"Hotels are the only proper places for..." - Quote by Mark Twain

“We get our morals from books. I didn't get mine from books, but I know that morals do come from books- theoretically at least.”

“Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident; the only earthly certainty is oblivion.”

“I am pushing sixty. That is enough exercise for me.”

“I have a "Do Not Disturb" sign on my hotel door. It's time to go to "Don't Disturb". It's been "Do Not" for too long. We should embrace the contraction.”

“At my hotel room, my friend came over and asked to use the phone. I said Certainly. He said Do I need to dial 9 I say Yeah. Especially if it's in the number. You can try four and five back to back real quick.”

“Roughly speaking, the more one pays for food, the more sweat and spittle one is obliged to eat with it.... Dirtiness is inherent in hotels and restaurants, because sound food is sacrificed to punctuality and smartness.”

“When we read we are able to travel to many places, meet many people and understand the world.”

“The notion that before you even set out to go to Thailand, you say, 'I'm not interested,' or you're unwilling to try things that people take so personally and are so proud of and so generous with, I don't understand that, and I think it's rude. You're at Grandma's house, you eat what Grandma serves you.”

“Turning your nose up at a genuine and sincere gesture of hospitality is no way to travel or to make friends around the world.”