Quotes about Invited

Invited or not, God is present. Votes: 3

If he invited you out, he's got to pay. Votes: 2

The man of petty ambition if invited to dinner will be eager to be set next his host. Votes: 2

I wasn't some weird loner in school, but I definitely wasn't invited to any of the cool parties. Votes: 2

Supergroupies don't have to hang around hotel corridors. When you are one, as I have been, you get invited backstage. Votes: 2

Any celebration meal to which guests are invited, be they family or friends, should be an occasion for generous hospitality. Votes: 2

It appeared as if I had invited the audience into the water with me, and it conveyed the sensation that being in there was absolutely delicious. Votes: 2

I don't ever feel like the cool kid at the party, ever. It's like, 'Smile and be nice to everybody, because you were not invited to be here.' Votes: 2

I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land. Votes: 2

My parents used to throw great New Year's Eve parties. They invited such an eclectic mix of showbiz people. All those cool people were always hanging out at our apartment. Votes: 2

I liked George Weiss when he was with the Yankees. He loved the Old Timers' Day. He loved it. And he invited all these people to come, all these players to come. Votes: 2

We see our customers as invited guests to a party, and we are the hosts. It's our job every day to make every important aspect of the customer experience a little bit better. Votes: 2

I met a hustler at a dinner party. He had been invited because I was looking for an adviser to help me with the street scenes. So we put him on the film. Votes: 2

I just consider myself a piece of the puzzle and I'm lucky enough to be asked or invited to the party, if you will. I hope I can bring some laughs and grimaces to the fans. Votes: 2

When I was 14 -years-old, I made this PowerPoint presentation, and I invited my parents into my room and gave them popcorn. It was called 'Project Hollywood 2004' and it worked. I moved to L.A. in January of 2004. Votes: 2

I think who you are in school really sticks with you. I don't ever feel like the cool kid at the party, ever. It's like, 'Smile and be nice to everybody, because you were not invited to be here.' Votes: 2

I don't know if high society is different in other cities, but in Hollywood, important people can't stand to be invited someplace that isn't full of other important people. They don't mind a few unfamous people being present because they make good listeners. Votes: 2

Robert Duvall saw me playing at a restaurant in Louisiana and invited me to be an extra in his movie 'The Apostle.' He gave me a guitar for my sixth birthday, and I thought that was the coolest thing in the world. Votes: 2

Of course, it does depend on the people, but sometimes I'm invited places to kind of brighten up a dinner table like a musician who'll play the piano after dinner, and I know you're not really invited for yourself. You're just an ornament. Votes: 2

In the first gospel, Mark, the risen Christ appears physically to no one, but by the time we come to the last gospel, John, Thomas is invited to feel the nail prints in Christ's hands and feet and the spear wound in his side. Votes: 2

She felt like a chess player who, by the clever handling of his pieces, sees the game taking the course intended. Her eyes were bright and tender with a smile as they glanced up into his; and her lips looked hungry for the kiss which they invited. Votes: 2

Ten years ago, you wrote a book and you never expected to find out anything about the author. Now with social media, everyone wants that connection. I think our readers want to be invited into our lives and brought on the journey and be part of this whole process. Votes: 2

I'm the type who'd be happy not going anywhere as long as I was sure I knew exactly what was happening at the places I wasn't going to. I'm the type who'd like to sit home and watch every party that I'm invited to on a monitor in my bedroom. Votes: 2

Friends and family do not believe you write fiction. They truly believe that every word you write is either autobiographical or based on them. I once had a character say that she never wanted to be invited to another children's birthday party, and I never received another children's birthday party invitation ever again. Votes: 2

In 1967, the students at San Francisco State invited the poet Amiri Baraka to the campus for a semester. He attracted other influential black writers such as Sonia Sanchez, Ed Bullins, Eldridge Cleaver. What emerged was something we called the community communications program. That's how I got involved; I got involved in a little play. Votes: 2

I was probably 15 when I started going to the studio with the older cats in my neighborhood. They heard me rap outside one time; I was just freestyling. And they invited me to the studio. It's good when you're accepted, no matter what crowd. That's the first step of believing you can do whatever you feel like putting your mind to. Votes: 2

I've always been shy, but I see that as a good thing because it kept me focused on music. When I was in seventh grade, I asked my parents for a mobile recording system for Christmas, and I got it. I didn't come out of my room for years after that. I'd get invited to the movies and I'd say, 'I'm gonna finish a couple of demos.' Votes: 2

