Ah, the truth, what a thing it is! I sacrifice so much for it, with people: I forego, for truth's sake, discretion,… — Marvin L. Cohen Copy Share Image
Off with you" is a phrase used by people who lack the curtesy to say something more polite, such as, "if there's… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In a few more days we will celebrate Xmas, the day we commemorate the birth of you-know-who. ...It seems the modern consensus… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
Before I ran for District Attorney, two Republicans invited my husband and me to lunch. And I knew a party-switch was exactly… — Susana Martinez 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
“Take the initiative with deliberate steps to be a polite person: 1. Say please when you are making a request or asking… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
There were times when I asked myself whether I was being principled or simply a coward… I was wrapped in the cocoon… — Arthur Ashe Copy Share Image
“...It's probably polite to pretend you don't see people coming out of pawnshops, anyhow.” — Dashiell Hammett Copy Share Image
If somebody is mean or rude, I just, I don't engage - just block and say, 'Well, that's not very polite.' — Bryan Fuller Copy Share Image
I want someone honest, someone who's very sweet to my family and friends, and polite to the other people around me. — Selena Gomez Copy Share Image
“I'm very polite by nature, even the voices in my head let each other finish their sentences.” — Graham Parke Copy Share Image
An excuse is a polite rejection. Men are not afraid of 'ruining the friendship. — Greg Behrendt Copy Share Image
The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect. — Carl Sandburg Copy Share Image
The fans in the United States, they are, well, more polite. The fans in Argentina can get, well, crazy. — Manu Ginobili Copy Share Image
Be polite, but dont try to be friends with everyone around you. Instead, spend time nurturing your relationships with the people who… — Nate Copy Share Image
The dinner table is the center for the teaching and practicing not just of table manners but of conversation, consideration, tolerance, family… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
I ain't saying you're a liar, because that wouldn't be polite. But I'll tell you this, ma'am. If I loved liars, I'd… — Jim Thompson Copy Share Image
A car to pick me up every day, a chair with my name on it, everybody being very polite... what can you… — Charles Dance Copy Share Image
If a Democrat took Republicans on rudely, they wouldn't be elevated in the Democratic Party. There's a different standard. We're supposed to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Love thy enemies, it says in the scriptures. My foster mother always added, "At the very least, you will be polite to… — Patricia Briggs Copy Share Image
My family trained me to be polite to people I had just met, and that included strangers. You speak when you're spoken… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
You have to hold your audience in writing to the very end-much more than in talking, when people have to be polite… — Brenda Ueland Copy Share Image
Marriage isn't a contest to see who is most often right. Marriage requires being what the Japanese call 'the wise bamboo,' which… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
Why haven’t you asked me how I do my tricks?” Celia asks, once they have reached the point where she is certain… — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
Common courtesy plays a big role in happy marriages. People who are permanently married are polite to one another. They don't want… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
All that is known for sure is that endometriosis is endemic and that it cannot be cured. Management is the best hope.… — Rose George Copy Share Image
What I see as specially English is the charm - everyone is so polite. Being restrained is part of the charm. And… — Danielle de Niese Copy Share Image
“In order to be polite, it is necessary to have something to give. Politeness is the art of doing to others the… — Astolphe de Custine Copy Share Image
Humility in this business [acting] isn't just a matter of being polite, it's kind of a matter of survival. You can't ever… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
Most people, when they imagine New England, think about old colonial homes, white houses with black shutters, whales, and sexually morbid WASPs… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
I pride myself on being fairly polite on a set so it's kind of a guilty pleasure to poke others on the… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image