Guests Quotes - Page 7

• The world's an Inn; and I her guest.

  Francis Quarles

  World, Inns

  Francis Quarles, “On The World”

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• His faithful dog salutes the smiling guest.

  Thomas Campbell

  Dog, Faithful, Salute

  Thomas Campbell (1853). “The Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell: With a Memoir of His Life ...”, p.37

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• Slaves were taught to be fine chefs, but they endangered their lives if they made a mistake or served an ill-prepared dish. Rather than being reprimanded, they were often hauled into the dining room and flogged in the presence of the guests.

  Jeff Smith

  Mistake, Food, Dining

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• Serve this dish with much too much wine for your guests, along with some cooked green vegetables and a huge salad. You will be famous in about half an hour.

  Jeff Smith

  Food, Wine, Vegetables

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• House guests (I don't care who they are, how much I like them, or how long it's been since I last saw them) are pests, much like roaches and mice. But there are differences. You can trap roaches and mice. And they don't want you to drive them to Disneyland.

  Margo Kaufman

  Differences, Long, House

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• If I can make an economic deal with Amazon that works for them and works for me, OK - I'll make it available. But I don't want to be part of restrictions that make life difficult for my guests.

  Gerry Lopez

  Amazon, Want, Economic

  Source: deadline.com

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• Certify border is secure; only then allow guest workers.

  John McCain

  Borders, Workers, Secure

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• I've been looking to do TV for a while. I've always done guest starring stuff. I've done a couple of multi-episode arcs, and I've always loved the experience.

  Christina Ricci

  Couple, Done, Stuff

  "Christina Ricci Interview PAN AM; Says Robert Pattinson Is “Absolutely Lovely” in BEL AMI". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 26, 2011.

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• It has never been recommended to confuse "loving" with "seeking to please"... ...Salome pleased Herod's guests; I can hardly believe she was burning with love for them. As for poor John the Baptist... ...she certainly did not envelop him in her love.

  Jacques Maritain

  Believe, Burning, Baptists

  Jacques Maritain (2013). “The Peasant of the Garonne: An Old Layman Questions Himself about the Present Time”, p.91, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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• Well, the American public always wanted to vote for a guy — and Bush was the perfect guy — who they'd want to have over for pot-roast. And George Bush is that guy. He does that well. You'd like to have him over for pot-roast. He reminds you of yourself. Okay. Well, now he's been over, he's had the pot-roast. But he's getting drunk and now he's talking about stem cells and Terri Schiavo and gay marriage. And now he's the guest that won't leave.

  Bill Maher

  Gay, Cells, Perfect Guy

  "Real Time" with Bill Maher, April 29, 2005.

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• One of my personal favorites [potential guests] would be Darren Criss from GLEE. I think that guy is so talented, and he’s fast. I think that’s the thing — we don’t have people just because this guy is a star on blah, blah, blah show; you want someone that has personality and can put two sentences together and that doesn’t take themselves quite so seriously.

  Wayne Brady

  Stars, Thinking, Two

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• I think it's time to stop carping on the blunders of the President and give him some credit for creativity. I mean, where do you even FIND a Jewish hard-line conservative Republican pot-smoker? Sounds like an Oprah Winfrey guest.

  A. Whitney Brown

  Creativity, Mean, Thinking

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• My guest Newt Gingrich shut down the government during the Clinton administration. I'll ask him when it's gonna start working again.

  Stephen Colbert

  Government, Administration, Clinton

  Twitter post from Nov 14, 2012

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• Ourselves within us lethal forces nurse; We make of our own enemies our guests.

  Sri Aurobindo

  Nurse, Enemy, Force

  Sri Aurobindo (1994). “Gems from Sri Aurobindo, 2nd Series”, p.134, Lotus Press

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• On being the guest of honor at an awards banquet: "Thank you for making this day necessary."

  Yogi Berra

  Funny, Awards, Honor

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• Always remember to set a place at the table of life for the unexpected guest.

  Linda Ellerbee

  Life, Tables, Unexpected

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• Everybody is afraid of death for the simple reason that we have not tasted of life yet. The man who knows what life is, is never afraid of death; he welcomes death. Whenever death comes he hugs death, he embraces death, he welcomes death, he receives death as a guest. To the man who has not known what life is, death is an enemy; and to the man who knows what life is, death is the ultimate crescendo of life.

  Rajneesh

  Death, Men, Simple

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• It's as though some poor devil were to set out for a large dinner party with the knowledge that the following morning he would be hearing exactly what each of the other guests thought of him.

  Cornelia Otis Skinner

  Morning, Party, Devil

  1959 Of opening night reviews.The Ape In Me.

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• Soft pity never leaves the gentle breast where love has been received a welcome guest.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Welcome, Pity, Gentle

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Thomas Moore (1833). “The works: With a biographical sketch”, p.73

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• The role of the designer is basically that of a good host, anticipating the needs of the guest.

  Ray Charles

  Needs, Roles, Host

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• You can argue that it's a different world now than the one when Matthew Shepard was killed, but there is a subtle difference between tolerance and acceptance. It's the distance between moving into the cul-de-sac and having your next door neighbor trust you to keep an eye on her preschool daughter for a few minutes while she runs out to the post office. It's the chasm between being invited to a colleague's wedding with your same-sex partner and being able to slow-dance without the other guests whispering.

  Jodi Picoult

  Daughter, Running, Sex

  Jodi Picoult (2014). “Sing You Home: A Novel”, p.106, Simon and Schuster

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• If a fan comes up and it is a middle-aged lady, it is probably from 'Prime'; if it is a younger girl, it is probably from when I guest-starred on 'One Tree Hill.' And if it is, like, a skateboard kid or a hipster kid, I can tell they are 'How to Make It' fans.

  Bryan Greenberg

  Girl, Hipster, Kids

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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.

  John Lancaster Spalding

  Men, Self, Rooms

  John Lancaster Spalding (1901). “Aphorisms and Reflections: Conduct, Culture and Religion”

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• BEFORE THERE WAS BILLY COLLINS & TED KOOSER, THERE WAS EDGAR GUEST

  Ron Silliman

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• I'm so thrilled to have been asked to guest in the Doctor Who Christmas Special, I'm such a fan of the show. The read-through was very difficult for me; I wanted to keep stuffing my fingers into my ears and scream 'No spoilers!' Every day on set I’ve had to silence my internal fan-boy squeals!

  Nick Frost

  Boys, Doctors, Silence

  "Doctor Who Christmas special gets a Frosty feel" by John Plunkett, www.theguardian.com. September 19, 2014.

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