The world invited me many places. Votes: 0

Understudies don't normally get invited to openings. Votes: 0

Fear only goes where it's invited to stay. Votes: 0

I was never invited to the White House. Votes: 0

Love is An invited deal for losing peace Votes: 0

Peace will come wherever it is sincerely invited. Votes: 0

I invited myself. Thought this table needed some class. Votes: 0

We are constantly invited to be who we are. Votes: 0

You are constantly invited to be what you are. Votes: 0

A fool and his money are soon invited everywhere. Votes: 0

I found Spotted Tail's lodge. He invited me to enter. Votes: 0

Teddy bears, not grizzly bears, get invited in for honey. Votes: 0

I don't have to attend every argument I'm invited to. Votes: 0

If you're not invited to the party, throw your own. Votes: 0

I get invited to an awful lot of Jewish functions. Votes: 0

I was the girl who didn't get invited to parties. Votes: 0

Life is the best party I've ever been invited to. Votes: 0

The privileged have regularly invited their own destruction with their greed. Votes: 0

the code of a world he'd never been invited to join. Votes: 0

I don't want to be invited to the family hunting party. Votes: 0

Maybe they invited me because they know I have a tuxedo Votes: 0

A library is a feast to which we are all invited. Votes: 0

I wish I got invited to more luaus. I really do! Votes: 0

Doesn't suicide seem a little like going where you haven't been invited? Votes: 0

If I messed up at the Oscars, I wouldn't be invited back. Votes: 0

Comic-Con is so legendary, so a great thrill to be invited along. Votes: 0

Turn off the AM Radio and get invited to your own life. Votes: 0

He is invited to do great things who receives small things greatly. Votes: 0

I get invited to literally every single movie premiere that's going on. Votes: 0

Peace through strength works; but the flip side is war invited by weakness. Votes: 0

I'm not invited to any exciting parties and my life hasn't really changed. Votes: 0

I started a MySpace teen lit discussion group and invited people to join. Votes: 0

I'd get invited to parties, and instead it would be these abandoned houses. Votes: 0

Go ahead and voice your criticisms, but don't expect to be invited back. Votes: 0

Everything you experience in your life is invited, attracted and created by you. Votes: 0

In 1972, George Harrison invited me to accompany him on a trip to India. Votes: 0

Yesterday when we were getting high, you were invited. You woulda liked it. Votes: 0

Marriage can be a dungeon of pains when the wrong person is invited Votes: 0

Lend, by your imperfections, self-esteem to others, and you will be invited everywhere. Votes: 0

Hillary Clinton didn't go to Louisiana. She didn't go to Mexico. She was invited. Votes: 0

Hear no evil, speak no evil, and you won't be invited to cocktail parties. Votes: 0

When I became proficient as a salesman I was invited to teach new hires. Votes: 0

You are invited to the festival of this world and your life is blessed. Votes: 0

If I were invited to a dinner party with my characters, I wouldn't show up. Votes: 0

Human potential, though not always apparent, is there waiting to be discovered and invited forth. Votes: 0

I wasn't getting invited to any board meetings. I had to kick the door down. Votes: 0

I was invited back to the White House. I'm excited about that visit as well. Votes: 0

Prayer is - loving conversation with the One who has invited us into His embrace. Votes: 0

People always complain, 'you never invited me to your wedding', but I prefer casual weddings. Votes: 0

I'm rarely invited to start-up parties, but who cares about their trinkets and apps anyway? Votes: 0

It is outrageous that the Queen has invited royal tyrants to celebrate her diamond jubilee. Votes: 0

I entered his apartment without being invited, which is perfectly fine if you're not a vampire. Votes: 0

True friends visit us in prosperity only when invited, but in adversity they come without invitation. Votes: 0

Come with uncle and hear all proper. Hear angel trumpets and devil trombones...you are invited! Votes: 0

It feels like you're being invited into a kind of community [working with the Coen brothers]. Votes: 0

Nature in denying us perennial youth has at least invited us to become unselfish and noble. Votes: 0

I've been invited to do a trio with a fantastic jazz guitarist and a harmonica player Votes: 0

As an actor, Hollywood would be a horrible place to go if you weren't actually invited. Votes: 0

I've been invited to do a trio with a fantastic jazz guitarist and a harmonica player. Votes: 0

We are invited to make a pilgrimage – into the heart and life of God. Votes: 0

Kennedy was a man who liked writers and even I got invited to the White House Votes: 0

I don't care if your world is ending today because I wasn't invited to it anyway. Votes: 0

Nothing is more irritating than not being invited to a party you wouldn''t be seen dead at Votes: 0

I just don't get invited to the same dinner parties I used to like to go to. Votes: 0

She smiled at him like a freshman invited to the senior prom. It made my blood boil. Votes: 0

The lower the class of the affair, the more likely the band will be invited to eat. Votes: 0

Eventually, the tribe developed so much confidence in me that they invited me to be their chieftain. Votes: 0

I was invited to a couple of races, but I was doing a play in New York. Votes: 0

God has invited us, as mere human beings, to add to the beauty of his plan and creation Votes: 0

When I was back in Cuba, who could have imagined I would be invited to the White House! Votes: 0

Coach Hedge grumbled as he tended their wounds. "How come I never get invited on these violent trips? Votes: 0

I have invited our little seamstress to take her thread and needle and sew our two mouths together. Votes: 0

I was so shocked when Donald Trump publicly invited Putin to hack into Americans. That is just unacceptable. Votes: 0

Difference between diversity and inclusion is being invited to a house and being able to rearrange the furniture. Votes: 0

Welcome the present moment as if you had invited it. Why? Because it is all we ever have. Votes: 0

I'll say this: The media wasn't invited to my marriage, and they're definitely not invited into the divorce. Votes: 0

I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was stained, or the sofa faded. Votes: 0

When defeated ask yourself what mistakes invited the attack. This kind of positive thinking any fighter must possess. Votes: 0

True success in any endeavor can only come when the Father has initiated the activity and invited our participation. Votes: 0

Well, just another thing that Michael Cole brings to Monday Night Raw, he invited Laycool here, for whatever reason. Votes: 0

Our Lord sent His disciples out as sheep among wolves; now the wolves are being invited into the sheepfold. Votes: 0

It is so important for people at a young age to be invited to embrace classical music and opera. Votes: 0

When you are invited to a dinner, you are either a guest or you are part of a menu Votes: 0

As a result of this article, I was invited to testify in the Senate Judiciary Committee on privacy law. Votes: 0

I was invited to photograph Hollywood. They asked me what I would like to photograph. I said, Ugly men. Votes: 0

I did well as an actor in Australia, and then Paramount invited me over... to have a look at me. Votes: 0

Seriously, I don't need a gun. I'm easily annoyed. I would shoot people in my house that I invited over. Votes: 0

I was never invited to the White House. They invited that Olympic Russian gymnast - that little Communist, Olga Korbut. Votes: 0

You invited him into bed?" Simon demanded, looking shaken. "Ridiculous, isn't it?" said Jace. "We would never have all fit. Votes: 0

If I get invited somewhere I can never usually say no. And then I don't leave until I'm asked to. Votes: 0

I have a second bedroom I don't use. I'm going to start the Second Bedroom Film Festival. You're all invited. Votes: 0

If you can't make freinds with God, make freinds with someone is friends and maybe you'll get invited to the party. Votes: 0

I was once invited to take part in a heroic, possibly fatal enterprise, but I declined, mainly on account of sloth. Votes: 0

I'm a bit of a shill for the Clinton Administration, which has its perks. I'm invited to all the inaugural balls. Votes: 0

I wasn't invited to be on staff at the Simpsons because they didn't want any women on staff at the time Votes: 0

The miracle is that each of us can ultimately be invited to places we have only dreamed about and heard about. Votes: 0

To me, it's a religious experience to sit down at anyone's table. I feel so invited, like it's a sacred place. Votes: 0

But a funny thing happened four years later. I was invited to play for an alumni team against the Red Wings. Votes: 0

Realistically speaking, I don't know how many more years I will want to be acting or will be invited to be. Votes: 0

Misfortune is never invited. And it comes and sits at the table without permission and it eats, leaving nothing but bones. Votes: 0

I did one of those 'born again' things and invited Jesus to become the chairman of the board, of my life. Votes: 0

Competing pressures tempt one to believe that an issue deferred is a problem avoided; more often it is a crisis invited. Votes: 0

I was an academic and I lost my assignment at Harvard. Meanwhile, [David Petraeus] gets invited to Harvard to become a fellow. Votes: 0

Agesilaus being invited once to hear a man who admirably imitated the nightingale, he declined, saying he had heard the nightingale itself. Votes: 0

Anyone who thinks they're too grown up or too sophisticated to eat caramel corn, is not invited to my house for dinner Votes: 0

[Donald] Trump saying I haven't invited [A-listers], I don't want 'em, I want the real people here. Got the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Votes: 0

We started off by inviting our friends to use Quora, and then they invited their friends, and it just grew from there. Votes: 0

I've chosen not to talk about my really private life to the press - I've never invited a huge amount of attention. Votes: 0

