Preakness Stakes Host

Famous quotes containing the words stakes and/or host:

“Law makes long spokes of the short stakes of men.”
—William Empson (1906–1984)

“The rule for hospitality and Irish “help,” is, to have the same dinner every day throughout the year. At last, Mrs. O’Shaughnessy learns to cook it to a nicety, the host learns to carve it, and the guests are well served.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)