Be My Guest, Conrad Hilton&amp;#8217;s autobiography, published 1957. Apparently, they have a copy of this in every Hilton hotel room, like the Gideon Bible.
This was one of my dad&amp;#8217;s favorite sayings growing up. When I&amp;#8217;d ask him permission to do something and the answer was yes &amp;#8212; like, &amp;#8220;Dad, can I stay up to watch The Dukes of Hazzard tonight?&amp;#8221; &amp;#8212; he&amp;#8217;d look at me and say, &amp;#8220;You know what Conrad Hilton says. [dramatic pause] Be my guest.&amp;#8221;
In fact, I still say this to myself all the time, when asking myself permission to do things. It&amp;#8217;s a good line. Many of my dad&amp;#8217;s good lines were borrowed from 1960s television programs (I was almost 22 before I realized how much he quoted from The Prisoner), but I think this one is an original.&nbsp;
I guess I should read the book someday. I guess I should stay at a Hilton someday.&nbsp;