I wouldn't mind showering in the rain, if there weren't so many naked men holding umbrellas standing behind me. Who invited Congress? Votes: 0

I'm not against TV; I don't go on the morning talk shows because I'm not invited. If I was, I might go. Votes: 0

[Donald] Trump saying I haven't invited [A-listers], I don't want 'em, I want the real people here. Got the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Votes: 0

I was invited to play with the New York Knicks. I was never drafted, but I was invited to the rookie camp. Votes: 0

I was invited to play with the New York Knicks. I was never drafted, but I was invited to the rookie camp. Votes: 0

80% of the people who come into a Christ-following relationship is because a friend, co-worker, family member or neighbor invited them to church. Votes: 0

Class clowns are never allowed to date anybody decent, but you don't get beaten up, you're invited to parties, and everybody likes you. Votes: 0

It's very important to have two tiaras when you're on the road; you never know when you'll be invited to something really formal. Votes: 0

If you're ever invited, fellow YA authors, go. It's the first YA con I've been to that was overwhelming populated by teens. Wonderful! Votes: 0

President Obama invited John McCain to the White House to give his opinion on Egypt, specifically what it's like to be a mummy. Votes: 0

I get invited to a lot more glamorous parties since Ive been in Downton Abbey, which has made me much more fashion conscious. Votes: 0

Last night your thin walls invited me to the party next door / reminded me I am a quiet person in a quiet life. Votes: 0

Thanksgiving is the day you don't know if you're invited for dinner or an intervention either way is going to be an ambush. Votes: 0

Macmillan's rejection had left him very downcast... Patrick Swift was invited to peruse the contents and decided that the poems should be published. Votes: 0

Jesus is no longer one to be accepted or invited in but one who is infinitely worthy of our immediate and total surrender. Votes: 0

HOW CAN WE EFFECT CHANGE IN THE WORLD WHEN ONLY HALF OF IT IS INVITED OR FEEL WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CONVERSATION? Votes: 0

You don't have to be a genius to recognize one. If you did, Einstein would never have gotten invited to the White House. Votes: 0

It's nice to get invited to the parties and to be able to hobnob and celebrate a job well done with your colleagues. Votes: 0

No one would have been invited to dinner so often as Jesus was unless he were interesting and had a sense of humor. Votes: 0

I'm from Florida, so any time I get invited to come to Florida and play a show, I'm definitely always up for that. Votes: 0

Yet the past has a will of its own, and you must learn to entertain it, because it will visit, invited or not. Votes: 0

Although I wasn't invited to shake hands with Hitler, I wasn't invited to the White House to shake hands with the President either. Votes: 0

In 1983, NASA invited Canada to fly three payload specialists, in part because we had contributed the robotic arm that is used on the shuttle. Votes: 0

Money isn't always the best motivator. If you leave a $50 check after dinner with friends, you don't increase the probability of being invited back. Votes: 0

Prayer means that, in some unique way, we believe we're invited into a relationship with someone who hears us when we speak in silence. Votes: 0

Ignorance and poverty are the best condiments for the great feast of the world, but the inexperienced and poor are never invited to it. Votes: 0

We've been invited to come and believe the Unbelievable, receive the Inconceivable, and see beyond our wildest imaginations... Lord, we come with great expectations. Votes: 0

As the company scales, everybody is not going to get invited to every single meeting, but they're gonna want to go to every meeting. Votes: 0

Though there is such a rich tradition of culture and arts, I have never been invited to perform at a concert in South India. Votes: 0

A real friend will not visit you in prosperity unless he is invited, but when you are in adversity he will call without invitation. Votes: 0

I do what interests me when I'm invited and do it as well as I know how and try to get better. That's all. Votes: 0

I was invited by President Bush to come to the United States on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the mutual defense treaty. Votes: 0

Gravity is not a version of the truth. It is the truth. Anyone who doubts it is invited to jump out a tenth-storey window. Votes: 0

The message of Easter is that God's new world has been unveiled in Jesus Christ and that you're now invited to belong to it. Votes: 0

War will stop when we no longer praise it, or give it any attention at all. Peace will come wherever it is sincerely invited. Votes: 0

The future is female, so women are invited, as they do, to take responsability in the world of politics, in the economics, in art Votes: 0

I'm not invited. I'm not on the A list, haven't been on it in 20 years and my feet have never trod its red fluffy carpets. Votes: 0

Once both gay marriage and marijuana are finally legal, those of you against them are not invited to the really fun parties I'm gonna throw. Votes: 0

