Quotes about Hotels

Hotels are temporary people storage, no matter how big the boxes are. Remember that. Votes: 3

Hotels are the only proper places for lecturers. When I am ill-natured I so enjoy the freedom of a hotel where I can ring up a domestic and give him a quarter and then break furniture over him. Votes: 3

Major theme of the book [ Hotels of North America], from my point of view: what is persona, what is self, in the digital sphere, and/or what is the effect of it on self in a prolonged interaction. Votes: 3

With the advent of Twitter and Facebook and other social networking sites, genuine privacy can only be found by renting a private villa for a holiday. Hotels are now out of the question for my wife and I. Votes: 3

I lost in the second round of the French Open and had 10 days off. I went to the Hard Rock Cafe. It was exciting to be away from my parents, to stay in a hotel. Hotels at 17 meant freedom. Votes: 3

Indian hotels are doing well globally because they understand hospitality. Votes: 2

I always found the road exciting. I liked stinking hotels and freezing dressing rooms. Votes: 2

All good hotels tend to lead people to do things they wouldn't necessarily do at home. Votes: 2

Of course great hotels have always been social ideas, flawless mirrors to the particular societies they service. Votes: 2

I think it's fair to say more adultery goes on in hotels than any other place in the world. Votes: 2

My business partner Robert De Niro knows a lot about hotels; he opened the Greenwich Hotel in New York City. Votes: 2

I'm not afraid of werewolves or vampires or haunted hotels, I'm afraid of what real human beings to do other real human beings. Votes: 2

Switzerland is a small, steep country, much more up and down than sideways, and is all stuck over with large brown hotels built on the cuckoo clock style of architecture. Votes: 2

Africa is really a place for the wealthy traveler. It's got some nice hotels, but they're very expensive hotels. It doesn't really cater to the backpacker or to the overland traveler. Votes: 2

I always worked in institutions, I never had a restaurant of my own before, but I have opened over 30 hotels, restaurants and casinos. I understand what it takes to keep them running. Votes: 2

At hotels, you are an actress. Absolutely. You can do what you want. Go where you want. I love my home too. But I love to arrive in a hotel. They have books, chocolate, food. I put things in the little refrigerator. Votes: 2

The buyer is entitled to a bargain. The seller is entitled to a profit. So there is a fine margin in between where the price is right. I have found this to be true to this day whether dealing in paper hats, winter underwear or hotels. Votes: 2

Governance is complex, difficult, and on the whole, thankless - why ever should the Bright Young Things leave the management of their hotels, newspapers, banks, TV channels and corporations to join, like fleas on a behemoth, the government? Wherein lies the difference between the two worlds? Votes: 2

At the risk of sounding pedestrian, I'll be completely honest: the first thing I do in the morning is check Google News, partially because it seems sort of random and unbiased and partially because I tend to stay in hotels that don't necessarily have the fastest Internet connections. Votes: 2

Here in Russia,, in many cities, people are irritated by Caucasian intrusion. Caucasians come from foreign countries; they are ubiquitous: in markets, shops, hotels, restaurants. They misbehave, and in this sense we have feelings similar to those that the Germans have toward the Turks and the French toward Algerians. Votes: 2

Money doesn't mean anything to me. I've made a lot of money, but I want to enjoy life and not stress myself building my bank account. I give lots away and live simply, mostly out of a suitcase in hotels. We all know that good health is much more important. Votes: 2

In Singapore, there is this life and locals and restaurants and then big casinos and an array of chefs, and even Miami is almost close to Vegas when it comes to an amazing presentation of chefs. But they don't have these massive hotels that have become their own culinary villages. Votes: 2

Once you get over the culture shock, Filey is a pleasant spot, particularly at the beginning or end of the summer, when the hotels are half full. The brave go in winter, when the wind can be bitter and biting and Filey resumes its real life as a tiny, introverted fishing community. Votes: 2

I was happy to find out that when on tour, Dolly Parton doesn't use hotels but stays on her bus every night, to the point of having her buses shipped from Austria to Australia so she can tour the way she sees fit. I used one of her buses once - an honor. Votes: 2

I am obsessed with planning travel! Not just traveling, which I love, but the whole planning process and all the details that go into it. I subscribe to all these travel blogs and airline forums and research hotels and activities and destinations for hours on end, and I volunteer to plan trips for everyone I know. Votes: 2

We all have heard it claimed that 13 is an 'unlucky number.' Indeed, there are many hotels in America that for this very reason claim not to have a 13th floor, in the sense that there is no button bearing the label '13' in their elevators (I recently stayed in one in New York, in fact). Votes: 2

