"The latter end of a fray, and the beginning of a feast, Fits a dull fighter, and a keen guest."
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"To the guests that must go, bid God's speed and brush away all traces of their steps."
"Thom is one of those wonderful people to cook for because he absolutely loves it, just loves it. He loves to eat and drink and he'd be a great guest at any dinner party."
"His faithful dog salutes the smiling guest."
"A civil guest Will no more talk all, than eat all the feast."
"To-morrow! the mysterious, unknown guest, Who cries to me: "Remember Barmecide, And tremble to be happy with the rest." And I make answer: "I am satisfied; I dare not ask; I know not what is best; God hath already said what shall betide."
"To be an agreeable guest one need only enjoy oneself."
"Making a long stay short is a great aid to popularity."
"It is equally offensive to speed a guest who would like to stay and to detain one who is anxious to leave."
"I had my one guest star on The Flash, and that became several guest stars, and then they mentioned this new show."
"Frank Harris has been received in all the great houses - once."
"When a guest blogger can't even be bothered sharing their own post on their social networks; they're pretty much admitting 'I don't care about this post, and I don't want to be associated with it'. In the end these guests posts are just another form of spam."
"Conversation is but carving! Give no more to every guest Than he's able to digest."
"Time is an eternal guest that banquets on our ideals and bodies."
"if you live in New York and you have a guest room, you have guests. So I think it's best not to have a guest room."
"And bid them love each other and be blest: And leave the troop which errs, and which reproves, And come and be my guest, - for I am Love's."
"I had long ago learned that when you are the giant, alien visitor to a remote and foreign culture it is sort of your job to become an object of ridicule. It’s the least you can do, really, as a polite guest."
"It's so much better for me to do a talk show. You still have that energy of the audience, and the audience is just as important as that guest that's sitting next to me. It's not about me and that guest exchanging energy and talking. It's about everything that's going on in that room, and they're as much a part of the show as anything. I like this better than anything I've ever done."
"When you guest-star, you're usually at the center of the dramatic arc, so that's fun."
"For one year, I want to do this thing where I guest-star on as many television shows as I possibly can. I love television. The fact that television ultimately made me famous was very gratifying for me."