Unbecoming forwardness oftener proceeds from ignorance than impudence. — Sir Fulke Greville Copy Share Image
A hick town is one where there is no place to go where you shouldn't go. — Alexander Woollcott Copy Share Image
Society is smoothed to that excess, that manners hardly differ more than dress — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
Don't be so concerned with your rights that you forget your manners. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr Copy Share Image
Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners. — Laurence Sterne 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
The triumphal-procession-air which, in our manners and customs, is given to marriage at the outset - that singing of Te Deum before… — Jane Welsh Carlyle Copy Share Image
“Manners flew out the window--along with tables, chairs, lamps and anything else that was of little obvious use and had the misfortune… — Noel Monk Copy Share Image
The most striking thing about the rich is the gracious democracy of their manners -- and the crude vulgarity of their way… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
The aim of the liar is simply to charm, to delight, to give pleasure. He is the very basis of civilized society. — Oscar Wilde 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
“Dwarf mothers didn’t handicap their young by teaching them to be polite. My neighbors were as short on manners as they were… — Erik Bundy 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
My parents were relaxed, but very strict on manners. They encouraged us to follow our instincts and desires, so they were quite… — Alexander Armstrong Copy Share Image
Any change in customs ... takes generations to accomplish, and must come about by general consent. Even a superficial study of sociology… — Millicent Fenwick Copy Share Image
I got more than I bargained for with him, too. Much more. I know he’s completely different now, but he was really… — Rachel Vincent Copy Share Image
Architecture, like dress, is an exercise in good manners, and good manners involve the habit of skillful insincerity - the habit of… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
I am sensible that my keenness of temper, and a vanity to be distinguished for the day, make me too often splash… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
I will not ever say that it's good to start with too little preparation, because that's patently not true. But I don't… — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
They didn't know why these things were funny. Sometimes you laugh because you've got no more room for crying. Sometimes you laugh… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
A mission could be defined as an image of a desired state that you want to get to. Once fully seen, it… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
“As if etiquette weren’t magnificently capable of being used to make others feel uncomfortable. All right. Miss Manners will give you an… — Judith Martin 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
Writers that pretend to be in the throes of some kind of genius-demon, some kind of possessing spirit that refuses to let… — Matt Fraction Copy Share Image
For a companion, I require one who will make an equal demand on me with my own genius. Such a one will… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I am glad that I am not raising kids today. And I’m rather pessimistic that my grandchildren will enjoy the great society… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
My concern today is with the painting of manners of the present. The past is interesting not only by reason of the… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
From the very beginning— from the first moment, I may almost say— of my acquaintance with you, your manners, impressing me with… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Shame is the proper reaction when one has purposefully violated the accepted behavior of society. Inflicting it is etiquette's response when its… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
Dignity is not demanded, it is earned with good manners & discipline life. — DrAnil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
“Today our children are our reflection. Tomorrow they will be our shadows.” — Maralee McKee Copy Share Image
To be good and disagreeable is high treason against the royalty of virtue. — Hannah More Copy Share Image
When I am good everybody forgets,but when I am bad everybody remembers. — Abhishek Tiwari Copy Share Image
“...the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
