I was brought up in a way that when you're at a dinner party, you don't grab a chip unless it's been… — Hugh Jackman Copy Share Image
It indicates a person who has not only good manners but who possesses a sense of balance, a sure mastery of himself,… — Antonio Gramsci Copy Share Image
A certain degree of ceremony is a necessary outwork of manners, as well as of religion; it keeps the forward and petulant… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
in love, gallantry is necessary. Even when the first wild desire is gone, especially then, there is an inherent need for good… — Ilka Chase Copy Share Image
A pleasant comedy, which paints the manners of the age, and exposes a faithful picture of nature, is a durable work, and… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Modern morality and manners suppress all natural instincts, keep people ignorant of the facts of nature and make them fighting drunk on… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
Men are like wine,--not good before the lees of clownishness be settled. — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
The green eyes in the carefully sweet face were turbulent, willful, lusty with life, distinctly at variance with her decorous demeanor. Her… — Margaret Mitchell Copy Share Image
What used to be called 'good manners' is now regarded as mere affectation. Open a door for a young woman, and she's… — Terry Wogan Copy Share Image
To Americans, English manners are far more frightening than none at all. — Randall Jarrell 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
An acquaintance with the muses, in the education of youth, contributes not a little to soften manners. It gives a delicate turn… — Samuel Richardson Copy Share Image
Manners are like zero in arithmetic. They may not be much in themselves, but they are capable of adding a great deal… — Freya Stark Copy Share Image
Defect in manners is usually the defect of fine perceptions. Men are too coarsely made for the delicacy of beautiful carriage and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
In professions where the criteria of professionalism, expertise, good manners and ethics apply, the gender aspect, i.e., whether a person is a… — Dalia Grybauskaite Copy Share Image
My grandmother used to teach me that it's bad manners to invite yourself to somebody's house. — Andrey Arshavin Copy Share Image
The usual sniggering examples of animal behaviour were brought in to explain cheating. Funny how the behaviour of shrews and gibbons is… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
Among well bred people a mutual deference is affected, contempt for others is disguised; authority concealed; attention given to each in his… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Our words reveal our thoughts; our manners mirror our self-esteem; our actions reflect our character; our habits predict the future. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Custom is a mutable thing; yet we readily recognize the permanence of certain social values. Graciousness and courtesy are never old-fashioned. — Emily Post Copy Share Image
The problem is that it has become politically awkward to draw attention to absolutes of bad and good. In place of manners,… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
