War is not a polite recreation but the vilest thing in life, and we ought to understand that and not play at… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
If a man isn't being nice when you're out, all you have to do is remain polite and then go home early. — Sherry Argov Copy Share Image
“Baltimore is warm but pleasant... I belong here, where everything is civilized and gay and rotted and polite.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
In polite society one laughs at all the jokes, including the ones one has heard before. — Frank Dane Copy Share Image
“To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid - one must also be polite.” — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Not to brag but I'm such a polite bitch, I'll tell you excuse me and shut the fuck up in the same… — Nikhil Saluja Copy Share Image
Man is the only animal that learns by being hypocritical. He pretends to be polite and then, eventually, he becomes polite. — Jean Kerr Copy Share Image
I'm brash and abrasive but that's because I've noticed when people are nice and polite they never get anywhere. — Mahathir Mohamad Copy Share Image
I think the sort of person you want at a party is someone who is self-aware, polite and has a basic knowledge… — Derek Blasberg Copy Share Image
I'm always polite in auditions, but I wasn't like, 'Oh, please give me the job,' for 'Robin Hood' because I didn't think… — Jonas Armstrong Copy Share Image
When you're a new person and a new idea, you get invited to all these different things, and everybody wants a piece… — Theophilus London Copy Share Image
In society, there is enormous pressure for us to try and look good, to be politically correct, to say the right things,… — Thalia Copy Share Image
My mom always taught me to be sweet and polite and cross my legs because it's what the guys like. Actually, they… — Tiffani Thiessen Copy Share Image
This nice and subtle happiness of reading, this joy not chilled by age, this polite and unpunished vice, this selfish, serene life-long… — Logan Pearsall Smith Copy Share Image
The most exquisite words and finest strokes of an author are those which very often appear the most doubtful and exceptionable to… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
The people are different in L.A. There was a time when I lived in New York and that was a bit of… — Scott Clifton Copy Share Image
A modest ring at the bell at length allayed her fears, and Miss Benton, hurrying into her own room and shutting herself… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
What have you done to my cat?" Magnus demanded... "You drank his blood, didn't you? You said you weren't hungry!" Simon was… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
If you intend to write as truthfully as you can, your days as a member of polite society are numbered, anyway... You… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Marriage isn't a contest to see who is most often right. Marriage requires being what the Japanese call 'the wise bamboo,' which… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
Politeness. Now there's a poor man's virtue if ever there was one. What's so admirable about inoffensiveness, I should like to know.… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
Someone asked me if I would like to write a man on death row, be a pen pal, and I was like,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Recently a young mother asked for advice. What, she wanted to know, was she to do with a 7-year-old who was obstreperous,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
One's appearance bespeaks dignity corresponding to the depth of his character. One's concentrated effort, serene attitude, taciturn air, courteous disposition, thoroughly polite… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo Copy Share Image
