Danny Meyer Hospitality Quotes & Sayings

It's not about how fast you go. It's not about how far you go. It's a process. — Amby Burfoot

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

How can you franchise hospitality? — Danny Meyer

'The Wizard of Oz' and 'Alice in Wonderland' inspired me. I wanted to take those themes and try to bring it into a more 21st story with aliens. — Tony DiTerlizzi

When chefs like Wolfgang Puck became household names, that became a compelling reason for an intelligent young person to go into the cooking profession. There have been no waiters who have turned into household names. The service and hospitality aspects have clearly lagged behind the kitchen. — Danny Meyer

I thought it had a very compelling opening, and after a couple of pages, I had that feeling of 'I'm in good hands,' and eager to see where this is going. I felt lots of intrigue, stakes, and conflict right from the outset, with a clear, terse writing style that drew me in right away.
--Erik Bork, Emmy Award winning screenwriter, Band of Brothers. — Robert Child

I wondered if I would appear on a temple wall painting someday. A blonde Egyptian girl with purple highlights running sideways through the palm trees, screaming "Yikes!" in hieroglyphics as Neith chased after me. The thought of some poor archaeologist trying to figure that out almost lifted my spirits. — Rick Riordan

If you think Wall Street firms have it good, you haven't looked closely at Big Oil. — Jeff Goodell

No one moment is most important. Any moment can be something. — Garry Winogrand

War creates murderers and profiteers. Wherever there is conflict you'll find a man ready to torture, rape and kill in the name of The Cause and to line his pocket with a quick easy buck. — Ken Scott

Hospitality is almost impossible to teach. It's all about hiring the right people. — Danny Meyer

Hospitality is present when something happens for you. It is absent when something happens to you. Those two simple prepositions - for and to - express it all. — Danny Meyer

But nothing will suit him now but the best! He's got on wonderfully, and naturally he wants something to show for it, but many's the time I wonder where it will end. — Agatha Christie

Hospitality knows no gender or race. — Danny Meyer

Throughout the vast shadowy world of ghosts and demons there is no figure so terrible, no figure so dreaded and abhorred, yet dight with such fearful fascination, as the vampire, who is himself neither ghost nor demon, but yet who partakes the dark natures and possesses the mysterious and terrible qualities of both. - Rev. Montague Summers — Stephenie Meyer

It's odd how much our perception of cities owes to stories and films.We talk about 'Dickensian' London as if it had some real existence beyond the page. Deep down, despite the evidence of our lives, we can't really believe that anything is ever made up. — Joel Lane

The most important thing you can do is make the distinction between customer service and guest hospitality. You need both things to thrive, but they are completely different. — Danny Meyer

Jefferson determined the lodestar that lay hidden in the motivations of others — John Ferling

You can add up your blessings or add up your troubles. Either way, you'll find you have an abundance. — Richelle E. Goodrich