Tony Gonzalez Quotes

I know my mother has always looked at strangers as friends.

The Iraqi people are some of the warmest people you'll meet in your life. They are extremely receptive to strangers. Their hospitality is immense.

What I generally get from being in Africa is a sense of warmth and openness. As a stranger, you are always welcomed into people's homes and people are always offering you food. That generosity is incredibly touching.

And if strangers come to supper they shall be served with more according as they have need.

A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.

The Turkish people are the friendliest I've ever met.

Hospitality exists when you believe that the other person is on your side.

The Italian character in general is full of animation, and the natives enter into the interests and welfare of the stranger before them with a fervor that forbids all doubt of its sincerity and that is truly surprising.

Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends.

Wherever I go, people are so kind and so lovely and so warm and show their best self. So I feel very lucky.

One of the attributes Glasgow is best known for all over the world is the friendliness of her people.

There are people who have energy that say 'don't come near me, don't get too close.' There's people like Adrienne Shelley who have the energy of 'come over here and give me a hug and if you're around me you're going to be happy about it.'

We found on our journey, as well as in the place where we stopped, that they treated us with as much confidence and good-will as if they had known us all their lives.

If you really want to make a friend, go to someone's house and eat with him... the people who give you their food give you their heart.

I will share all of this with you whenever you wish.

You just feel comfortable with him, and he certainly makes sure that you're comfortable. He makes sure that you feel good and that you're happy with what you're doing.

I'll be a host for life!

It's a very generous culture, American culture. I know you can't generalize 300 million people, but everyone I've met here has been so lovely to me.

Christmas is, for those who wish to follow the way of Jesus, an invitation to accept into our comfortable and safe lives those who come to us from far away, who seem ragged, marginal, in transition.

I don't know how not to share.

I think Bolano had a generosity about him that was unique. He seemed to include so many people in the circle of his adventures, whereas I felt like I was pretty selfish.

My mama just accepted everybody with open arms. Everybody knew her.

There are good people here in the Midwest. That's for sure.

Filipinos are so warm and friendly, and they're known worldwide for that.

Indoreans are not only welcoming, but very homely.