We must recall the most important of humanity guidelines: Be polite. Being polite is possibly the greatest daily contribution everyone can make… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
It's nice to work with the same people. You don't have to be polite. You know each other's likes and dislikes, and… — Anna Boden Copy Share Image
Self-improvement books, friends, and polite strangers often tell soothing lies about our physical appearance that prevent many of us from facing, discussing,… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
Ryssa? How do you know her name was Ryssa? (Tory) Uh…I don’t. I just gave her a name. It seemed more polite… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
You need people in a society to have reached a certain standard of living before they can be polite. You learn how… — Cristian Mungiu Copy Share Image
I find that those men who are personally most polite to women, who call them angels and all that, cherish in secret… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
I'm teaching my daughters to be ladies by showing them how to dress appropriately when they leave the house, and how to… — Debi Mazar Copy Share Image
If you go out on a date, for the first date, a guy should pay, a guy should be respectful and, you… — Carly Aquilino Copy Share Image
Among the innumerable monuments of architecture constructed by the Romans, how many have escaped the notice of history, how few have resisted… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“Take the initiative with deliberate steps to be a polite person: 1. Cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze. 2. Reciprocate… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
Shut up, sit down, and read. (Tory) Please? (Acheron) You need something? (Tory) You to be polite to me, Ms. I Own… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
Even in half demon hunter clothes, Clary thought, he looked like the kind of boy who'd come over your house to pick… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I think the strangest thing probably is when I went to Japan, and I don't know what the hell I was eating,… — Cassandra Peterson Copy Share Image
It's disquieting to reflect that one's dreams never symbolize one's real wishes, but always something Much Worse... If I really wanted to… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
“I’ve been watching you drink,” he says. “Think it’s a good idea to put your liver through this?” “What are you the… — Sam Hunter Copy Share Image
The way to deal with superstition is not to be polite to it, but to tackle it with all arms, and so… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
People pretend to be nice; people pretend to be smooth and polite and everything, but this is only an appearance because the… — Vincent Cassel Copy Share Image
The way to deal with superstition is not to be polite to it, but to tackle it with all arms, and so… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
No use to preach to the working-man courtesy & politeness when at the same time the working-man is not given working conditions… — B. Traven Copy Share Image
Are you telling me that the polite little note I sent my college alumni magazine has, by some unbeknownst series of errors,… — Frank Bruni Copy Share Image
It annoys me how pretty my voice is...that sounds incredibly immodest, but it annoys me how polite it can sound when perhaps… — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
The Japanese are, to the highest degree, both aggressive and unaggressive, both militaristic and aesthetic, both insolent and polite, rigid and adaptable,… — Ruth Benedict Copy Share Image
I've had my successes and failures. I know many academics in my field loathe me. I've come to loathe them back, as… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“A woman says to a man, 'Some people are polite, and some are quick. Each one's a good quality to have, but… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Having the urge to write a novel, especially if you've yet to be published, is like having a medical condition impossible to… — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
I still like to see that a man opens the door. I like those touches of chivalry that are fast disappearing. If… — Betty White Copy Share Image
…but all day long I would be training myself to think, to understand, to criticize, to know myself; I was seeking for… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
As long as those adjectives used to describe me - charming, affable, punctual - don't mean that I'm dull, then that's fine.… — Phillip Schofield Copy Share Image
I've been polite and I've always shown up. Somebody asked me if I had any advice for young people entering the business.… — Tom T. Hall Copy Share Image
But are they all horrid, are you sure they are all horrid? [Referring to Gothic novels, fashionable in England at the beginning… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
People identify with the swashbuckling individuals, not polite little men who field their position well. Sir Galahad had a big following -… — Bill Veeck Copy Share Image
Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile. In protest, I declined election to the National Institute… — Sinclair Lewis Copy Share Image
Whatever the skill of any country may be in the sciences, it is from its excellence in polite learning alone that it… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Congress's definition of torture in those laws - the infliction of severe mental or physical pain - leaves room for interrogation methods… — John Yoo Copy Share Image
“Most of us are ready to greet our worst enemies like long-lost brothers if we think they can show us a good… — Budd Schulberg Copy Share Image
I stepped forward. Call me old-fashioned, but I wanted to keep his focus on me and not Annabeth. I think it’s polite… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
In later life, we don't easily talk of fears, but instead we discuss our 'concerns.' Fear seems too primal and hysterical, but… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
“You need not to love everyone, but you need to be polite with everyone, people will appreciate your politeness more than your… — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“As it says on the Tshirts:'I don't scare easily - I'm a librarian.', which was the polite version of the original:'Don't give… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
A nasty letter or a sarcastic one can make you righteously angry, but what can you do about a polite letter of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image