Danny Meyer Quotes

A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.

I love to do things for people rather than have them do things for me.

Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.

I mean, I like nice girls, and I like people who are generous.

You have to be generous if you want to spend your time making someone else dinner. Even if you're charging, you're still giving.

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

Humility is a virtue, and it is a virtue innate in guests.

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.

The consummate gentleman on the planet today is George Clooney, who never fails to go the extra mile for people. Every person matters to George.

I don't really think about doing something kind, I think there's just a way to conduct your daily life with compassion to other people.

It is boorish to live ungraciously: the giving is the hardest part; what does it cost to add a smile?

It is kindness to immediately refuse what you intend to deny.

Be a awful nice to 'em goin' up, because you're gonna meet 'em all comin' down.

I believe that love and laughter can only happen when one person takes the time to think about what would cause the other person to feel good.

I want people to say, 'She is really sweet and kind.' Anyone can work hard enough and be 'pretty.' Not many people are nice nowadays.

The true greatness of a person, in my view, is evident in the way he or she treats those with whom courtesy and kindness are not required.

Really big people are, above everything else, courteous, considerate and generous - not just to some people in some circumstances - but to everyone all the time.

No, honey. This is for you.

I almost felt that I should offer to serve coffee.

Kindness is the No. 1 quality I look for in a man. You can see in how he treats anyone - from a CEO to a housekeeper - and it's a reflection of how nice a guy is. Funniness and confidence come after that... When a guy approaches me, it's fantastic if he can make me laugh.

People really don't have to give you anything, so appreciate what people give you.

People can talk about how much they care about you, but the small things like this, people taking time out of their day to come and support, it's amazing.

As great of a player as Yao was, he was kind and patient with everybody. He wasn't trying to feed an image or cultivate a brand or manipulate a public persona.

Just being raised in a home where my mother, from as early as I can remember, always taught me to be thinking about other people first, basically that our service was going to be the measure of our success.

I actually care about things, and I care about people.