The whole country wants civility. Why don't we have it? It doesn't cost anything. No federal funding, no legislation is involved. One… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
It is always a practical difficulty with clubs to regulate the laws of election so as to exclude peremptorily every social nuisance.… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way through the world. — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
The manly pride of the Romans, content with substantial power, had left to the vanity of the East the forms and ceremonies… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“Control thy lingo and mind thy demeanor in synonymy with the social etiquette,” — Mukesh Kwatra Copy Share Image
Let's say you need a perfectly obedient servant who never gets tired, never needs to be paid, and is virtually indestructible. If… — Kage Baker 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
The most interesting acquaintanceship I have struck up here is that of Colonel Lapinski. He is without doubt the cleverest Pole --… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
Would we codify the laws that should reign in households, and whose daily transgression annoys and mortifies us, and degrades our household… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth of character or the magic… — Louisa May Alcott 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
we have not been impressed with any attribute of the Senate other than its appearance and manners. We have heard the best… — Beatrice Webb Copy Share Image
You are angry with your neighbor, you despise him, do not like to speak peaceably and lovingly to him, because there is… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
That Awkward Moment When You Put Finger In Your Nose and Notice Someone Is Watching You! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am a stickler for good manners, and I believe that treating other people well is a lost art. In the workplace,… — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
“Merciful heaven, social status is something to be strived for, not born with, or, worse yet, displayed. Social status is a reward… — Ann Barrett Batson Copy Share Image
Men rarely if ever dream up a god superior to themselves. Most gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Your Self Image Is Your Pattern!.. Every Thought Has An Activity Visualized. Every Activity Belongs To A Pattern. You Identify With Your… — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
I told them he'd be able to get you to go out." Rianne folded her winnings and tucked the bills into her… — Melissa Marr Copy Share Image
As soon as a woman begins to dress "loud," her manners and conversation partake of the same element. — Thomas Chandler Haliburton Copy Share Image
Men sometimes have to leave their ladies alone, and ladies are not responsible for the bad manners of fools. — Charlaine Harris Copy Share Image
Many a man that couldn't direct ye to th' drug store on th' corner when he was thirty will get a respectful… — Finley Peter Dunne Copy Share Image
Irving Berlin has no place in American music. He is American music. Emotionally, he honestly absorbs the vibrations emanating from the people,… — Jerome Kern Copy Share Image
