168 Quotes About Guests

  • Author Robert Benchley
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    Who has not wished that his host would come out frankly at the beginning of the visit and state, in no uncertain terms, the rulesand preferences of the household in such matters as the breakfast hour? And who has not sounded out his guest to find out what he likes in the regulation of his diet and modus vivendi (mode of living)?

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  • Author Roland Barthes
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    Whereas the work is understood to be traceable to a source (through a process of derivation or "filiation"), the Text is without a source - the "author" a mere "guest" at the reading of the Text.

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  • Author Dick Cavett
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    My dream was maybe someday, one night I can be a guest on a talk show, and then I will have achieved everything I want.

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  • Author Matt Cutts
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    Guest blogging is probably the sort of thing that you should be thinking about doing in moderation.

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  • Author Rich Campbell
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    We're thrilled that we have been able to put the incident that took place in 1998 in the past. Atlantis' guests visited the Cayman Islands as tourists, just as any other visitors would.

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  • Author Tom Colicchio
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    Right now I am kicking around an idea to do a web talk show on a boat. Guests would come on and go fishing with me. I would like to take people who have never fished: You get them out on the water and they really open up.

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  • Author William Cowper
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    Visits are insatiable devourers of time, and fit only for those who, if they did not that, would do nothing.

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