The fact remains that we are invited to forget ourselves on purpose, cast our awful solemnity to the wind, and join in the general Dance. Votes: 0

My dog is vicious to the uninvited guest, lavishly affectionate to the invited one, and so freakishly acute that he has mastered the English language. Votes: 0

If you want to travel around the world and be invited to speak at a lot of different places, just write a Unix operating system. Votes: 0

In my country (Belgium), if you sit beside the phone long enough, it will ring and you will be invited to play rugby for Belgium! Votes: 0

Whenever I'm being invited to the New York City Marathon like today, I need to think twice because I know it's a very tough race. Votes: 0

Despite outsiders being invited to write software, the iPhone thus remains tightly tethered to its vendor - the way that the Kindle is controlled by Amazon. Votes: 0

Whenever there were parties, I wasn't invited because I began to be like that character. In a way, that contributed to the success of the performance. Votes: 0

The great challenge is to discover that we are truly invited to participate in the divine life of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Votes: 0

I like to go to anybody else's birthday, and if I'm invited I'm a good guest. But I never celebrate my birthdays. I really don't care. Votes: 0

Mr. Rockefeller is due to entertain munificently at breakfast, and make his pitch. My advice to one invited guest was: Order caviar, and then say No. Votes: 0

It appeared as if I had invited the audience into the water with me, and it conveyed the sensation that being in there was absolutely delicious Votes: 0

Broadway is like a club I haven't been invited to, and I'm hoping that maybe they will give me a guest pass one of these days. Votes: 0

Perhaps the whole world is actually a banquet, to which every living thing is invited. First you come as guests: then eventually you're on the menu. Votes: 0

Kennedy invited us into the White House-the first time in the history of the White House picketers had been invited inside. This made front page headlines. Votes: 0

At Bloomington, Indiana, I was invited to listen to music written in quarter tones for four harps and voices. I had to go out to be sick. Votes: 0

The [Bob] Dylan sessions were very disorganized, to say the least. I mean, the "Like A Rolling Stone" session I was invited by the producer to watch. Votes: 0

Do you realize, when Mandela was inaugurated president, he invited as his special guests the white jailers from his Robben Island prison? He literally did forgive everybody. Votes: 0

If my books had been any worse, I should not have been invited to Hollywood, and if they had been any better, I should not have come. Votes: 0

After you have made your commitment to say no to what no longer serves you, you will probably be invited to demonstrate that you really mean it. Votes: 0

I go where I'm invited. And all I can tell you is if we accepted every invitation we had, I'd be away every day of my life. Votes: 0

I've been invited to speak at about 20 colleges. There's always this moment when I'm having dinner with the college president: 'Ernie, where'd you go to school?' Votes: 0

If you can create an environment where people are invited to do their best work and the best ideas always win, then the project itself will win. Votes: 0

Declare today "sacred timeoff limits to everyone, unless invited by you. Take care of your personal wants and needs. Say no, graciously but firmly, to others' demands." Votes: 0

Her father lov'd me; oft invited me; Still question'd me the story of my life, From year to year, the battles, sieges, fortunes, That I have pass'd. Votes: 0

It's true I'm more widely recognised now and get invited to take part in all sorts of events and projects but as a person, I haven't changed. Votes: 0

The other day I got invited to a party, but I stayed home instead. Just me and my pal Johnny Walker and his brothers Black and Red. Votes: 0

A small wedding is not necessarily one to which very few people are invited. It is one to which the person you are addressing is not invited. Votes: 0

The success of the dinner depends as much upon the company as the cook. Discordant elements - people invited alphabetically, or to pay off debts - are fatal. Votes: 0

She was not often invited to join in the conversation of the others, nor did she desire it. Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions. Votes: 0

There is virtue yet in the hoe and the spade, for learned as well as for unlearned hands. And labor is everywhere welcome; alwayswe are invited to work. Votes: 0

I've been invited to appear on Letterman, but they wanted me to talk about a funny videotape of Congress. 'Bring us your outtakes!' That's not our job. Votes: 0

My neighbor, she invited me to an Elvis party. I told her I couldn't come 'cause I'd be too busy making fun of her from behind my blinds. Votes: 0

I was invited to join the MGM cartoon department. But if I'd started work in animation I'd have had to take a cut in salary, so I didn't. Votes: 0

I have just come out of an electoral experience with the people of my country in which I invited them to join me in a partnership for governance. Votes: 0

I don't get very involved in the L.A. scene. When you do get invited out, you are expected to be on all the time. It's just wearying. Votes: 0

After each performance of an Austin Shakespeare production, audiences are invited to stay for a ten-minute discussion of the work. And this tradition continues in our New York run. Votes: 0

