Manners Quotes · Page 32

“When you know you can do something, and you feel good about yourself, you do not have to devalue others.”

— John Patrick Hickey

My grief lies all within, And these external manners of lament Are merely shadows to the unseen grief That swells with silence…

— William Shakespeare

“Wisdom is not counted in grammers, niether in fluency, but vividly shown in mannerism.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

Sunburn is very becoming - but only when it is even - one must be careful not to look like a mixed…

— Noel Coward

A gentleman doesn't have one set of manners for the house of a poor man and another for the house of someone…

— William Maxwell

“Instead of asking your child what they learned today, ask them who they helped today.”

— Kevin Kelly

Here was an occasion, she thought, for indulging in that deliberate rudeness which only persons with habitually good manners have the right…

— Stella Gibbons

One of the things that hold together a human society is the existence of basic politeness among its members.

— Yair Lapid

“it was a point of good manners not to sit with a clique of the same friends all the time, and it…

— Philip Pullman

God save us from idealists! They dream of a world without injustice, and what crime won't they commit to get it! I…

— Mary Doria Russell

“HIGGINS. The great secret, Eliza, is not having bad manners or good manners or any other particular sort of manners, but having…

— George Bernard Shaw

Simpler manners, purer lives; more self-denial; more earnest sympathy with the classes that lie below us, nothing short of that can lay…

— Frederick William Robertson

“The children nodded in agreement, and rose from the table. Leaving their dirty breakfast dishes behind, which is not a good thing…

— Lemony Snicket

There is a policy in manner. I have heard one, not inexperienced in the pursuit of fame, give it his earnest support,…

— Henry Theodore Tuckerman

Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and…

— Charles Simmons

We looked on the hopheads, crooks and gunsels and on their bawdy ladies as members of a family among whom we were…

— Ben Hecht

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

From the very beginning— from the first moment, I may almost say— of my acquaintance with you, your manners, impressing me with…

— Jane Austen

My concern today is with the painting of manners of the present. The past is interesting not only by reason of the…

— Charles Baudelaire

We sometimes meet uncivil men, children of Amazons, who dwell by mountain paths, and are said to be inhospitable to strangers; whose…

— Henry David Thoreau

The Revolutionist is a doomed man. He has no private interests, no affairs, sentiments, ties, property nor even a name of his…

— Sergey Nechayev

The complaints of contemporary writes, who deplore the increase of luxury and deprevation of manners, are commonly expressive of their peculiar temper…

— Edward Gibbon

“The education of youth belongs to the priests, yet they do not take so much care of instructing them in letters, as…

— Thomas More

Sensible of the importance of Christian piety and virtue to the order and happiness of a state, I cannot but earnestly commend…

— John Hancock

Let your countenance be pleasant, but in serious matters let it be somewhat grave.

— George Washington

I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Friends are often chosen for similitude of manners, and therefore each palliates the other's failings because they are his own.

— Samuel Johnson

“The ornaments of your home are the people who smile upon entering time and time again.”

— Maralee McKee

No matter how badly people treat you, never drop yourself down on their level, just know youre better and walk away.

— Anas

I was raised right — I talk about people behind their backs. It's called manners.

— Kathy Griffin

When people talk about political correctness, the only element of any value is good manners.

— Paul Johnson

It is possible to have good manners and be funny at the same time. Ronnie Barker and I proved that.

— Ronnie Corbett

“Anisette! You will eat your food, not demonstrate aerial warfare across the table with it.”

— T. A. Miles

It ain't what a man don't know that makes him a fool, but what he does know that ain't so.

— Josh Billings

It is always allowable to ask for artichoke jelly with your boiled venison; however there are houses where this is not supplied.

— Lewis Carroll

Wouldn't it be a helluva joke if all this were really burnt cork and you people were being tolerant for nuthin'?

— Dick Gregory

To the real artist in humanity, what are called bad manners are often the most picturesque and significant of all.

— Walt Whitman

“He had beautiful manners. Which, if you ask me, was mostly a question of saying nothing, to anyone, ever.”

— Anne Enright

The talent of a meat packer, the morals of a money changer, and the manners of an undertaker.

— William Allen White

[Magnus] reminded himself of his manners, and bowed. "Charmed," he said. "Or whatever effect would please you best, I'm sure.

— Cassandra Clare