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
I grew up in airports and on air bases. I know what flying and airports can be. And most airports make me… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
I do not accept that we cannot find a common sense way to preserve our traditions, including our basic second amendment freedoms… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Civilization depends on, and civility often requires, the willingness to say, 'What you are doing is none of my business' and 'What… — George Will Copy Share Image
I'm absolutely, utterly, and completely certain that God wouldn't be homophobic. I'd much rather go to hell - I really would much… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
I'm so sick and tired of all this violence, this gun violence. And how could I speak on it - you know… — Snoop Dogg Copy Share Image
This perpetual round of constrained civilities to persons quite indifferent to us, is the most provoking and tiresome thing in theworld, but… — Fanny Burney Copy Share Image
She smiled then, an adorable, sweet smile that took his breath away. He forgot all about trying to maintain an air of… — Maya Banks Copy Share Image
You know, my father was a great encouragement for me because he spoke out for women's rights, he spoke out for girl's… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
Authors have a greater right than any copyright, though it is generally unacknowledged or disregarded. They have a right to the reader's… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
In less than a century after the barbarian nations settled in their new conquests, almost all the effects of the knowledge and… — Bryan Ward-Perkins Copy Share Image
Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies.… — Janice Rogers Brown Copy Share Image
We all accuse Vladimir Putin of Cold War nostalgia, but Washington's elites - politicians and intellectuals - miss the old days as… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image
“our civility is grounded in a genuine conviction that we have much to do by way of preparing for the city that… — Richard J. Mouw Copy Share Image
“They were buffoons with barricaded eyes, their shoulders held in positions of immovable defense. Each position upon the great floor could be… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
I think the things that are more painful to me are not the intrusion of paparazzi, it's the lack of civility that… — Sarah Jessica Parker Copy Share Image
“Civility (sabhyata,) is the sign of one with the right belief (enlightened view, samkit) and etiquette is the sign of one with… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Far too often the Ukrainian issue is posed as a showdown: whether Ukraine joins the East or the West. But if Ukraine… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
“Civility is the everyday ethic of honoring the dignity of others as we would wish our own to be honored—an active commitment… — Diane Kalen-Sukra Copy Share Image
If that thy fame with ev'ry toy be pos'd, 'Tis a thin web, which poysonous fancies make; But the great souldier's honour… — George Herbert Copy Share Image
A drunkard is the annoyance of modesty, the trouble of civility, the spoil of wealth, the distraction of reason. He is the… — Thomas Adams Copy Share Image
From an athlete's perspective, to cancel the Olympics in regards to the threats would be absolutely devastating - especially since the Olympics… — Brian Boitano Copy Share Image
My mother saved our home with a minimum wage job. But in the 1960s, a minimum wage job would support a family… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
While I began writing 'Rules of Civility' in 2006, the genesis of the book dates back to the early 1990s, when I… — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
No greater glory can be handed down than to conquer the barbarian, to recall the savage and the pagan to civility, to… — Richard Hakluyt Copy Share Image
Most adults would not dream of belittling, humiliating, or bullying (verbally or physically) another adult. But many of the same adults think… — Laurence Steinberg Copy Share Image
While we face economic obstacles that challenge every decision made in Washington, decisions made merely for political gain must stop. It's time… — Nick Lampson Copy Share Image
Recently in Washington, unfortunately, we have seen examples of the wrong kind of leadership -- when politicians choose scorched earth over common… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
I know it's sappy, but I bet there's a market for civility and niceness out there that, while probably not as titillating… — Steven Weber Copy Share Image
The insolent civility of a proud man is, if possible, more shocking than his rudeness could be; because he shows you, by… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Is it civility for Barack Obama to continually lie, to promise the same things he's promised us last year and the year… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
If the reason I give is a good one, you will act upon it. If it is a bad one I cannot… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling was recorded on tape making racist comments. He now has been banned from the league for life.… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
Speak out, educate, do not be intimidated by the apologists, and do not let extreme racism be mainstreamed. Hopefully there will come… — Christine Pelosi Copy Share Image
When people complain of the decay of manners they have in mind not the impudent abbreviations of the crowd, but the decline… — Robert Wilson Lynd Copy Share Image
It had long been established in the Civil Worlds that public business was to be transparent, and personal business opaque; but it… — Ken MacLeod Copy Share Image
“Civility must be a natural thing; all the rest is considered etiquette. The path of moksha [ultimate liberation] means there must be… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Let's all commit ourselves to the basic civility of minding our own business. Failing that, let's go back to a time when… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
“At its heart, civility is the disposition of those who understand that we live together to flourish together—that the wellbeing of our… — Diane Kalen-Sukra Copy Share Image
“The will to be polite, to maintain civility and normalcy, is fearfully strong. I wonder sometimes how much evil is permitted to… — Alix E. Harrow Copy Share Image
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