I always wish the hotels were like they are in movies and TV shows, where if you're in Paris, right outside your window is the Eiffel Tower. In Egypt, the pyramids are right there. In the movies, every hotel has a monument right outside your window. My hotel rooms overlook the garbage dumpster in the back alley. Votes: 2

Jurassic World' takes place in a fully functional park on Isla Nublar. It sees more than 20,000 visitors every day. You arrive by ferry from Costa Rica. It has elements of a biological preserve, a safari, a zoo, and a theme park. There is a luxury resort with hotels, restaurants, nightlife and a golf course. And there are dinosaurs. Votes: 2

When you come to a hotel room, you want it to be grand, functional and beautiful. But you don't want things that are not useful. Sometimes you go to hotels and there are all these frames and pictures of people you don't know, and you end up hiding everything in the drawer, and then housekeeping come and put it out again. Votes: 2

I don't like staying in hotels. I like to be in my own bed. San Diego as a city is really awesome. The only hard part of it for me is that I'm away from my family and my house. But as far as shooting down there, we get amazing locations, and the crew is really, really stellar down there. They are really fun. Votes: 2

There was a point where I was making four movies a year. I was always on a set. I had no stories to tell. I was feeling empty. My life was just luggage and hotels and from set to set, from character to character. And one day, I said, 'And where is mine?' You know? And the moment I started to feel that fear, I stopped and I slowed down. Votes: 2

I only watch TV when I go to hotels. Votes: 0

I've been working in boutique hotels my whole life. Votes: 0

My stepfather used to run hotels all around the world. Votes: 0

Au revoir, jewelled alligators and white hotels, hallucinatory forests, farewell. Votes: 0

People should have literary and cultural taste and should not bomb hotels. Votes: 0

Hong Kong has plenty of superlative hotels, amazing food, and cool shopping. Votes: 0

Writers really live in the mind and in hotels of the soul. Votes: 0

I grew up in the motel business, and it evolved into hotels. Votes: 0

Ikea people do not drive flashy cars or stay at luxury hotels. Votes: 0

My new hotels will play a leading role in promoting world peace. Votes: 0

After years of hotels, I'm horribly inept at cleaning up after myself. Votes: 0

I've discovered writers by reading books left in airplane seats and weird hotels. Votes: 0

Why is Wi-Fi free at cheap hotels but $14 a night at expensive ones. Votes: 0

I rarely stay in hotels because I have friends all over the world. Votes: 0

Love is like those second-rate hotels where all the luxury is in the lobby. Votes: 0

I lived in several hotels, yeah. You have to try to make it home. Votes: 0

I never write about the road. I never write about hotels or anything like that. Votes: 0

Players are spoiled by charter airplanes, the finest hotels, a big per diem every day. Votes: 0

I'm happy because I won't have to train again, or travel or sit in team hotels. Votes: 0

Boston: Their hotels are bad. Their pumpkin pies are delicious. Their poetry is not so good. Votes: 0

I prefer temperance hotels - although they sell worse kinds of liquor than any other kind of hotels. Votes: 0

I was so tired of playing tennis, so tired of traveling, of hotels, everything related to this sport. Votes: 0

Mess is fairly good. It is like what is found in American hotels except for cake and pie. Votes: 0

My mother made me do all the housework as a boy. I still do it, even in hotels. Votes: 0

The elephants were being slaughtered in masses. Some were even killed in the vicinity of big tourist hotels. Votes: 0

Most big companies don't like you very much, except hotels, airlines and Microsoft, which don't like you at all. Votes: 0

I've just always liked hotels. I like the bed and the sheets and everything that comes along with it. Votes: 0

Whenever I write for hotel reservations, I always enclose a set of rules I have made for the hotels. Votes: 0

There have been plenty of very bare hotels with couples humping next door. I don't stay in very grand hotels. Votes: 0

Heaven knows what I have not been through with, since I saw you-dust, dirt, dyspepsia, hotels, railroads, prairies, tobacco juice. Votes: 0

Sure, we loaned money to build hotels and casinos in Las Vegas. So what? Las Vegas borrowers were good customers. Votes: 0

In America, Blackberry Farm in Tennessee is one of the most amazing hotels I've had the privilege of staying at. Votes: 0

Hmmmm... It's fun being in front of people, playing shows and all. But hotels? Being away from home? That's different. Votes: 0

Films and hotels have many aspects that are the same. For example, there is always a big vision, an idea. Votes: 0

I am tired of hotels promising to go the extra mile only to have them refuse to go round the corner! Votes: 0

It's very expensive to be a professional tennis player with all the travel and the flights and the hotels and everything. Votes: 0

Ordering pizza and jamming out with the contestants in our hotels and traveling the country together brought me so much joy. Votes: 0

I like staying in hotels. I like their tiny soap. I like to pretend it's regular-sized and my muscles are huge. Votes: 0

