Greeting Quotes

“I wish you all the joy that you can wish.”
― William Shakespeare

“Most people often greet out of pity or insecurity.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Greet each man with peace, and leave each man with love. Ask yourself - One more enemy, or one more dove?”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“All too often the compliment we have just been paid is merely a repayment for the compliment we have just paid.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Margareta greeted almost all of them in an equally warm and friendly way, which put me in an even worse mood seeing as she really ought to realize that she was devaluing the impact of her smile if she used it on everyone.”
― Jonas Karlsson, The Room

“Det er en kjedelig uvane som særlig går ut over damene, å måtte låne ut leppene til hvem som helst som har tre tjenere på slep, uansett hvor frastøtende han er.”
― Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays

“The question ‘How are you (doing)?’ is the most common way of indirectly saying ‘Ask me how I am (doing)’.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“I greet you in the name of the Living God," the woman in pink says.”
― John C. Maxwell, Wisdom from Women in the Bible: Giants of the Faith Speak into Our Lives

“Shoot them if they didn't bring the chocolates.”
― Zoe Forward, Under a Wicked Moon

“distruggitrice di tutti vizii e reina de le virtudi, passando per alcuna parte mi negó il suo dolcissimo salutare, nel quale stava tutta la mia beatitudine”
― Dante Alighieri

“A smile is a subliminal way of saying, “Hi dear, You are beautiful!”
― Debasish Mridha

“Peace begins with a greeting of Namaste.”
― Debasish Mridha

“Road Kill Cafe, you kill 'em, we grill 'em!”
― David Archer, The Grave Man

“When greeting others, we usually ask them how they are doing, not because we sincerely care about how they are doing, but only because we want to be asked how we are doing.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“I think we should use some other greeting. Something like ‘what the fuck?”
“Okay,” I said, “What the fuck?”
“Exactly. Right on. I love you.”
― Steve Almond, Which Brings Me to You

“The greeting advantage is temporary, when the advantages have finished the greeting will be terminated.”
― Kamaran Ihsan Salih

“We are often, if not usually, greeted mainly, or even merely, as an attempt to stop us from looking at the person greeting us, at least for a bit.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Thank the guests for coming! You may say it’s none of your business, but it’s still part of your job.”
― Utibe Samuel Mbom, The Event Usher’s Handbook

“We all too often invite a lie by asking someone how he or she is doing.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“He politely breathed up my nose. I had learned many years ago that this is the preferred greeting of most horses. They like to breathe up your nose. Especially when you’re first introduced. And then, to be polite, you must breathe back up theirs.”
― Marti Healy, The Rhythm of Selby

“Hello from above our magnificent planet Earth.”
― Laurel Clark

“When she reached him, she put her hands on the bars and looked at him through them, her dark eyes wide. "It is you! Frasier said you were coming back, but he didn't know exactly when. It's been forever since you've answered a text. I was getting worried."
Her presence blew over him like a fresh breeze. He found himself smiling at her, a little goofily. He must still be travel-drunk. "It was an intense road trip.”
― Sarah Addison Allen, Other Birds

“Hello, Feyre darkling,' he purred.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“I offered a handshake. Barack turned it into a fist bump. It was a greeting I’d never been able to master, but I gave it my best shot.”
― Andrew Shaffer, Hope Never Dies

“the greeting of interest is temporarily when the interest has finished the greeting will be finalized.”
― Kamaran Ihsan Salih