As actors we're like these vagabond artists, we have to be invited to perform so if you don't have a choice of options its very hard to define yourself. Votes: 0

It's not often you get to hang out with someone you're really intrigued by. So when Will.i.am invited me to visit him at home, I couldn't resist. Votes: 0

History resembles a guest list in that sense of the invited and the gatecrashers: the people for whom we have been waiting, and those whose presence takes us unawares. Votes: 0

During my election campaign I was not giving out empty promises, but invited every member of society to join the efforts to work for a better life in Lithuania. Votes: 0

The craft Emmys are kind of the kids table at Thanksgiving. You're not really invited to the big dance. It's still really, really exciting, and the statue still counts. Votes: 0

Perl doesn't have an infatuation with enforced privacy. It would prefer that you stayed out of its living room because you weren't invited, not because it has a shotgun Votes: 0

The craft Emmys are kind of the kids' table at Thanksgiving. You're not really invited to the big dance. It's still really, really exciting, and the statue still counts. Votes: 0

I think if you've been invited to someone's house, you eat what they serve you. Even if you leave hungry, you be gracious enough to eat what they've prepared. Votes: 0

For senators to complain that they didn't know this was happening, we had many, many meetings that have been both classified and unclassified that members have been invited to. Votes: 0

I spent three days with Don King, and I interviewed 45 people. I studied his speech, his mannerisms. He invited me to a couple of fights, and I watched him. Votes: 0

But you know what? When I die, everybody is invited to come take a selfie at my funeral. Except for my enemies. They're not invited to the funeral, period. Votes: 0

Mother Earth taught me that my angertoward nature was unfounded.And she therefore invited me to open my heart to thispossibility: so too may be my anger toward man. Votes: 0

I think that's what I love about glam-rock. It invited you to participate. It asked you to change yourself in all these different ways, or offered up all these options. Votes: 0

If you look back at the great classics and the epics and myths, they were for everyone. Different people got different things from them, but everyone was invited to participate. Votes: 0

I didn't know what to expect, but [Alexander] Wang is a great guy. He's always invited me front row to shows, and I performed at a few of his after-parties. Votes: 0

Today, people often make the American mistake of confusing acquaintances with friends. The former are there to share life's pleasures; only the latter should be invited to share one's problems. Votes: 0

My father was invited to play on a television show when I was 17 or 18 that was an early equivalent of educational television, a Sunday afternoon kind of variety art show. Votes: 0

I've met plenty of embarrassing parents, but Kronos, the evil Titan Lord who wanted to destroy Western Civilization? Not the kind of dad you invited to school for Career Day. Votes: 0

I couldn't think of anything worse than going to a fancy dress party. So, if somebody invited me to one, I'd go as the Invisible Man and not turn up. Votes: 0

Just as we are often moved to merriment for no other reason than that the occasion calls for seriousness, so we are correspondingly serious when invited too freely to be amused. Votes: 0

I was socially awkward for many years. I stuttered, stammered, talked rubbish. I never take up invites to parties, and I've been invited to very glamorous things, but I never go. Votes: 0

When we ever invited the beast to dinner he didn't come in and swipe the napkins and start taking notes on the tablecloth 'bout how to take over the whole house? Votes: 0

Winning the competition for Frankfurt's Museum of Applied Art in '79 opened the door to a number of projects in Europe, especially as we were invited to join many design competitions. Votes: 0

Anyone who believes that the laws of physics are mere social conventions is invited to try transgressing those conventions from the windows of my apartment. (I live on the twenty-first floor). Votes: 0

I do not know what it was about that boy but just looking at him, even I wanted to clout him on the head. It was a head that invited violence. Votes: 0

In the summer of 1965 I was invited to join Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio and returned to academic life as professor with the added responsibility of becoming also Department Chairman. Votes: 0

The complete disregard for the camera's presence indicates its complete saturation in their lives. The subject neither notices nor seems to care that someone has been invited into their private moment. Votes: 0

Betty White met with President Obama at the White House. President Obama invited Betty personally because she's great with animals. And the president's still having a tough time house-training Joe Biden. Votes: 0

... the understatement, the self-ridicule, the delight in the foreignness of foreigners, the complete denial of any attempt to enlist the sympathies of his readers in the hardships he has capriciously invited. Votes: 0

Life must be lived on a higher plane. We must go up to a higher platform, to which we are always invited to ascend; there, the whole aspect of things changes. Votes: 0

I had been invited to speak after the lunch. But I did not go to the table until the feast ended, as I never like to eat or talk before speaking. Votes: 0

