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Comedy1 quote
I'm a realist. I understand it's the 21st century and you've probably had premarital relations with my daughter. But under our roof, it's my way or the Long Island Expressway. Is that understood? — Jack Byrnes · 2000Comedy (film)1 quote
I'm a realist. I understand it's the 21st century and you've probably had premarital relations with my daughter. But under our roof, it's my way or the Long Island Expressway. Is that understood? — Jack Byrnes · 2000Epic poem1 quote
It is equally wrong to speed a guest who does not want to go, and to keep one back who is eager. You ought to make welcome the present guest, and send forth the one who wishes to go. — Homer · 700 BCFilm noir1 quote
An old friend is never an extra guest. — Alexander Sebastian · 1946Greek tragedy1 quote
For where is goodwill greater than from guest to host? — Aeschylus · 458 BCHistory (play)1 quote
Unbidden guests
Are often welcomest when they are gone. — William Shakespeare · 1592Religious literature1 quote
Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. — Hebrews 13:2 · 69Spy1 quote
An old friend is never an extra guest. — Alexander Sebastian · 1946Spy (film)1 quote
An old friend is never an extra guest. — Alexander Sebastian · 1946Tragedy (play)1 quote
For where is goodwill greater than from guest to host? — Aeschylus · 458 BC