Bram Stoker Quotes

I was on the stairs coming down when she let him in.

Courtesy dictates that we offer fellow wizards the opportunity of denying us entry.

My door is open.

A guest is a jewel on the cushion of hospitality

I'm no different from anybody else. If I don't have a card, I can't check out these books.

When people told me 'It's great to be here', they meant at the house, not with me.

If Mr. Selwyn calls again, show him up; if I am alive I shall be delighted to see him; and if I am dead he would like to see me.

The dog lives here, Pete. You're just visiting.

No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.

I don't have some sort of moral dilemma with coming as a guest to an event or a fashion show.

Come and say G'day!

Poems, for me, begin as a social engagement. I want to establish a kind of sociability or even hospitality at the beginning of a poem. The title and the first few lines are a kind of welcome mat where I am inviting the reader inside.

The crowd poured in as rapidly as the door would admit them, and many climbed in at the windows.

Welcome to your house!

It is impolite to criticize your host; it is militarily stupid to criticize your allies.

The rumor is not true: I am allowed in the state of Texas.

My door will be open to everyone.

Shaking hands is meant as a sign of respect towards your opponent.

A door handle is very symbolic to me. It is the first object that one will interact with before entering a new space.

Next time there’s a ball, ask me before someone else does, and not as a last resort!

If the door has been opened and I've been invited, or if I'm not invited and I somehow know I'm supposed to go in there, I put myself together and go in, praying all the while. I try to learn something before I go in. I try to show some respect of the place I'm going into.

Give Dayrolles a chair.

Entry is not equivalent to possession.

George W. Bush, who said to Pope John Paul II, Give us a visit, and bring the missus. Never got a dinner!

The appurtenance of welcome is fashion and ceremony.