Who is the brave man--he who feels no fear? If so, then bravery is but a polite term for a mind devoid… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
I'm willing to show good taste, if I can, in somebody else's living room, but our reading life is too short for… — John Updike Copy Share Image
I think that Canadians have an incredible reverence for authority and regard for authority, and I think one of the healthy ways… — Lorne Michaels Copy Share Image
The Germans and Austrians are very polite, the Swiss are very reserved and the Spanish usually kiss me. The Brits write me… — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
When a book of mine comes out, I instantly go hunting the net, not for praise, but for criticism, because that's how… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
But I don't want to be fine, not if it means she's going to let go of my hand; not if it… — Tabitha Suzuma Copy Share Image
Sometimes we are too polite with our suffering and allow it to dominate our life. — Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche Copy Share Image
I am the common man. I'm polite, I love my family and I play by the rules. And sometimes I get pushed… — Eugene Levy Copy Share Image
Ninety percent of the people in any group are nice, raised to be polite, and have more in common than not. — Susan RoAne Copy Share Image
I tell you these stories because these things happen to everyone. It's not about being starched or polished or cute or polite.… — Maira Kalman Copy Share Image
The most clever and polite are content with only seeming attentive while we perceive in their mind and eyes that at the… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
I can’t remember how many times I advised students to stop writing the sunny hours and write from where it hurts: No… — Anne Bernays Copy Share Image
We had come here to have a break from thoughts and the hard work that came with the constant interaction with idiots.… — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
Obviously I'm going to be polite, so nobody has anything to fear from me. — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
I'm brash and abrasive but that's because I've noticed when people are nice and polite they never get anywhere. — Mahathir Mohamad Copy Share Image
I do have traditional values: I believe in being a good person and being polite. — FKA twigs 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
I don't think there is anything as powerful as an active heart. They do not fear the wisdom of emotion, but embody… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
And why is our music called world music? I think people are being polite. What they want to say is that it's… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
So, to say Obama is progress is saying that he’s the first black person that is qualified to be president. That’s not… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
