: she has not even her full share of them. They flourish in greater…

— Herman Melville

“There is nothing that makes me happier than sitting around the dinner table and talking until the candles are burned down.”

— Madeleine L'Engle

Aside from hospitality and delicious food, our [restaurateurs'] job is to entertain people. Restaurants should make people feel special, excited and fulfilled.

— Joe Bastianich

“Secular entertaining is a terrible bondage. Its source is human pride. Demanding perfection, fostering the urge to impress, it is a rigorous…

— Karen Burton Mains

The mind is not a hermit's cell, but a place of hospitality and intercourse.

— Charles Horton Cooley

Hospitality is always an act that benefits the host even more than the guest. The concept of hospitality arose in ancient times…

— Parker J. Palmer

I never would have thought of that word, "hospitality." I settle into the rhythm of my steps.

— Paul Auster

We treat employees as a member of the family. If management take the risk of hiring them, we have to take the…

— Akio Morita

The ability to plan for what has not yet happened, for a future that has only been imagined, is one of the…

— Warren G. Bennis

Hey, I didn't make a big deal out of Hotel California. The 18 million people that bought it did.

— Glenn Frey

cowardice more than any other failing demands a ruthless paying of the price from those who give it hospitality.

— Elizabeth Goudge

The study of tavern history often brings to light much evidence of sad domestic changes. Many a cherished and beautiful home, rich…

— Alice Morse Earle

I must follow them. I am their leader.

— Abbott Lawrence Lowell

It is often assumed that money is the only motivational factor. Wrong.Fear is also important. Save money. Use fear!

— Alistair Beaton

In the end, all journeys are spiritual. So go off the main road. Be givers of hospitality and gracious takers of it…

— Alton Brown

I love the Swedish people for their detective novels, their archipelago, their sense of humor, their carbonated vodka, and most especially, for…

— Michael Levitt

But we are living in a sceptical and, if I may use the phrase, a thought-tormented age: and sometimes I fear that…

— James Joyce

Don't talk unless you can improve the silence.

— Jorge Luis Borges