Visitor Quotes

87 quotes by 81 authors

You should rather suppose that those are involved in worthwhile duties who wish to have daily as their closest friends Zeno, Pythagoras, Democritus and all… — Seneca the Younger
The South is the land of the sustained sibilant. Everywhere, for the appreciative visitor, the letter "s" insinuates itself in the scene: in the sound… — Elwyn Brooks White
Happy the man who never puts on a face, but receives every visitor with that countenance he has on. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A man is like a phonograph with half-a-dozen records. You soon get tired of them all; and yet you have to sit at table whilst… — George Bernard Shaw
At first sin was as fragile as a spiders thread, and finally as stout as a ship's hawser; sin arrived as a passerby, next lingered… — Israel Shenker
As a regent, I hope to bring that important perspective of a typical family visitor in combination with my background as a Member of Congress… — Xavier Becerra
As a kid growing up in Southern California, I was a frequent visitor to the Disneyland and developed a deep love of the magic and… — Kidada Jones
Yesterday I had a Shaker visitor, and today a Catholic; and the more I see and hear, the less do I care about church doctrines. — Maria Mitchell
I'm someone who came to Paris as a teenager, and I dreamed of coming back to Paris as a visitor. I never dreamed of having… — Marc Jacobs
Beauty is ever to the lonely mind a shadow fleeting; she is never plain. She is a visitor who leaves behind the gift of grief,… — Christopher Morley
My experiences at Princeton have made me far more aware of my 'blackness' than ever before. I have found that at Princeton, no matter how… — Michelle Obama
I was first in Sydney in 1993, and have been a few times since then. For someone who didn't know Australia, it came as a… — Colm Toibin
To say that she had a book is to say that her solitude did not press upon her; for her love of knowledge had a… — Henry James
The stories that unfold in the space of a writer's study, the objects chosen to watch over a desk, the books selected to sit on… — Alberto Manguel
Inspiration is always a surprising visitor. — John O'Donohue
A customer is the most important visitor on our premises. He is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him. He is not an… — Mahatma Gandhi
Are you all right, Sir?" asked Hezekiah. "Just fighting over old battles in my mind," said John. "It's the problem with age. You have all… — Orson Scott Card
A visitor is a friend, he brings news, good or bad, which is bread to the hungry minds in lonely places. A real friend who… — Isak Dinesen
This being human is a guest house. Every morning is a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an… — Rumi
When they [visitors to his studio:] learn about the six-week daily-strip deadline and the 12-week Sunday-page deadline, a visitor almost never fails to remark: "Gee,… — Charles M. Schulz

Who Wrote These Visitor Quotes

81 authors contributed a total of 87 Visitor Quotes, led by these top contributors: