So my first impression, that he was a person of some undefined consequence, had gradually faded and he had become simply the proprietor of an elaborate road-house next door.
Quotes about proprietor (7 Quotes)
No sooner is your ocean filled, than he grumbles that it might have been of better vintage. Try him with half of a Universe, of an Omnipotence, he sets to quarrelling with the proprietor of the other half, and declares himself the most maltreated of men.
There are about a dozen of these gardens, more or less extensive, according to the business or wealth of the proprietor; but they are generally smaller than the smallest of our London nurseries.
We're playing it by ear. We hope to sell the business, not close the business. There's so much potential here. We'd like to find a proprietor who can expand the services and who has an ability to be on-site.
They are so loving. There was never any hostility directed at me, ... Everyone wants to talk to you. When you go to a store to buy something, you have to sit down and chat with the proprietor, have coffee and get to know him before he will let you purchase anything.
I realize there are health risks, but places tend to be unfair to smokers. It should be the choice of the proprietor.
I had one proprietor of a struggling bed and breakfast tell me, 'People want a ghost. I have to pay my bills. I'll give them a ghost'.