I keep waiting to be invited to the hip hop party, I've never been. So if there's anyone out there who is having a hip hop party, I'd like to come. Votes: 0

The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue; and no genius can long or often utter anything which is not invited and gladly entertained by men around him. Votes: 0

The music of revelation announces itself to the reader in somber brooding tones or in melodies light as air and one is invited to dance with the most captivating of partners: poetry. Votes: 0

Actually, I invited many Commonwealth leaders to come to Malaysia. They did not accept my invitation. By that, I mean, they didn't say they didn't accept, but they just didn't come here. Votes: 0

We can be satisfied. We are loved, wanted, seen, delighted in, provided for, cherished, chosen, known, and planned on. We are set apart, believed in, invited, valued, of immeasurable worth, and blessed. Votes: 0

Those who participate in [sabbath] break the anxiety cycle. They are invited to awareness that life does not consist in frantic production and consumption that reduces everyone else to threat and competition. Votes: 0

Hollis thought he looked like William Burroughs, minus the bohemian substrate (or perhaps the methadone). Like someone who'd be invited quail shooting with the vice-president, though too careful to get himself shot. Votes: 0

I'm just not comfortable with that society stuff. I mean, we were just invited to the White House, but my husband won't take me because he knows I don't want to go. Votes: 0

But friends invited me to a private screening of Emmanuelle and said I'd learn a few things. But I know all the swear words. I just don't use them. So I declined. Votes: 0

But friends invited me to a private screening of Emmanuelle and said I'd learn a few things. But I know all the swear words. I just don't use them. So I declined Votes: 0

We pray to be conventional. But the wary Heaven takes care you shall not be, if there is anything good in you. Dante was very badcompany, and was never invited to dinner. Votes: 0

When you don't have love, it is like there's a party going on and everybody was invited except for you ... and you just happen to walk by that house in the rain Votes: 0

Being acknowledged by 'Vogue' and invited to do 'Today I'm Wearing' was a really great moment for me, and the photo diary of my outfits was a really fun thing to do. Votes: 0

When I was ten, I had a weird cinema party where I invited everybody from my street to come. I pretended I was an usher and tried to sell them all popcorn. Votes: 0

I wasn't some weird loner in school, but I definitely wasn't invited to any of the cool parties. Girls didn't like me that much -- I didn't even go to my prom. Votes: 0

Whenever someone makes out a guest list, the people not on it become officially uninvited, and that makes them the enemies of the invited. Guest lists are just a way of choosing sides. Votes: 0

Many respectable physicists said that they weren't going to stand for this -- partly because it was a debasement of science, but mostly because they didn't get invited to those sort of parties. Votes: 0

I have lovely memories of Los Angeles in the 1930s. I came down to live with my mother's cousin and they invited me to come and go to junior college for a year. Votes: 0

There's not a single Democrat here. It's almost like CPAC invited Benjamin Netanyahu to speak. Well, we could have had Hillary here, but we couldn't find a foreign nation to foot the bill. Votes: 0

From the very beginning, I wrote to explain my own life to myself, and I invited any readers who chose to make the journey with me to join me on the high wire. Votes: 0

Two young doctors - one from Harvard and the other from Dartmouth - invited me to go to Mecca in my husband's stead. And that is what helped put me back on track. Votes: 0

Im always happy to have the President visit North Carolina. Unfortunately, the citizens of North Carolina who could be most adversely affected by the Presidents plan have not been invited to the discussion. Votes: 0

I grew up in the Ukraine and then I went to Paris in 1996. I went there because there was a modeling agency that invited me there to work so I thought, 'Sure.' Votes: 0

I'm always happy to have the President visit North Carolina. Unfortunately, the citizens of North Carolina who could be most adversely affected by the President's plan have not been invited to the discussion. Votes: 0

You have to be invited to the party. You have to be invited to work, which is weird. That can be frustrating. But gender inequality is pretty similar through almost every industry, unfortunately. Votes: 0

When I moved to New York, the reputation just followed me, and I am regularly invited to play in home games, by writers in particular, though finance folk also invite me on occasion. Votes: 0

I'm just not a big fan of the too-cool-for-school indie world. Metal bands have never been invited or been able to be part of the cool kids, and I like it that way. Votes: 0

A tip: if you're invited to your friend's country club to go the lost and found bin and pretend that you left something there. Next thing you know, you have a fabulous sweater... Votes: 0

Harrison Ford invited me to fly on his private plane to Los Angeles, and he's great to work with. He's really down to earth, and we got to know each other quite well. Votes: 0

