I do have traditional values: I believe in being a good person and being polite. — FKA twigs Copy Share Image
The trouble is, if you go too far towards being polite, the label that applies is "doormat". — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
We must stop being polite and behaved, and find new inventive tactics to shift the paradigm. We are the majority. — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
Children are natural mimics who act like their parents despite every effort to teach them good manners. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Being polite to a person is not a sign of respect for them. It is merely a sign of a good upbringing… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
We must recall the most important of humanity guidelines: Be polite. Being polite is possibly the greatest daily contribution everyone can make… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
Political correctness is what right-wing bigots call what everybody else calls being polite — Iain Banks Copy Share Image
The toughest thing about being a celebrity, I suppose, is being polite when I don't want to be. — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
Women have got to stop being polite. If I ever had children, which I don't, the first thing I'd teach a girl… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
Normally when people say they haven't decided, they're being polite but they're definitely not voting for you. I think it's different this… — David Cameron Copy Share Image
Being polite is not only the right way to respond to people but also the easiest. Life is so filled with unavoidable… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
You lose nothing by being polite. The answer is 'No', but please say it politely and give the reasons. ... Explain to… — Mr. Lee Copy Share Image
We're so concerned about being polite in society, and rightfully so, that it carries over onto a football team. But on a… — Scott Frost Copy Share Image
I know, I say, after he says, This is hard, for the third time. This is what happens when you have a… — Kathryn Erskine 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
Lies hold civilization together. If people ever seriously begin telling each other what they really think, there'd be no peace. Good-bye to… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share Image
After a while, being so honest and so vulnerable on the page ends up affecting my own kind of self possession in… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
But I don't want to be fine, not if it means she's going to let go of my hand; not if it… — Tabitha Suzuma Copy Share Image
A man must have very eminent qualities to hold his own without being polite. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
“Democracy was supposed to champion freedom of speech, and yet the simple rules of table decorum could clamp down on the rights… — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Being polite and grateful will make people more inclined to help you. And if people are willing to help you, you may… — Jason Sudeikis Copy Share Image
We often laughed at others in our house, and I picked up the craft of being polite while people were present and… — Muriel Spark Copy Share Image
I wish my nose was smaller and that I was a little taller. I also had this perennial pimple problem, so I… — Madhuri Dixit Copy Share Image
You don't feel honest on a date, I guess. You don't really get to learn about anyone. You're kind of being polite… — Vince Vaughn Copy Share Image
Shane settled his flamethrower more comfortably on his shoulders. “Ladies? After you.” “Rude,” Claire said. “I was being polite!” “Not when you… — Rachel Caine Copy Share Image
The important thing was that we were being polite and not saying all the things that were making us unhappy, which was… — Ruth Ozeki 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
Humility in this business [acting] isn't just a matter of being polite, it's kind of a matter of survival. You can't ever… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
I don’t bite Marcus. You can come sit on the comfy old couch with me. That chair is incredibly uncomfortable.” Just the… — Abbi Glines Copy Share Image
We hold back our true feelings and beliefs, whether it's from a sense of being polite or fear of hurting someone's feelings.… — Nate Berkus Copy Share Image
Next year, Equality Now will celebrate - if that’s the word - will clock its twentieth year. Two decades of fighting the… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image