Truthfully, I despise hotels. I've had such better experiences staying at people's houses and guesthouses; it's so much more comfortable and homey. Votes: 0

I like being on the road, living in hotels. While I've got a real nice house, I go crazy when I'm there. Votes: 0

I find it hard to get enthusiastic about hotels because, as a touring comic, I spend a lot of time in them. Votes: 0

We will spend more time in America, we're going to get a place in LA as hotels aren't great for the baby. Votes: 0

In its current incarnation in my life touring is a lot of airports and hotels and car services and only OK food. Votes: 0

I used to be a regular college student and now I go all over the country and stay at really nice hotels. Votes: 0

The economy is so bad that bedbugs are now infesting sleeping bags and tents, because they can't afford to stay in hotels anymore. Votes: 0

People in hotels strike no roots. The French phrase for chronic hotel guests even says so; they are called dwellers sur la branche. Votes: 0

I've been down to the Ecolodge in Panama, but there really are only a handful of real green hotels in the U.S. Votes: 0

I love hotels for their solitude and comfort, but I believe a seedy one can have as much promise as a plush one. Votes: 0

I spend so much time living by myself - mostly in hotels - and I pick up cats when I'm feeling particularly lonely. Votes: 0

If the guidebook used to be critical, today it seems largely a celebratory adjunct to the publicity operations of hotels, resorts, and even countries. Votes: 0

I look for the hotels that have figured out the comfortable balance - a modern room that is well designed, and really clean sheets. Votes: 0

You may not know it but I'm no good at coping with all the attention in the luxury hotels I sometimes find myself in. Votes: 0

I don't flaunt my money. I like to stay at nice hotels but I'm not a flashy chick. I haven't got much jewellery or anything. Votes: 0

Staying in luxury hotels still gives me a kick, especially Oulton Hall in Yorkshire. I'd stay in a hotel for the breakfast and room service. Votes: 0

Boutique hotels are great, but they get too cute. Some hotels have shoe polish. It's like, come on, this isn't 1960. No one's polishing their shoes. Votes: 0

Staying in luxury hotels still gives me a kick, especially Oulton Hall in Yorkshire. I'd stay in a hotel for the breakfast and room service." Votes: 0

I think the business affairs people at the studios get some kind of perverse satisfaction in finding the worst hotels for actors to stay in. Votes: 0

I own almost 100 hotels in North America. Some of them are only in management, but some of them we have some small stakes in them. Votes: 0

I used to stay at the Trump [hotels] and I just wouldn't now. The people were great, but I wouldn't stay at a 'birther' hotel. Votes: 0

I've got used to touring. If you make calculations of the nights spent in hotels in my life, multiplied by the tattoos I have for hundred. Votes: 0

Eat where the people eat, not the hotels and touristy restaurants. If a local teacher makes $50 a month and they're living decently, see what they do. Votes: 0

I've gotten very cynical and kind of anhedonic about all the things I have to do to get to do comedy: all the travel, hotels, and airports. Votes: 0

Some of the greatest businesses operating from a deeper purpose have a real commitment to service, like Four Seasons, Joie de Vivre hotels, Southwest Airlines, and JetBlue. Votes: 0

The fun of working on the road means stealing from hotels. I've been doing it for so long, I have a set of towels from the Ark. Votes: 0

I see a lot of nice hotels, but I never really get to enjoy the cities, because I have to be on a plane the next day. Votes: 0

When I first came to Nashville, people hardly gave country music any respect. We lived in old cars and dirty hotels, and we ate when we could. Votes: 0

The internet in hotels should be free - and I really resent it when they charge you five dollars for a bottle of water beside your bed. Votes: 0

Minimalism in interior design has become a caricature. Everywhere you find shops or hotels with an ambience that makes you feel like you are in a refrigerator. Votes: 0

For us as entertainers traveling, the schedule gets really crazy - flying all the time, being on a bus tour, changing hotels every day. And it's challenging. Votes: 0

As a model, it's a gypsy kind of life: living in hotels, working all the time, ordering room service instead of cooking for yourself. There's absolutely no nest-building. Votes: 0

I would rather live in Russia on black bread and vodka than in the United States at the best hotels. America knows nothing of food, love or art. Votes: 0

And it's tough traveling. You know, the hotels and the airports and all that. That part, eating and getting around to the hotel room and then going on. Votes: 0

This book was company for me - I wrote these things when I was in hotels, far from where I normally live. I never intended to publish it. Votes: 0

Baseball is a lot like the Army, there aren't many individuals. About the only difference is that baseball players get to stay in nice hotels instead of barracks. Votes: 0

I learned a lot about what it was like to have to use different hotels and not use the bathrooms, which made me more determined to be an activist. Votes: 0

