“Thomas,” the boss said. “How’s your father doing?” “He’s good, Sal.” Always the family questions first. That was Sal Demenci’s style. He… — Gary Ponzo Copy Share Image
Good breeding consists in having no particular mark of any profession, but a general elegance of manners. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
She says I am not fair, that I lack manners; She calls me proud, and that she could not love me, Were… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
We hear a great deal about the rudeness of the rising generation. I am an oldster myself and might be expected to… — C. S. Lewis 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
In war, too, the discretionary power of the Executive is extended; its influence in dealing out offices, honors, and emoluments is multiplied;… — James Madison Copy Share Image
It is a very nice world-that is, if you remember that while morals are all-important between the Lord and His creatures, what… — William Alexander Percy Copy Share Image
To the real artist in humanity, what are called bad manners are often the most picturesque and significant of all. — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
Judging others’ intentions is the right of God alone. We don’t have this right, and it is poor manners with God. — Habib Ali al-Jifri Copy Share Image
Anyone can be polite to a king. It takes a gentleman to be polite to a beggar — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We don't bother much about dress and manners in England, because as a nation we don't dress well and we've no manners. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Do not feel ashamed if the amount of charity is small because to refuse the needy is an act of greater shame. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To make a pleasant and friendly impression is not alone good manners, but equally good business. — Emily Post Copy Share Image
The well-mannered man never puts out his hand in greeting until a lady extends hers. This is a test of good breeding… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
“Once he got there, he stopped and looked back. “You know, the thing about manners is that we only seem to notice… — Rose Wynters Copy Share Image
New York has always prided itself on its bad manners. That is the real source of our strength. — Gertrude Atherton Copy Share Image
In most cases an act of unwelcome sex is no more bother than being vaccinated, so there's no point going on about… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
All good conversation, manners, and action come from a spontaneity which forgets usages and makes the moment great. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A tragedy can never suffer by delay: a comedy may, because the allusions or the manners represented in it maybe temporary. — Horace Walpole Copy Share Image
The news media is so quick to pick up tragic stories of imperiled children that it seems like there are more terrible… — Gever Tulley Copy Share Image
The underlying sense of form in my work has been the system of the Universe, or part thereof...What I mean is that… — Alexander Calder Copy Share Image
