As readers, we are seldom interested in the fine sentiments of a lesson learnt; we seldom care about the good manners of… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
The best of America drifts to Paris. The American in Paris is the best American. It is more fun for an intelligent… — F. Scott Fitzgerald 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
I was brought up in a community, in a family that valued such things as good manners, and I still do. — John Irving Copy Share Image
I hate being the only mortal in a gathering full of Immortals who think killing each other cleverly is the height of… — Michelle Sagara Copy Share Image
The education of young citizens ought to form them to good manners, to accustom them to labor, to inspire them with a… — Gouverneur Morris Copy Share Image
In the name of motherhood and fatherhood and education and good manners, we threaten and suffocate and bind and ensnare and bribe… — June Jordan Copy Share Image
Whoever one is, and wherever one is, one is always in the wrong if one is rude. — Maurice Baring Copy Share Image
Our children will not survive our habits of thinking, our failures of the spirit, our wreck of the universe into which we… — June Jordan Copy Share Image
It's not polite to refuse to dress for a parly. It's an insult to your hostess. After all, correct dress is a… — Elsa Schiaparelli Copy Share Image
Good manners disappear in proportion as the influence of a Court and an exclusive aristocracy lessens; this decrease can be plainly observed… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
As is the case with all good things in life - love, good manners, language, cooking - personal creativity is required only… — Leon Krier Copy Share Image
Ellen Cherry was from the south and had good manners. She didn´t have any panties on, but she had good manners. — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Good manners consist of doing precisely what everyone thinks should be done, especially when no one knows quite what that is. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The aristocrat, when he wants to, has very good manners. The Scottish upper classes, in particular, have that shell-shocked look that probably… — Jilly Cooper Copy Share Image
Here was an occasion, she thought, for indulging in that deliberate rudeness which only persons with habitually good manners have the right… — Stella Gibbons Copy Share Image
For a companion, I require one who will make an equal demand on me with my own genius. Such a one will… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“Then [good manners] must be inspired by the good heart. There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I think the thing I miss most in our age is our manners. It sounds so old-fashioned in a way. But even… — Nancy Friday Copy Share Image
We evolved the ability to communicate disappointment to teach those around us good manners — Hannibal Copy Share Image
Good manners on a man are like wearing an exquisite suit. They never go out of style — Coco Chanel 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
