When politeness is used to show up other people, it is reclassified as rudeness. Thus it is technically impossible to be too… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
Why is it that people get mad when other people know or talk about their business, but they post everything that happens… — Azgraybebly Josland Copy Share Image
A rather painful aspect of using an unknown language is that you dont even realize that you've offended someone unknowingly. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Im accustomed to Internet forums where rudeness and incivility are the rule, where too many people seem to take pride in their… — Bryan Burrough Copy Share Image
I would like to say I am sick people being cranky or rude and trying to pass it off as intelligent. Not… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Control yourself, it is not worth it. You will regret your rudeness afterwards, your sensitive nature will be troubled — Leila Aboulela Copy Share Image
I'm a polite person. I'll tell you excuse me and shut the f*ck up in the same sentence. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The best way to hang up on someone is to do it in the middle of YOUR OWN sentence. That way, they… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm not a phony-friendly guy and I'm usually very quiet and not a big laugher, so some people might take that for… — Jesse McCartney Copy Share Image
It required some rudeness to disturb with our boat the mirror-like surface of the water, in which every twig and blade of… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
'Honesty' in social life is often used as a cover for rudeness. But there is quite a difference between being candid in… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
Many of our newly smart would rather be found murdering their children than being kind to their parents. They would prefer to… — Irwin Edman Copy Share Image
Not everyone will support you. If you take every insult or rude slur of your fellow human beings personally, you will be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Man needs music, literature, and painting - all those oases of perfection that make up art - to compensate for the rudeness… — Fernando Botero Copy Share Image
...Many of us are perpetual reactors. We let other people determine our actions and attitudes. We let other people determine whether we… — Marvin J. Ashton Copy Share Image
“Reading at meals is considered rude in polite society, but if you expect to succeed as a writer, rudeness should be the… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I listen to all these complaints about rudeness and intemperateness, and the opinion that I come to is that there is no… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The chief symptom of adolescence is a state of expectation, a tendency towards creative work, and a need for the strengthening of… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
“It is said that the hallmark of a gentleman is that he is only ever rude intentionally. Arthur Bryant was no gentleman.… — Christopher Fowler Copy Share Image
Wisdom and virtue are by no means sufficient, without the supplemental laws of good-breeding, to secure freedom from degenerating into rudeness, or… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“When she paused, I embraced the opportunity to turn the trend of conversation by saying: 'I am afraid that I was a… — Dick Donovan Copy Share Image
“Culpable obtuseness. He should know better. That's one reason why we don't use the a-word, for example, of little children. They can… — Geoffrey Nunberg Copy Share Image
Working- and Middle-class families sat down at the dinner table every night - the shared meal was the touchstone of good manners.… — Larry McMurtry Copy Share Image
A black boxer's career is the perfect metaphor for the career of a black male. Every day is like being in the… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
