The Indians , whom we call barbarous, observe much more decency and civility in their discourses and conversation, giving one another a… — John Locke Copy Share Image
We see a decline of civility, and, sadly, it’s often modeled by the very people from whom we have the least right… — Max De Pree Copy Share Image
Never far from a dining table, the characters in Heather A. Slomski's limpid and elegant debut collection are not given to melodramatics.… — Jaimy Gordon Copy Share Image
Bitter criticism caused the sensitive Thomas Hardy, one of the finest novelists ever to enrich English literature, to give up forever the… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
There is no news value to the content of those [Newtown 911] tapes. The actual audio is of no news value at… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
Ultimately, 'how's it going?' is the most futile and the most profound of questions. To answer it precisely, one would have to… — Pascal Bruckner Copy Share Image
All buildings, large or small, public or private, have a public face, a facade; they therefore, without exception, have a positive or… — Leon Krier Copy Share Image
Marriage is treated by all civilized societies as a peculiar and favored contract. It is in its origin a contract of natural… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
I regret not getting brutally forthright with human beings a hell of a lot sooner than I did. Civility and obliquity are… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
“It is contrary to the usual practice of professional men to give their opinions upon each other's work unless regularly called upon… — John Smeaton Copy Share Image
Tactics and strategies ought to be based on what the real world is, and we do not have the political power to… — Tom Coburn Copy Share Image
If you and I want to stir up a resentment tomorrow that may rankle across the decades and endure until death, just… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
People who cannot restrain their own baser instincts, who cannot treat one another with civility, are not capable of self-government... without virtue,… — Charles Colson Copy Share Image
Looking to the future, the words uncertain and scared near the top but hopeful and optimistic prevail and beneath the division one… — George Stephanopoulos Copy Share Image
“I am worn out with civility. I have been talking incessantly all night, and with nothing to say. But with you there… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Manlius ... took care in his invitations, actively sought to exclude from his circle crude and vulgar men like Caius Valerius. But… — Iain Pears Copy Share Image
Love taught him shame, and shame with love at strife Soon taught the sweet civilities of life. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
John Stuart Mill, in his wonderful 1859 book On Liberty, talks about civility. And this is why you should always be concerned… — Greg Lukianoff Copy Share Image
America is just so weird in what they think is right and wrong. Like, I was watching 'Breaking Bad' the other day,… — Miley Cyrus Copy Share Image
After our ages-long journey from savagery to civility, let's hope we haven't bought a round-trip ticket. — Cullen Hightower Copy Share Image
Every era has a currency that buys souls. In some the currency is pride, in others it is hope, in still others… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
“....a crucial measure of our success in life is the way we treat one another every day of our lives.” — P.M. Forni Copy Share Image
