Lucy Punch Quotes

I think if you've been invited to someone's house, you eat what they serve you. Even if you leave hungry, you be gracious enough to eat what they've prepared.

When writing a thank-you if you've had lunch with someone downtown, send an e-mail. If somebody is giving you a dinner party in his or her home and all the work that takes, that person deserves a written thank-you.

If I'm out to dinner with a group of friends, and somebody offers to pay for the check, I immediately reach for my wallet. Inside is a note that says, "Say thanks!"

The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are.

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.

Never thank anybody for anything, except a drink of water in the desert - and then make it brief.

Cooking for people is an enormously significant expression of generosity and soulfulness, and entertaining is a way to be both generous and creative. You're sharing your life with people. Of course, it's also an expression of your own need for approval and applause. Nothing wrong with that.

I almost felt that I should offer to serve coffee.

My momma says whenever you go to somebody's house, you have to give them something. Don't come empty-handed.

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.

Feeling good about your life, but not expressing a heartfelt 'thank you,' is like wrapping a gift for someone and never giving it to them.

But I can say that life is good to me. Has been and is good. So I think my task is to be good to it. So how do you be good to life? You live it.

There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.

But my father was also the one who told me I needed to clean up my mouth or I'd never find a man. What's very important to him is manners. Show up on time. Always send thank-you letters. He is one of the more thoughtful humans I've ever met. He's a great man and a very good dad.

My friends love coming over because they get fed.

Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.

I have had friends who have acted kindly towards me, and it has been my good fortune to have it in my power to give them substantial proofs of my gratitude.

Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it.

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

Thanksgiving Day is a good day to recommit our energies to giving thanks and just giving.

The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the forth for my enemies.

If someone offers you a breath mint, accept it.

I write thank-you notes the minute I throw the wrapping paper away.

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.

Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.