I didn't go to the North Pole to do something about my mother. I was invited to the North Pole and I realized it was impossible to go there without thinking about her. Votes: 0

By travelling across frontiers, on horseback and in the imagination, Montaigne invited us to to exchange local prejudices and the self division they induced for less constraining identities as citizens of the world. Votes: 0

War is a form of really bad manners, in a strange way. Invading a country I think is just the worst possible manners. 'You're not invited!' Gate crashing on a large scale! Votes: 0

I've been to Vulcan where I've been vulcanized, Carbon where you get carbonated and Standard where you get standardized. Ernie Isley's invited me to Castor "¦ and I'm not looking forward to it. Votes: 0

There are three cardinal rules - don't take somebody else's boyfriend unless you've been specifically invited to do so, don't take a drink without being asked, and keep a scrupulous accounting in financial matters. Votes: 0

I'm a huge supporter of the military. I think they do an incredible job. So when I get invited to go out and sing for them, some of the best moments of my life. Votes: 0

If the 'self-life' is supreme, Satan does not have to be invited in. The lines are already set for the 'electric' current to flow. Satan is master of ceremonies, though he be apparently non-existent. Votes: 0

Obey something, and you will have a chance to learn what is best to obey. But if you begin by obeying nothing, you will end by obeying the devil and all his invited friends. Votes: 0

The moon in all her immaculate purity hung in the sky, laughing at this world of dust. She congratulated me for my carefully considered maneuvers and invited me to share in her eternal solitude. Votes: 0

If you get invited to be part of a team, don't look at it as a burden to get out of, but rather an opportunity to inspire, invigorate, and bring life to the team. Votes: 0

In big industry new ideas are invited to rear their heads so they can be clobbered at once. The idea department of a big firm is a sort of lab for isolating dangerous viruses. Votes: 0

I used to go down every year for the remembrance of Elvis' birthday. Memphis State College invited me to sit in the auditorium and speak to the people for one of those Elvis days. Votes: 0

Every sinner is now on trial once for all. He is now invited by the bleeding Saviour, urged by all the horrors of hell, to enter heaven. But death closes the possibility for ever. Votes: 0

I'm not invited to the Vanity Fair dinner where they watch the Oscars - or even the Oscars themselves - so I sit at home and watch it with a bunch of close friends. Votes: 0

God doesn't have to try to do supernatural things. He is supernatural. He would have to try to not be. If He is invited to a situation, we should expect nothing but supernatural invasion. Votes: 0

Saddam Hussein has invited members from the U.S. Congress to visit Iraq. Man how stupid is Hussein? If you think Bush had incentive to bomb Iraq before, imagine if Congress was over there. Votes: 0

I will have nothing to do with a bomb! [Response to being invited (1943) to work with Otto Robert Frisch and some British scientists at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project to create the atomic bomb.] Votes: 0

Do you realize the weight of the one who has invited us to follow him? He is worthy of more than church attendance and casual association; he is worthy of total abandonment and supreme adoration. Votes: 0

Somehow I was invited to visit with Audrey Hepburn. I had this afternoon with her, and she gave me a couple things. She was so gracious and everything you would think that she would be. Votes: 0

The first glimpse I had of what Mario Batali's friends had described to me as the 'myth of Mario' was on a cold Saturday night in January 2002, when I invited him to a birthday dinner. Votes: 0

It is London fashion week, and once again I haven't been invited to any shows. This is upsetting given my well-known love of fashion, or, as I think of it, playing with the dressing-up box. Votes: 0

The reason I'm travelling so much is because of reasons that weren't completely planned. Several of the shows became successful and were invited to go to other places and they've all happened at similar times. Votes: 0

Some reviews give pain. This is regrettable, but no author has the right to whine. He was not obliged to be an author. He invited publicity, and he must take the publicity that comes along. Votes: 0

If I keep going outside, I get distracted - and all these lunches and things I get invited to, I just don't care. I just want to make the work. New York is very distracting. Votes: 0

My vanity was flattered by having been mistaken for our revered sovereign. I ordered a banquet to be got ready for the following evening, under the trees before my house, and invited the whole town. Votes: 0

I was raised Christian after age 5, but I didn't really understand it until high school. A friend of mine invited me to his youth group. There I heard the gospel, understood it, and accepted it. Votes: 0

When Minutemen leader Jim Gilchrist and his black colleague Marvin Stewart were invited by the College Republicans to speak at Columbia last year, the tolerant, free-speech-loving Columbia students violently attacked them, shutting down the speech. Votes: 0