“I'm honor-bound not to struggle with this since you just retrieved it all by yourself. Please do me the courtesy of pretending… — C. J. Redwine Copy Share Image
Courtesy, modesty, good manners, conformity to definite ethical standards are universal, but what constitutes courtesy, modesty, good manners, and definite ethical standards… — Franz Boas Copy Share Image
none but the estimable shall hear from me that I esteem them. The whole world is entitled to my courtesy, but greater… — Sophie von La Roche Copy Share Image
The only difference between an artist and a lunatic is, perhaps, that the artist has the restraint or courtesy to conceal the… — Osbert Sitwell Copy Share Image
If you go out with someone and decide you don't want to see them again, do them the courtesy of saying, "Hey,… — Mallory Ortberg Copy Share Image
Diplomacy is the lowest form of politeness because it misquotes the greatest number of people. A nation, like an individual, if it… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
“By speaking with courtesy and respect, you are offering a wonderful gift to yourself, a useful embarrassment to the unkind, and a… — Giannis Delimitsos Copy Share Image
As the war was just in its origin and necessary and noble in its objects, we can reflect with a proud satisfaction… — James Madison Copy Share Image
At every moment of his life the Shoshone must be careful to observe the complicated folkways of his group, to do reverence… — Peter Farb Copy Share Image
How sweet and gracious, even in common speech, Is that fine sense which men call Courtesy! Wholesome as air and genial as… — James Thomas Fields Copy Share Image
Politeness requires this thing; decorum that; ceremony has its forms, and fashion its laws, and these must always follow, never the promptings… — Henri Rousseau Copy Share Image
“I've been treating you with courtesy and respect because that's the way I choose to treat everyone. But never, ever mistake kindness… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
“Perhaps if you were to refrain from deploying the phrase ‘ignorant buffoon’ with a liberality most writers reserve for ‘it’ and ‘the,’… — Vinnie Tesla Copy Share Image
Therefore, a person should first be changed by a teacher's instructions, and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can he observe… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Ill seemes (sayd he) if he so valiant be, That he should be so sterne to stranger wight; For seldom yet did… — Edmund Spenser Copy Share Image
Under bad manners, as under graver faults, lies very commonly an overestimate of our special individuality, as distinguished from our generic humanity. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
“Shakespeare said that promptness is the courtesy of kings. It’s the courtesy we owe everyone in our lives. And if you aren’t… — Bill Green Copy Share Image
I'd like to say from the beginning that the 12 years I've been coming here, I've met unfailing courtesy and cooperation, courtesy… — Peter Arnett Copy Share Image
I hate feeling late. Someone else has the courtesy and respect to show up on time, and when I'm late, it's like… — Matthew Moy Copy Share Image
If somebody honks a horn in Cleveland, they're saying 'Hi.' It's so rare to be honked at in anger. When we have… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
“Mindful of not thanking their benefactors, in case, like wights, they took offense, she added, "Your kindness is gratefully acknowledged. May your… — Cecilia Dart-Thornton Copy Share Image
Let those who follow me continue to build with the plumb of honor, the level of truth, and the square of integrity,… — John Wanamaker Copy Share Image
If you go out on a date, for the first date, a guy should pay, a guy should be respectful and, you… — Carly Aquilino Copy Share Image
The Indian is one of Nature's gentlemen--he never says or does a rude or vulgar thing. The vicious, uneducated barbarians, who form… — Susanna Moodie Copy Share Image
'MaerskKendal' is a rarity with its British flag, the 'LONDON' home port painted on its bow, its two British chief officers, and… — Rose George Copy Share Image
The mature man lives quietly, does good privately, takes responsibility for his actions, treats others with friendliness and courtesy, finds mischief boring… — Kenneth Rexroth Copy Share Image
War is not courtesy but the most horrible thing in life; and we ought to understand that, and not play at war.… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
There is something more - the spirit, or the soul. I think that that quality encourages our courtesy and care and our… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
There are very many characteristics which go into making a model civil servant. Prominent among them are probity, industry, good sense, good… — Chester A. Arthur Copy Share Image
Guide the people by law, subdue them by punishment; they may shun crime, but will be void of shame. Guide them by… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Whatever happened to courtesy? What can be so urgent that you have to look down at your phone in the middle of… — Martin Cooper Copy Share Image
little every-day courtesies are called the small change of life; but we should be badly off in trade if we had no… — Julia McNair Wright Copy Share Image
If we accept being talked to any kind of a way, then we are telling ourselves we are not quite worth the… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Offer your soul and wealth to your friend, offer your equity and fairness for your enemy, and offer your courtesy and charity… — Zahid Abas Copy Share Image
“Good manners without sincerity are like a beautiful dead lady. Straightforwardness without civility is like a surgeon's knife, effective but unpleasant. Candor… — Yukteswar Giri Copy Share Image
If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart… — Francis Bacon Sr Copy Share Image
The cosmetics industry has much to answer for. It's a multi-million- pound confidence trick based on giving women endless hope, courtesy of… — Joan Collins Copy Share Image
The whole of heraldry and of chivalry is in courtesy. A man of fine manners shall pronounce your name with all the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“But Johannes had said, "Politeness is something you owe other people, because when you show a little courtesy, everything becomes easier and… — Anne Holm Copy Share Image
When a language creates - as it does - a community within the present, it does so only by courtesy of a… — Christopher Ricks Copy Share Image
