Manners have been somewhat cynically defined to be a contrivance of wise men to keep fools at a distance. Fashion is shrewd… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I despair of the Republic! Such dreariness, such whining sallow women, such utter absence of the amenities, such crass food, crass manners,… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
I moved to a city and joined a sort of fast crowd. A lot of people who grew up in the city… — Derek Blasberg Copy Share Image
“I will hold my self to a standard of grace which is Christ's gift, not perfection which is Satan's trap.” — Maralee McKee Copy Share Image
I read all the books I could find about manners, and the extraordinary thing was, in all books up to the end… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
The weekly cartoons, as were my plays, came from a sense of criticism, criticism of the times, critical of the culture, of… — Jules Feiffer Copy Share Image
If we want to live freely and privately in the interconnected world of the twenty-first century - and surely we do -… — James Gleick Copy Share Image
Each religious sect has its own physiognomy. The Methodists have acquired a face; the Quakers, a face; the nuns, a face. An… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Propriety of manners, and consideration for others, are the two main characteristics of a gentleman. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
The simple circumstantial narrative (did such a narrative exist) of the ruin of a single town, of the misfortunes of a single… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Simplicity of manner is the last attainment. Men are very long afraid of being natural, from the dread of being taken for… — Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey Copy Share Image
“Wasting talent is a sin. I’m not big on sin, but I know a sin when I see one staring me in… — Vicki Covington Copy Share Image
Nothing sharpens the arrow of sarcasm so keenly as the courtesy that polishes it; no reproach is like that we clothe with… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Good manners have much to do with the emotions. To make them ring true, one must feel them, not merely exhibit them. — Amy Vanderbilt Copy Share Image
Their manners are more gentle, kind, than of Our human generation you shall find. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“But also be careful to not hit with words, For sometimes that hurts worse each time it occurs.” — Sherrill S. Cannon Copy Share Image
“It's good netiquette to look for every opportunity to compliment others online. — David Chiles Copy Share Image
No advance in wealth, no softening of manners, no reform or revolution has ever brought human equality a millimeter nearer. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
I was raised right — I talk about people behind their backs. It's called manners. — Kathy Griffin Copy Share Image
Seattle is a liberal city, its politics not so much blue (in the American, not the British, sense) as deep ultramarine, and… — Jonathan Raban Copy Share Image
My method is basically the same as Masters and Johnson, only they charge thousands of dollars and it's called therapy. I charge… — Xaviera Hollander Copy Share Image
Our manners have been corrupted by communication with the saints. Our hymn-books resound with a melodious cursing of God and enduring Him… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Manners aim to facilitate life, to get rid of impediments, and bring the man pure to energize. They aid our dealing and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
