“It was a shocking breach of etiquette in any case; no wizard should even think of touching another’s staff without his express… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
(Politeness is) a tacit agreement that people's miserable defects, whether moral or intellectual, shall on either side be ignored and not be… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Everyone has a right to live in his own way. But in the process, should not compromise moral and social value. A… — Dr Anil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
Let us not become so intense in our zeal to do good by winning arguments or by our pure intention in disputing… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
A true gentleman is one that apologizes anyways, even though he has not offended a lady intentionally. He is in a class… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If an armed nation were a polite nation, America would be paradise. We have more than 200 million guns in private owernship… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
The manners thing's got worse. People think they can just text you if they've got bad news for you. It's not on.… — Mark E. Smith Copy Share Image
We should never stand upon ceremony with sincerity. We should never cheat and insult and banish one another by our meanness, if… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I was told, continued Egremont, that an impassable gulf divided the Rich from the Poor; I was told that the Privileged and… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
“Then [good manners] must be inspired by the good heart. There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The progress of the American Revolution has been so rapid and such the alteration of manners, the blending of characters, and the… — Mercy Otis Warren Copy Share Image
There seems to me now to be the notion that you send something to a journal or an agent and months go… — Lore Segal Copy Share Image
What does competency in the long run mean? It means to all reasonable beings, cleanliness of person, decency of dress, courtesy of… — Edwin Percy Whipple Copy Share Image
“Sick cultures show a complex of symptoms such as you have named…but a dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Nobody believes that the man who says, 'Look, lady, you wanted equality,' to explain why he won't give up his seat to… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
As a general rule, do not kick the shins of the opposite gentleman under the table, if personally unaquainted with him; your… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
The total and universal want of manners, both in males and females, is ... remarkable ... that polish which removes the coarser… — Frances Trollope Copy Share Image
I believe that there is much less difference between the author and his works than is currently supposed; it is usually in… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
They had a silent staring contest, but Percy didn’t back down. When he and Annabeth started dating, his mother had drummed it… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
To be polite to everybody except the people they love most is a nervous affectation that afflicts many families ... when they… — Margaret Fishback Copy Share Image
There ought to be system of manners in every nation which a well-formed mind would be disposed to relish. To make us… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
La rama que crece torcida nunca se endereza. A branch that grows crooked, or that is crooked from the beginning, will never… — Maria Bethania Copy Share Image
Etiquette is all human social behavior. If you're a hermit on a mountain, you don't have to worry about etiquette; if somebody… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
It is not a certain conformity of manners that the painting of Van Gogh attacks, but rather the conformity of institutions themselves.… — Antonin Artaud Copy Share Image
I don't mind your showing me your legs. They're very swell legs and it's a pleasure to make their acquaintace. I don't… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
Elegance is like manners. You can’t be polite only on Wednesday or Thursday. If you are elegant, you should be every day… — Aldo Gucci Copy Share Image
My Mum taught me great manners. And she always told me that you can be or do whatever in life, as long… — Colin Farrell Copy Share Image
It's the Point of Your View that Decides What You See - / One Man's Flop Is Another Man's Hit. / From… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
“Do unto others as you would have done unto you. Manners aren't anything but a polite person being nice, no matter what… — Sarah-Kate Lynch Copy Share Image
Nothing is more essential to the establishment of manners in a State than that all persons employed in places of power and… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
Formalized rules of manners were so great because they left no room for basic human haplessness. They allowed us to circumvent our… — Lynn Coady Copy Share Image
James Salter is a consummate storyteller. His manners are precise and elegant; he has a splendid New York accent; he runs his… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
The finest and most beautiful ideas on morals and manners have been swept away before our times, and nothing is left for… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The purpose of etiquette is to provide an easy set of rules which we can follow when we are in a hurry… — Angela Lansbury Copy Share Image
To reject wisdom because the person communicates it is uncouth and his manners are inelegant, what is it but to throw away… — Thomas Hartwell Horne Copy Share Image
Christianity has basically communicated to men that the reason God put you on this Earth is to be a good boy. Mind… — John Eldredge Copy Share Image
The ‘black metallers’ will probably continue to ‘get loaded,’ ‘get high,’ and in all other manners too behave like the stereotypical Negro;… — Varg Vikernes Copy Share Image
Men have begun to observe and classify, they turn from creation to Criticism... It is the Fashion to be a wit... one… — James Branch Cabell Copy Share Image
Much like the French (or like ourselves, their apes),Who with strange habit do disguise their shapes;Who loving novels, full of affectation,Receive the… — Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas Copy Share Image
“Be a person that others will look for your posts daily because they know you will encourage them. Be the positive one… — John Patrick Hickey Copy Share Image