Hugh Carey Quotes

November 11, 1802, I arrived at Judge Patterson's at Lisle. This respectable family treated me with every mark of distinction and friendship, and likewise all the people did the same. I really want for words to express my gratitude.

It would be all right with me. I'd probably get a car and driver out of it.

Busta Rhymes, I have to give him credit for one thing: he always lays the red carpet out for me when I'm in New York.

I have always felt that if a man gives you a solid gold key to his door he is entitled to the courtesy of a visit.

The funny thing is people won't let me pay for things. I'll be in a restaurant and the manager will say, 'Oh no, it's on the house.'

Even though I am fortunate to have certain luxuries, sometimes, I am even amazed by what people with money have and do. I want to remind people that just because you might be rich and famous, it doesn't mean you have to take yourself too seriously.

If I go to your home, and you're cooking me a meal, I will eat whatever you put in front of me.

I wish I had it in my power to furnish you with accommodation I should feel proud to do it, shall be happy to hear from you at anytime when you engagements will allow you an hour and remain with best wishes for yourself, family and circuit.

To the house of a friend if you're pleased to retire, You must all things admit, you must all things admire; You must pay with observance the price of your treat, You must eat what is praised, and must praise what you eat.

What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest?

On the road we're somebody else's guests - and we play in a way that they're not going to forget we visited them.

Our definition of VIP is not as big as in Macau. But for us, they are VIPs even if they don't spend a lot because we are very hospitable here.

One might well say that mankind is divisible into two great classes: hosts and guests.

Be kind to your mother-in-law, but pay for her board at some good hotel.

I always write back to people who are kind enough to write to me. Actually, I don't write - I recline on my red velvet sofa with my feet on the coffee table and dictate the letters to my eldest son.

The governor’s mansion was not good enough for me, although it was too good for my predecessor.

The Russians will try all the rooms in a house, enter those that are not locked, and when they come to one that cannot be broken into, they will withdraw and invite you to dine genially that same evening.

The man who looks at an animal and sees beauty is a man who has eaten well.

The facts are, when we played here, we were treated better in Greensboro than any other tournament venue.

In my opinion, if you're entertaining guests, you should do everything possible to make them comfortable.

I may not have inherited wealth, but I have some inherited humility.

I honestly don't need much money. People love to buy me drinks. Hostesses love to feed me. Famous artists lavish me with expensive artworks, and heiresses do the same with jewels that I promptly lose.

I'd rather be a good guest in someone's home than tell them I don't like their food or make fun of them.

I love the affection that people in Gujarat shower artists with.

So, you are very welcome to our house. It must appear in other ways than words, Therefore, I scant this breathing courtesy.