Polite Quotes · Page 12

Sometimes we are too polite with our suffering and allow it to dominate our life.

— Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

“Share what you like and don’t pretend to like things you don’t. There are many ways to be honest but polite.”

— Jay Woodman

Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.

— Otto von Bismarck

Be polite even to those who are rude to you, not because they are, but because of you are.

— John Reyes

A teenage girl who steals her mother's menstrual pads is a polite family member.

— Mohammad MUSTAFA

“I'll see you off," Daru said. "No," said Balducci. "There's no use being polite. You insulted me.”

— Albert Camus

No one who is at all acquainted with the Indian in his home can deny that we are a polite people.

— Anonymous

I believe you should always be polite when you ask a question. I totally believe that.

— Kaitlan Collins

My mom is the No. 1 person who has taught me to be courteous towards women, to always be respectful and polite…

— Zac Efron

What a polite game tennis is. The chief word in it seems to be "sorry" and admiration of each other's play crosses…

— James M. Barrie

Books are necessary to correct the vices of the polite; but those vices are ever changing, and the antidote should be changed…

— Oliver Goldsmith

I felt that even when they were polite they hardly saw me, that they would have begged the pardon of Jack the…

— Ralph Ellison

“Nothing much bothered you for a while and you kept walking like a silhouette through this town, saying hi’s and goodbyes, acting…

— Charlotte Eriksson

Create your own job. Become the master of what you do. Fully imerse yourself in your culter. Be humble. You are never…

— Sophia Amoruso

Tequila. Straight. There's a real polite drink. You keep drinking until you finally take one more and it just won't go down.…

— Lee Marvin

It's a cliche, but the people who enjoy your work and who come up and say, 'I enjoyed that and I liked…

— Joe Lycett

“Nose to nose with her, he gave her his best bad dog snarl. "You've forgotten who and what you're dealing with here,…

— Cindy Gerard

After a while, being so honest and so vulnerable on the page ends up affecting my own kind of self possession in…

— Morgan Parker

Love is the extra effort we make in our dealings with those whom we do not like and once you understand that,…

— Quentin Crisp

And fantasy it was, for we were not strong, only aggressive; we were not free, merely licensed; we were not compassionate, we…

— Toni Morrison

There was very polite, gentlemanly, and - and - and lady-like push-back on issues on both sides. Chuck Schumer continues to push…

— Mick Mulvaney

“Take the initiative with deliberate steps to be a polite person: 1. Cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze. 2. Reciprocate…

— Susan C. Young

I am simply in favor of intellectual hospitality-that is all. You come to me with a new idea. I invite you into…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

Once I became a photographer, it stopped me being scared or intimidated by gangs of young men of whatever stripe. Initially, I…

— Derek Ridgers

Listen, I'm from Belfast. We're not polite people. And it's language. We're direct.

— Paula Malcomson

How long is it polite to continue to be interested in what someone says after they reveal they've got a boyfriend?

— Russell Brand

Things it is not polite to discuss at the dinner table: politics, religion, and the walking dead.

— Mira Grant

When a man is trying to sell you something, don't imagine that he is polite all the time.

— Anonymous

Being nice to someone you have an issue with doesn't mean you are fake...it means someone taught you how to be polite.

— Louise Angela Deseles

I'll have pot in my home for guests - I'm polite! - but I don't sit around and smoke by myself, ever.…

— John Waters

“Polite people tend to be more respected, admired, and appreciated than their rude counterparts.”

— Susan C. Young

Glasgow is less polite than Edinburgh but that's a good thing - they keep it very real.

— Nik Kershaw

When a man is trying to sell you something, don't imagine he is that polite all the time.

— E. W. Howe

I think I've realized that business and being polite [don't] match. You can be fair, but me being polite was not me…

— Beyonce Knowles

In a polite age almost every person becomes a reader, and receives more instruction from the Press than the Pulpit.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Being polite to a person is not a sign of respect for them. It is merely a sign of a good upbringing…

— Brandon Sanderson

I was suspended for two years and I got really fat. That was a polite way of putting it.

— Frank Mir

I don't think it is very polite and respectful asking someone out during an interview.

— Mandira Bedi

I grew up being taught, 'Do unto others as they would do unto you.' I would get scolded for not being polite.

— Joel Edgerton

You know, sometimes, when they say you're ahead of your time, it's just a polite way of saying you have a real…

— George McGovern