Polite Quotes

I don't study polite anger.

— Mielya Saladdin

murder is not polite.

— Mignon G. Eberhart

Woman a polite than mens

— Yuniss

“She ate like a polite wolf.”

— Elizabeth Kostova

“expect that bitch to be polite.”

— Erika Rhys

Polite beggary is too common.

— William Rounseville Alger

Scholarship is polite argument.

— Philip Rieff

“No one is polite to writers.”

— Marcus Berkmann

Nobody ever invented a polite word for a killing yet.

— Thelma Ritter

The last thing I want to do is get togged up, go out and be polite.

— Greg Wise

“Manners,” I say. “It ain't polite to taste people. Shit.”

— Nenia Campbell

To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.

— Alexander Pope

Canadians are nice and polite. It's not just a stereotype.

— Justin Trudeau

Death is never polite, even when we expect it.

— Tiny Tim

A lot of our lives are about being polite.

— Rachelle Lefevre

“You're very polite, but I belong to another generation”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

There’s simply no polite way to tell people they’ve dedicated their lives to an illusion.

— Daniel Dennett

Balanced is probably what I am, although that's just a polite way to say that you don't do anything very well.

— Steve Yzerman

There's something very polite about the British accents. It's sort of sanitizing.

— Phoebe Waller-Bridge

What are sisters for if not to point out the things the rest of the world is too polite to mention.

— Claire Cook

When politeness is used to show up other people, it is reclassified as rudeness. Thus it is technically impossible to be too…

— Judith Martin

Track is full of the absolute nicest and most polite athletes in all of sports, and where does it get us?

— Malcolm Gladwell

I HATE when people get smart with me over the phone and try to cut me off. Don't be rude to me…

— Anonymous

Polite and velvety leaders, who take care to avoid bruising others, are generally not as effective at forcing change.

— Walter Isaacson

Poetry is an act of distillation. It takes contingency samples, is selective. It telescopes time. It focuses what most often floods past…

— Diane Ackerman

I like the laid-back, polite, respectful courteous personality cowboys have. Guys almost lay down their life for you if they're your friends.…

— Jeff Kent

I noticed you right away.” She gave me an approving look. “I like quiet, polite men. And men who wear Hugo Boss.…

— Josh Lanyon

Unlike what you may be told in other sectors of life, when observing the universe, size does matter, which often leads to…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

God,” I moaned. “Do they use that stuff as rocket fuel?” “No one made you keep drinking it.” “Hey, don’t get preachy.…

— Richelle Mead

Lyall had spent centuries nibbling about the great layered cake that was polite society while Lord Akeldama acted the part of the…

— Gail Carriger

I do get stopped in the street, and people are always, without exception, really polite. I think it's because they think I…

— Robert Rinder

I'm not sure when exactly I knew I was funny, but I always knew I was different. I never had an 'edit'…

— Judy Gold

Many words and expressions which only a matter of decades ago were considered so distastefully explicit that, were they merely to be…

— Douglas Adams

Conservatives are telling elected leaders that expansion of Medicaid comes at a moral - or more overtly, a political - price. At…

— Ronnie Musgrove

I listen to all these complaints about rudeness and intemperateness, and the opinion that I come to is that there is no…

— Anonymous

Ah, the truth, what a thing it is! I sacrifice so much for it, with people: I forego, for truth's sake, discretion,…

— Marvin L. Cohen

America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards. On…

— Claire Wolfe

I want to show you how Stephen Miller is just good, folks. He's simply good. He needs to be doing more of…

— Rush Limbaugh

There is so little time on a set to build up a working relationship with a new member of crew. It is…

— Asif Kapadia

Giving free advice is a sad waste of effort. In the first place, no man will act upon it unless he is…

— William H. McMaster