....decay and disfavor came together as other parts of the coast were developed, and the canals became weed-clogged ditches breeding mosquitoes, and the hotels were turned into third-rate apartments. Votes: 0

The first of my father's illusions was that bears could survive the life led by human beings; the second was that human beings could survive a life in hotels. Votes: 0

The doors of churches, hotels, concert halls and reading rooms are alike closed against the Negro as a man, but every place is open to him as a servant. Votes: 0

I used to play pianos in bars. You know in hotels, you'd see guys playing piano with a snifter? That was me, with a painted-on mustache. I was about 15. Votes: 0

A few years ago no hotel or restaurant in Boston refused Negro guests; now several hotels, restaurants, and especially confectionary stores, will not serve Negroes, even the best of them. Votes: 0

When healthcare is at its best, hospitals are four-star hotels, and nurses, personal butlers at the ready - at least, that's how many hospitals seem to interpret a government mandate. Votes: 0

What makes the world such a wonderful place is the diversity. I have always strived to fill my home, my office and my hotels with the most diverse crowds possible. Votes: 0

Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness. All other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter. Votes: 0

I carry music in my head, so I don't need more. It drives me nuts that, in hotels or on boats, people seem to think you need music 24 hours a day. Votes: 0

You know, if you want to meet a lot of Iraqi leaders, the best places are the hotels in Amman or in London. In general the government here is amazingly unpopular. Votes: 0

Being at home with my family always inspires me. I find it hard to be inspired when I'm on the move. I'm not creative when I'm jet-lagged and sleeping in strange hotels. Votes: 0

The three of them left the noodle shop and went to a nearby love hotel. It was on the edge of town, on a street where love hotels alternated with gravestone dealers." Votes: 0

To tell you the truth, man, we spend most of the time travelling in hotels, in festivals, in concert halls, clubs, airports. The most unenjoyable part is all the security at airports. Votes: 0

Instead of growing old gracefully, at home with my family - reading and writing and praying and thinking - too much of my time has been spent at airports and in hotels. Votes: 0

There is a degree of confidence exhibited towards strangers in Sweden, especially in hotels, at post-stations, and on board the inland steamers, which tells well for the general honesty of the people. Votes: 0

Due to my work, I tend to stay in hotels a lot of the time, and I generally prefer smaller hotels, as you tend to get better service than in the larger hotels. Votes: 0

We're seeing the development of tactics in Iraq, such as suicide bombing. Insurgents have been driving cars with explosives into hotels and office buildings. The recruitment may be even more prolific outside Iraq. Votes: 0

Simple routine have a greater impact. It is not just to cut costs that we avoid luxury hotels. We do not need fancy cars, posh titles, tailor made uniforms or other status symbols. Votes: 0

The lowlights... Sometimes you're away from home quite a lot, which can be difficult. It's not first class all the way, you don't stay in exotic hotels and have people running after you. Votes: 0

My organization, my colleagues and I, are paid to run hotels in good times and fair times. We're professionals. That's what we do. I don't give a damn about the short-term market implications. Votes: 0

When you have hotels and businesses and retail space across the entire world, it takes time to unpack that and to put this in a place that makes sense for him and the family. Votes: 0

I like reading books where people with a lot of money use it to do whatever they want. Like stay in expensive hotels and do whatever drugs they want and fly wherever they want. Votes: 0

Merely taking the profits from the hotels and putting those aside is not enough. They need to look at bank loans. They need to look at foreign banks leasing space in the Trump Tower. Votes: 0

The lobbies of the new hotels and the Pan American Building exhale a chill as from the unopened Pharaonic tombs... And in their marble labyrinths there is an evil presence that hates warmth and sunlight. Votes: 0

The worst hotels are any with a bad bed. I stayed in a hotel where they left cards telling me my enjoyment was of paramount importance. I should have written, 'Nice rooms, crap beds.' Votes: 0

Clerks in downtown hotels were said to be asking guests whether they wished the room for sleeping or jumping. Two men jumped hand-in-hand from a high window in the Ritz. They had a joint account. Votes: 0

In some hotels they give you a little sewing kit. You know what I do? I sew the towels together. One time I sewed a button on a lampshade. I like to leave a mark. Votes: 0

I prefer to give money to the person who's provided the good service. But I never tip at hotels, I think they overcharge anyway. But anything which is value for money will get my vote. Votes: 0

I have legendary massive breakfasts at hotels. I don't hold back. I'll get there at 7A.M. and I'll be the last out at 11 A.M., having gone up and down the buffet seven times. Votes: 0

Some of history's cleverest business minds understood the power of share platforms, from the aggressive titans who made fortunes building the nation's railroads, to Conrad Hilton, who created the first premier brand of international hotels. Votes: 0