“Wisdom is not counted in grammers, niether in fluency, but vividly shown in mannerism.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
The test of good manners is to be able to put up pleasantly with bad ones. — Wendell Willkie Copy Share Image
It is possible to have good manners and be funny at the same time. Ronnie Barker and I proved that. — Ronnie Corbett Copy Share Image
When people talk about political correctness, the only element of any value is good manners. — Paul Johnson Copy Share Image
To make a pleasant and friendly impression is not alone good manners, but equally good business. — Emily Post Copy Share Image
Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr Copy Share Image
You learn, just as you learn good manners, how to approach things with a certain amount of diplomacy. — Robert MacNeil 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
YES - I have good manners. YES - I show others respect YES - I help a stranger in need. I do… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
Once I said to my mother: 'You would be happy if I just kept well-dressed and had good manners,' and she said:… — Cy Twombly Copy Share Image
“For benefits by their very greatness spotlight the difference in conditions and arouse a secret annoyance in those who profit from them.… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Good manners come, as we say, from good breeding or rather are good breeding; and breeding is acquired by habitual action, in… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
One of the few things I like about Bill Clinton is that he has very good manners. If his momma were still… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
“I had never come across a talking cat before, but good manners, as my father used to say, cost nothing.” — Jasper Fforde 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
Some people are all quality; you would think they are made up of nothing but title and genealogy. The stamp of dignity… — Roger L'Estrange Copy Share Image
“The little that he had said, thus far, had been sufficient to convince me that I was speaking to a gentleman. He… — Wilkie Collins Copy Share Image
Command that no one be received, or kept to be of your household indoors or without, if one has not reasonable belief… — Robert Grosseteste Copy Share Image
“FIRST MORAL Good manners are not easy They need a little care, But when we least expect it Bring rewards both rich… — Charles Perrault Copy Share Image
Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and… — Charles Simmons Copy Share Image
Truly good manners are invisible: they ease the way for others, without drawing attention to themselves. It is no accident that the… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
Good manners, to those one does not love, are no more a breach of truth, than "your humble servant," at the bottom… — Lord Chesterfield 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
“Good manners will often take people where neither money nor education will take them.” — Fanny Jackson Coppin Copy Share Image
If a man has good manners and is not afraid of other people he will get by, even if he is stupid. - — Eccles David Copy Share Image
Good manners are just a way of showing other people that we have respect for them. — Bill Kelly Copy Share Image
Good manners can replace morals. It may be years before anyone knows if what you are doing is right. But if what… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
In life, if you have an enthusiasm for what they call 'good manners,' sometimes people don't quite believe you. I've had that… — Bill Nighy Copy Share Image
There are many things that go to make up an education, but there are just two things without which no man can… — Nicholas Murray Butler Copy Share Image
In England, we have such good manners that if someone says something impolite, the police will get involved. — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
“Good manners are not merely snobbish ornaments, as Mrs. Lippett's regime appeared to believe. They mean self-discipline and thought for others, and… — Jean Webster Copy Share Image
There may be an excess of cultivation as well as of anything else, until civilization becomes pathetic. A highly cultivated man,--all whose… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Good manners, Madam, are had these days not For your asking, nor mine, nor what-we-used-to-be's. The day is a loud grenade that… — Allen Tate Copy Share Image
Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what… — Emily Post 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
Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest people uneasy is the… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
We are justified in enforcing good morals, for they belong to all mankind; but we are not justified in enforcing good manners,… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
As a writer and director, I want to know what is behind the good manners and soft voice. Who is inside the… — Federico Fellini Copy Share Image