Sayings about Hotels & Inns
In the hotel of decisions the guests sleep well. ~ Iranian Proverbs
Courage cannot be bought at the inn. ~ Corsican Proverb
Choose your inn before dark, get back on the road before dawn. ~ Chinese Proverb
He goes not out of his way that goes to a good inn. ~ Traditional Proverb
The world is the traveler’s inn. ~ Afghan Proverbs
The nearer the inn, the longer the road. ~ German Proverbs
Quotations about Hotels & Inns
All saints can do miracles, but few of them can keep a hotel. ~ Mark Twain
Like pilgrims to the appointed place we tend; the world’s an inn, and death the journey’s end. ~ John Dryden
All good hotels tend to lead people to do things they wouldn’t necessarily do at home. ~ Andre Balazs
It used to be a good hotel, but that proves nothing – I used to be a good boy. ~ Mark Twain
It was never decreed that a god mustn’t pay hotel bills. ~ Bertolt Brecht
For the world, I count it not an inn, but a hospital; and a place not to live, but to die in. ~ Thomas Browne
The great advantage of a hotel is that it is a refuge from home life. ~ George Bernard Shaw
There was a girl knocking on my hotel room door all night! Finally, I let her out. ~ Henny Youngman
It doesn’t matter if you’re staying at a four-star hotel, you will never have your whole closet with you. ~ Lexa Doig
Do Not Disturb” signs should be written in the language of the hotel maids. ~ Tim Bedore
If you’re a person who says yes most of the time, you’ll find yourself in the hotel business and the restaurant business. ~ Francis Ford Coppola
The hotel was once where things coalesced, where you could meet both townspeople and travelers. Not so in a motel. No matter how you build it, the motel remains the haunt of the quick and dirty, where the only locals are Chamber of Commerce boys every fourth Thursday. Who ever heard the returning traveler exclaim over one of the great motels of the world he stayed in? Motels can be big, but never grand. ~ William Trogdon
I would rather sleep in a bathroom than in another hotel. ~ Billy Wilder
One’s homesickness for Heaven finds at least an inn there; and it’s an inn on the right road. ~ Ruth Pitter
Life is a stranger’s sojourn, a night at an inn. ~ Marcus Aurelius
A first-rate marriage is like a first-rate hotel: expensive, but worth it. ~ Mignon McLaughlin
St. Teresa of Avila described our life in this world as like a night at a second-class hotel. ~ Malcolm Muggeridge
Be kind to your mother-in-law but pay for her board at some good hotel. ~ Josh Billings
Of course great hotels have always been social ideas, flawless mirrors to the particular societies they service. ~ Joan Didion
You need to have a home to go back to, whether it’s a hotel room or a barn. It’s only home when he’s there. ~ Genevieve Gorder
This life at best is but an inn, and we the passengers. ~ James Howell
I think it’s fair to say more adultery goes on in hotels than any other place in the world. ~ Andre Balazs
Justice is open to everyone in the same way as the Ritz Hotel. ~ Judge Sturgis
A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn. ~ William Hazlitt
I’ve always thought a hotel ought to offer optional small animals. I mean a cat to sleep on your bed at night, or a dog of some kind to act pleased when you come in. You ever notice how a hotel room feels so lifeless? ~ Anne Tyler
It is very important that a leader in the hotel industry be both creative, I think, and compassionate. ~ Barry Sternlicht
My definition of a good hotel is a place I’d stay at. ~ Robert De Niro
Life is a pilgrimage. The wise man does not rest by the roadside inns. He marches direct to the illimitable domain of eternal bliss, his ultimate destination. ~ Swami Sivananda