Italy should learn from the English system regarding security and civility. — Gianluca Vialli Copy Share Image
Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business. — P. T. Barnum Copy Share Image
“Politeness is the first thing people lose once they get the power.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“Never in England were there so many gentlemen and so little gentleness.” — C.J. Sansom Copy Share Image
Be civil to all; serviceable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none. — Benjamin Franklin 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
Nice is a pallid virtue. Not like honesty or courage or perseverance. On the other hand, in a nation notably lacking in… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Civility is the natural state for people who know how limited their own individual powers are and know, too, that they need… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
“Civility is just lying to people about your true feelings. Hiding for personal gain. Popular people, well, they're just the best liars.” — Rick Remender Copy Share Image
There can be no high civility without a deep morality, though it may not always call itself by that name. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I think the country's getting disgusted with Washington partly because of the decline of civility in government. — George McGovern Copy Share Image
A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing. — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
“My mother raised me to be polite, to be demure. I have long operated under the idea that civility is subservience. But… — Taylor Jenkins Reid Copy Share Image
Gratitude is the beginning of civility, of decency and goodness, of a recognition that we cannot afford to be arrogant. We should… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
Bowing, ceremonious, formal compliments, stiff civilities, will never be politeness; that must be easy, natural, unstudied; and what will give this but… — William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham 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
I see good ideas on the Republican side as well as the Democratic side. You have to return civility and statesmanship to… — Richard Carmona Copy Share Image
“Citizens hold a powerful tool: the ability to choose civility at the ballot box. That choice has ripple effects. When we elect… — Diane Kalen-Sukra Copy Share Image
Baptists have long upheld the ideal of a free church in a free state. And from the beginning, they believed that forcing… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I describe it as tribalism because they're very tightly woven communities. Lack of civility is part of it, because that's how Internet… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Because love is the great commandment, it ought to be at the center of all and everything we do in our own… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
There is nothing that we can properly call our own but our time, and yet everybody fools us out of it who… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Civility means a great deal more than just being nice to one another. It is complex and encompasses learning how to connect… — P. M. Forni Copy Share Image
“Packing some heat there, aren’t you Officer?” Jake looked down and yanked on the hem of his blazer. “Don’t you worry about… — Kristen Casey Copy Share Image
You know, we did a good job in containing the Soviet Union, but we made a lot of mistakes, we supported really… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
In the 2012 election, Obamacare, as it's called, and I'll be more polite - the ACA ...was a major issue in the… — John McCain Copy Share Image
A crucial turning point in that earlier history occurred when men and women of good will turned aside from the task of… — Alasdair MacIntyre Copy Share Image
“..civility took root at Wikipedia. It grew into a social norm...But sometimes, even the toughest social norms aren’t enough. We found there… — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
Martha Stewart contributes more to our civility than the Baptist Church. — Dave Hickey Copy Share Image
Civility is a desire to receive civilities, and to be accounted well-bred. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
All of civility depends on being able to contain the rage of individuals. — Joshua Lederberg Copy Share Image