"We gave him a hearty welcome, for there was nearly half as much of the entertaining as of the contemptible about the man."
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"Just as, with the radio, there are certain things that you become fond of,and you welcome them and resent the new things"
"Here`s my point. I don`t want you to be in a position years from now where you welcome Hillary Clinton and say actually you did win. It just wasn`t close enough to make sure that all the votes were counted or whatever. Elections have consequences. Your vote counts. Your vote has consequences."
"Italy is good in the sense that when you bring a child to a restaurant in Italy, they're happy to see it. The waiters will say "complimenti" and welcome you and dote after the kid. They don't treat you like you just brought in this horrible probably soon-to-be-squealing creature who's going to be difficult."
"A table full of welcome makes scarce one dainty dish."
"The appurtenance of welcome is fashion and ceremony."
"A hundred thousand welcomes: I could weep, And I could laugh; I am light and heavy: Welcome."
"...we almost never speak I don't feel welcome anymore baby what happened, please tell me?"
"All is not gold that glitters, as we have often been told; and the adage is verified in your place and my favour; but if what happens does not make us richer, we must bid it welcome, if it makes us wiser."
"Welcome to fear, said Moist to himself. It's hope, turned inside out. You know it can't go wrong, you're sure it can't go wrong... But it might."
"Anyone who takes responsibility for getting something done is welcome to ask for the authority to do it."
"Death on the battlefield is welcome to a soldier."
"If any Englishman dedicated his life to securing the freedom of India, resisting tyranny and serving the land, I should welcome that Englishman as an Indian."
"Encores! is, to me, a wonderful, warm, welcoming place, and I hope it always will be."
"I welcome death. In death there are no interviews!"
"Welcome evill, if thou commest alone. [Welcome evil, if thou comest alone.]"
"Love bade me welcome, but my soul drew back."
"That man said he’d take your head too.” “Well, as to that,” Yoren said, “if he can get it off my shoulders, he’s welcome to it."
"I cook every chance in my pot. And only when it is cooked through do I welcome it as my food."
"The most welcome joke to me is the one that takes the place of a heavy, not altogether innocuous thought, at once a cautionary hint of the finger and a flash of the eye."