Writers of novels and romance in general bring a double loss to their readers; robbing them of their time and money; representing… — Mary Wortley Montagu 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
All Politeness is owing to Liberty. We polish one another, and rub off our Corners and rough Sides by a sort of… — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury Copy Share Image
Well, that’s just a little hard, since I can’t even talk her into sparing your life, huh? You haven’t exactly endeared yourself… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
We are passing into a social phase in which unless a heroic effort is made for human dignity and freedom, gold will… — Anonymous 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
My telephone manners were, well, offensive to some. As I lugged my cell around, yammering away, I noticed cold stares from passersby… — Kara Swisher Copy Share Image
O, to bring back the great Homeric time, The simple manners and the deed sublime: When the wise Wanderer, often foiled by… — Mortimer Collins Copy Share Image
“We're fighting the puerile disgustingness of the Disgusting Dimension and trying to furnish it with joy, refinement and civility. Its an ongoing… — Jill Thrussell Copy Share Image
Your manners will depend very much upon the quality of what you frequently think on; for the soul is as it were… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Their are things that can't buy like Love, morals, respect, trust, common sense, patient,manners, character and integrity. you can have all of… — Mitch Alapan 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
Eutrapelia . "A happy and gracious flexibility," Pericles calls this quality of the Athenians...lucidity of thought, clearness and propriety of language, freedom… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
Donald Trump is a demagogue. Period. The fervor of his crowds recalls Nasser's Egypt. His convictions are illiberal. His manners are disgusting.… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
Hollywood wants to make women so perfect. Perfect hair. Perfect job. Perfect manners... I know some of the most beautiful women, and… — Melissa McCarthy Copy Share Image
“In familiar surroundings our manners are cheerful and easy, but only transport us to places where we know no one and no… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
There used to be an art form called the 'comedy of manners.' Why aren't comedies of manners made now in this country?… — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
A modest, godly woman will dress modestly. . . The one who is simple and unpretending in her dress and in her… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
We who have been born and nurtured on this soil, we, whose habits, manners, and customs are the same in common with… — Richard V. Allen Copy Share Image
“And as is often the case, the people who would benefit the most from reading a book like this are the ones… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
Some people really need to be taught some manners," he said disdainfully. I stared up at him. "Would you really have gotten… — Alexandra Adornetto Copy Share Image
Manners are manners. Jimmy Connors and Ilie Nastase have no respect. I don't want my kid seeing Nastase play. The demeanor you… — Rod Laver Copy Share Image
Manners is the key thing. Say, for instance, when you're growing up, you're walking down the street, you've got to tell everybody… — Usain Bolt Copy Share Image
“What a school of politeness is such a contemplation of the past! To take everything objectively, to be angry at nothing, to… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Every act of the man inscribes itself in the memories of his fellows, and in his own manners and face. The air… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
So long as you minded your manners and kept your weapons concealed, they let you enter and leave in peace. Those who… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
I am not saying thank you or someone checking their phone while talking to you, it seems our manners are getting worse!… — Ritu Ghatourey 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
“Manners Matter. Courteous behavior is the hallmark of healthy relations and human interaction. Manners ensure you will be more respected, admired, and… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
Political correctness is just tyranny with manners. I wish for you the courage to be unpopular. Popularity is history's pocket change. Courage… — Charlton Heston Copy Share Image
“It may seem a little obvious that Megan would feel that in her music or that I would feel it in woodworking,… — Nick Offerman Copy Share Image
Fight for friends. Joyful trips. Examination fever. Suspense of results. Making parodies of teachers. Joking with juniors. Carefree laughters. Gossips about affairs.… — Aldyna Threesya 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
You have sensible women here [in England] but then, they are very devils--censorious, uncharitable, sarcastic--the women in Scotland have twice--thrice their freedom,… — Fanny Burney Copy Share Image
Nations are possessed with an insane ambition to perpetuate the memory of themselves by the amount of hammered stone they leave. What… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
A man goes to knowledge as he goes to war: wide-awake, with fear, with respect, and with absolute assurance. Going to knowledge… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
When you see persons slip down on the ice, do not laugh at them. ... It is more feminine on witnessing such… — Eliza Leslie Copy Share Image
In the 50s and 60s, kids were taught how to shake hands. They were taught how to have manners. There needs to… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
The idea that people can behave naturally, without resorting to an artificial code tacitly agreed upon by their society, is as silly… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
Indeed, Miss Manners has come to believe that the basic political division in this country is not between liberals and conservatives but… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image