Be as polite to the custodian as you are to the chairman of the board. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr Copy Share Image
“...It's probably polite to pretend you don't see people coming out of pawnshops, anyhow.” — Dashiell Hammett Copy Share Image
“Be humble with everyone you meet and don’t wait for others to follow up with them. You stay in touch and be… — Gordy Hoffman Copy Share Image
I think photographers are too polite. There is not enough anger in photography; it's pretty much trivialized. — Duane Michals Copy Share Image
Was [Adolf Hitler] rude to me? Never. He was always polite and well-mannered. — Gretl Braun Copy Share Image
Atticus had said it was the polite thing to talk to people about what they were interested in, not about what you… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“When a girl turns down your advances, the polite thing to do is just move on.” — Adam Selzer Copy Share Image
Some people did not like this ceremonious style. But after all when you have to kill a man it costs nothing to… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“Nothing is lost to you by being polite. You can be polite and courteous without losing anything.” — Teodoro A. Agoncillo Copy Share Image
Smoking is very bad for you and should only be done because it looks so good. People who don't smoke have a… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
An environment-based education movement--at all levels of education--will help students realize that school isn't supposed to be a polite form of incarceration,… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
The polite of every country seem to have but one character. A gentleman of Sweden differs but little, except in trifles, from… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Why haven’t you asked me how I do my tricks?” Celia asks, once they have reached the point where she is certain… — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
Common courtesy plays a big role in happy marriages. People who are permanently married are polite to one another. They don't want… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
Most magicians consider the palm an easy move to make. They are inclined to believe that they are 'getting away with it,'… — Dai Vernon Copy Share Image
She is probably by this time as tired of me, as I am of her; but as she is too Polite and… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
The country has always been governed by a coalition but today it is governed by a so-called Grand Coalition which is a… — George Mikes Copy Share Image
There are things that are not spoken about in polite society. Very quickly in most conversations you'll reach a moment where someone… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
She's always polite and kind, but her words lack the kind of curiosity and excitement you'd normally expect. Her true feelings- assuming… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Tell me about yourself, Miss Russell." I started to give him the obligatory response, first the demurral and then the reluctant flat… — Laurie R. King Copy Share Image
People take it for granted that the physical world is both ordered and intelligible. The underlying order in nature - the laws… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
“In order to be polite, it is necessary to have something to give. Politeness is the art of doing to others the… — Astolphe de Custine Copy Share Image
Los Angeles made me less interested in making my images move. Everything is evolving and regressing. It can be hard to pinpoint… — Torbjørn Rødland Copy Share Image
We are being at once wisely aware of our own frivolity if we avoid hitting and whacking and prefer 'striking' and 'smiting';… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“The function of the university is not simply to teach breadwinning, or to furnish teachers for the public schools, or to be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Greatness starts with the replacement of hatred with polite disdain. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image