I think it's most important for children to understand the concept of respect and manners and also work ethic. I have a… — Andy Garcia Copy Share Image
“Once he got there, he stopped and looked back. “You know, the thing about manners is that we only seem to notice… — Rose Wynters Copy Share Image
There may be an excess of cultivation as well as of anything else, until civilization becomes pathetic. A highly cultivated man,--all whose… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Truly good manners are invisible: they ease the way for others, without drawing attention to themselves. It is no accident that the… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
“Good manners are not merely snobbish ornaments, as Mrs. Lippett's regime appeared to believe. They mean self-discipline and thought for others, and… — Jean Webster Copy Share Image
“She already told me that she doesn't have to be nice, so why do I? Because my mother raised me right? That's… — Sheryl J. Anderson Copy Share Image
I despair of the Republic! Such dreariness, such whining sallow women, such utter absence of the amenities, such crass food, crass manners,… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
I don't approve of censorship. I like the French theatre idea. Put on the play, and if the audience doesn't care for… — John Huston Copy Share Image
~I'm strict about manners. I think that kids have a horrible time with other people if they have bad manners… The one… — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
Manners are the lubricating oil of an organization. It is a law of nature that two moving bodies in contact with each… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and… — Charles Simmons Copy Share Image
I pride myself on being the nicest person in the room. My grandmother always told me, 'Manners will take you where money… — Charlamagne Tha God Copy Share Image
We looked on the hopheads, crooks and gunsels and on their bawdy ladies as members of a family among whom we were… — Ben Hecht Copy Share Image
Some are able and humane men and some are low-grade individuals with the morals of a goat, the artistic integrity of a… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
My grandparents were far more English in their manners than they were Chinese. For example, we spoke English at home, had afternoon… — Kevin Kwan Copy Share Image
Command that no one be received, or kept to be of your household indoors or without, if one has not reasonable belief… — Robert Grosseteste Copy Share Image
A lot of people would be embarrassed to admit that they were on 'Barney', but I embrace the fact. I just had… — Selena Gomez Copy Share Image
Take off all the masks, manners, fancy clothes, all the devices you use, and be the most honest person you can be… — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
it's no longer socially acceptable to make bigoted statements and racist remarks. Some people are having an awful time with that: 'I… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
“FIRST MORAL Good manners are not easy They need a little care, But when we least expect it Bring rewards both rich… — Charles Perrault Copy Share Image
It is said that when manners are licentious, a revolution is always near: the virtue of woman being the main girth and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The essence of good manners consists in making it clear that one has no wish to hurt. When it is clearly necessary… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
It strikes me as bad manners for a magazine to accept one of my advertisements and then attack it editorially - like… — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
Sitting down for dinner not only helps you learn, but also teaches you how to listen - which I feel is the… — Michael Symon Copy Share Image
By imitating the manners and the mode of life of the West,the Muslims are being gradually forced to adopt the Western moral… — Muhammad Asad Copy Share Image
I am a cheerful man, even in the dark, and it's all thanks to a good Lutheran mother. . . . Mother… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I was brought up in a way that when you're at a dinner party, you don't grab a chip unless it's been… — Hugh Jackman Copy Share Image
I loathe hecklers. I haven't got a good syllable to say. When you come out of the club circuit and into the… — Billy Connolly Copy Share Image
This man, although he appeared so humble and embarrassed in his air and manners, and passed so unheeded, had inspired me with… — Adelbert von Chamisso Copy Share Image
Like life and people, it is full of paradoxes. Etiquette is based on tradition, and yet it can change. Its ramifications are… — Millicent Fenwick Copy Share Image
Good manners, Madam, are had these days not For your asking, nor mine, nor what-we-used-to-be's. The day is a loud grenade that… — Allen Tate Copy Share Image
The automobile changed our dress, manners, social customs, vacation habits, the shape of our cities, consumer purchasing patterns, common tastes and positions… — John Keats Copy Share Image
Courtesy, modesty, good manners, conformity to definite ethical standards are universal, but what constitutes courtesy, modesty, good manners, and definite ethical standards… — Franz Boas Copy Share Image
Laws ought to be fashioned unto the manners and conditions of the people whom they are meant to benefit, and not imposed… — Edmund Spenser Copy Share Image
When a man spends his time giving his wife criticism and advice instead of compliments, he forgets that it was not his… — Helen Rowland Copy Share Image
War is a form of really bad manners, in a strange way. Invading a country I think is just the worst possible… — Graydon Carter Copy Share Image
“It was our understanding that we were to be instructing them in the ways of the civilized world, not being made beasts… — Jim Fergus Copy Share Image
“Those who are ignorant of history and the evolution of taste are apt at every turn to make the present age their… — Anthony Ashley Cooper Shaftesbury Copy Share Image
Miss Manners does not mind explaining the finer points of gracious living, but she feels that anyone without the sense to pick… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
