good manners are an admission that everybody is so tender that they have to be handle with gloves. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Call a jack a jack. Call a spade a spade. But always call a whore a lady. Their lives are hard enough,… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
The mountebank told them that God was surely trying to kill them, possibly because He was through with them, and that they… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I have met charming people, lots who would be charming if they hadn't got a complex about the British and everyone has… — Freya Stark Copy Share Image
There's something about the British that we go for someone who seems nice and has good manners and seems at ease thanks… — Jean Marsh Copy Share Image
The House of Lords, architecturally, is a magnificent room, and the dignity, quiet, and repose of the scene made me unwillingly acknowledge… — M. E. W. Sherwood Copy Share Image
it's no longer socially acceptable to make bigoted statements and racist remarks. Some people are having an awful time with that: 'I… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
In the ordinary course of things, how many succeed in society merely by virtue of their manners, while others, however meritorious, fail… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
“It is proper netiquette to refrain from using all capital letters in internet correspondence. — David Chiles Copy Share Image
It is only when someone cannot defend his opinion, and is not interested in believing the truth, that he will attempt to… — Jamie Whyte Copy Share Image
It is a mistake that there is no bath that will cure people's manners, but drowning would help. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Miss Manners herself, while never rude, is given to pulling a fast pinch in the way of a handshake on those who… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
I have seen many people, who while you are speaking to them, instead, of looking at, and attending to you, fix their… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
I don't like people being rude. Bad manners and arrogance make me cross. People making others feel uncomfortable. And I really don't… — Alan Titchmarsh Copy Share Image
Being nice should never be perceived as being weak. It's not a sign of weakness, it's a sign of courtesy, manners, grace,… — Benazir Bhutto Copy Share Image
A man can buy nothing in the market with gentility. — William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley Copy Share Image
Good manners are a combination of intelligence, education, taste and style mixed together so that you don't need any of those things. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Wouldn't it be a helluva joke if all this were really burnt cork and you people were being tolerant for nuthin'? — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
“She took Sunny's coat off, and then her own, and dropped them both on the floor. Normally, of course, one should hang… — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
“The very essence of politeness is to take care that by our words and actions we make other people pleased with us… — Jean de La Bruyère Copy Share Image
