A question is a polite way of demanding something.

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

Politics is the polite way of telling somone else they’re stupid.

— Burnie Burns

“...news' is often a polite way of saying 'editor's whim.”

— Tom Rachman

There is no polite way to suggest to someone that they have devoted their life to a folly.

— Daniel Dennett

'Almost' can be a polite way of saying something definitely. It withholds the obvious and dangles it just long enough.

— Andre Aciman

There's no polite way to say to somebody (religious followers) 'Do you realize you've wasted your life?

— Daniel Dennett

You look tired it is just the polite way of saying you look like shit...

— Spikenard Kjd

'You look tired.' is just a polite way for someone to tell you that you look like sh*t.

— Anonymous

“a sign in a West Twenty-Ninth Street restaurant that read, ‘Don’t hesitate to ask for credit, as we have the most polite way of…

— R. Scott Williams

“What is the answer?" [ I [Alice B Toklas] was silent ] In that case, what is the question?”

— Gertrude Stein

For your information, I would like to ask a question.

— Samuel Goldwyn

“Question is mother of knowledge”

— Farhan Muhammad khan

Lie to me once, & I'll question everything you say after that.

— Anonymous

What you are is a question only you can answer.

— Lois McMaster Bujold

Sometimes a question can hurt more than an answer.

— Sarah Dessen