Guests Quotes - Page 24

• the house protects the dreamer; the houses that are important to us are the ones that allow us to dream in peace. Guests we've had stop in for a night or two all come down the first morning, ready to tell their dreams.

  Frances Mayes

  Dream, Morning, Night

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• In episodic television you'll have a good guy who's on every week and that's his show! He's the regular on it, and you're not going to be "gooder" than he is; I mean, he's the guy who's got to solve your problem! So if you're playing a good guy, you have to have a problem, and he's going to solve it for you. And the only really strong dramatic part is the heavy, because the meaner and crueler and rottener you are, the better the good guy looks when he whips ya' at the end because he always is gonna whip ya! So, the best dramatic guest shot is the heavy.

  Leslie Nielsen

  Strong, Mean, Guy

  Source: www.mrmovietimes.com

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• I admire vegetarians who refuse to eat nothing but vegetables in their homes, but I also admire those who put aside those principles or those preferences when they travel. Just to be a good guest.

  Anthony Bourdain

  Home, Vegetables, Principles

  "The Omnivore’s Agenda: An Interview with Anthony Bourdain". Interview with Clara Jeffery, www.motherjones.com. November, 2010.

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• Commercials and sometimes other guests - it's the down side of TV. Other people - it's the downside of life in general.

  Fran Lebowitz

  People, Sides, Tvs

  Source: mrbellersneighborhood.com

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• I'm just very interested in what my guests have to say. You have to be vigilant to stay ignorant.

  Stephen Colbert

  Ignorant, Vigilant

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• Good thoughts are blessed guests, and should be heartily welcomed, well fed, and much sought after. Like rose leaves, they give out a sweet smell if laid up in the jar of memory.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Sweet, Memories, Blessed

  Charles Spurgeon (2012). “John Ploughman's Talks”, p.31, Whitaker House

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• Southerners have been known to stay over the Fourth and not get home before Thanksgiving. Some oldtimers take in overnight guests and keep them through three generations.

  Mary Ellen Snodgrass

  Home, Three, Generations

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• I always want my guests to be happy and impressed.

  Gail Simmons

  Want, Impressed

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• Inquisitiveness is an uncomely guest.

  Philip Sidney

  Sir Philip Sidney, Jane Porter (1807). “Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks”, p.217

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• To-morrow! the mysterious, unknown guest,
  Who cries to me: "Remember Barmecide,
  And tremble to be happy with the rest."
  And I make answer: "I am satisfied;
  I dare not ask; I know not what is best;
  God hath already said what shall betide.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Answers, Tomorrow, Mysterious

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1871). “The Poetical Works”, p.338

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• At first, we lived in very, very small places... with my mom cleaning houses and scrounging up just enough to keep us in town with a working car. She introduced me to my first agent, and I started with stand-in work, then eventually commercials and television guest-shots.

  Keith Coogan

  Mom, Car, House

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• My first paying job was guest starring in 'Touched By An Angel' when I was 12. It was very exciting. I couldn't believe you got free food all day and people were so nice to you.

  Mary Elizabeth Winstead

  Jobs, Nice, Believe

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• Lust may be in the heart, though it be not seen by others; as guests may be in the house, though they look not out at the windows.

  Billie Holiday

  Heart, House, Lust

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• I can't even tell you how many different shows I would love to guest star on because there's just too many.

  Brian Dietzen

  Stars, Different, Shows

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• I would love do a guest spot on Castle because Nathan Fillion is so dreamy, and he and I are friends. And I think we could have a lot of fun.

  Callie Thorne

  Fun, Thinking, Castles

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• How different a loved and familiar spot appears, when viewed with the eye of probable guests.

  Anne Bosworth Greene

  Eye, Different, Spots

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• Concocting a good guest list is like seasoning a gourmet sauce. Too many similar ingredients and it's bland. Too much variety in the seasoning and the result may be overpowering.

  Sheila Ostrander

  Sauce, Too Much, Ingredients

  Sheila Ostrander (1968). “Etiquette for today”

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• I do a happy dance even when I get a guest-star role.

  Robert Knepper

  Stars, Roles, Guest Stars

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• Its fun for me to go on other folks talk shows. When youve endured the ups and downs and tensions and pitfalls of hosting, being a guest is a piece of angel food.

  Dick Cavett

  Fun, Angel, Pitfalls

  Dick Cavett (2014). “Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic Moments, and Assorted Hijinks”, p.39, Henry Holt and Company

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• A guest is a jewel on the cushion of hospitality

  Rex Stout

  Jewels, Hospitality, Cushions

  Rex Stout (2010). “Death of a Dude”, p.65, Bantam

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• The soul on earth is an immortal guest.

  Hannah More

  Soul, Earth, Immortal

  Hannah More (1801). “The Works of Hannah More ...: Including Several Pieces Never Before Published”, p.380

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• Earlier this month the State Department gave the umpteenth performance of its popular play, Please Tread on Me, with Ceylon as guest star, and the usual cast.

  William F. Buckley, Jr.

  Stars, Government, Play

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• Mr. Rockefeller is due to entertain munificently at breakfast, and make his pitch. My advice to one invited guest was: Order caviar, and then say No.

  William F. Buckley, Jr.

  Order, Advice, Caviar

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• I don't want to be the honored guest. I want to be the invisible person.

  Paul Theroux

  Want, Invisible, Persons

  Source: www.usatoday.com

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• When you're running for president, you're a guest in the living room for four years. And if people don't think you're going to be around the living room as a pleasant experience, they're not going to vote for you even if they agree with you.

  David Brooks

  Running, Thinking, Years

  "Week In Politics: Hillary Clinton's Upcoming Announcement, Rand Paul's Remarks". "All Things Considered" with Melissa Block, www.npr.org. April 10, 2015.

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