Polite Conversation 'Tis happy for him, that his father was before him. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
“It's not polite to ask if a man has a big salami in his pants, okay?” — Kevin Hearne Copy Share Image
It is more comfortable for me, in the long run, to be rude than polite… — Wyndham Lewis Copy Share Image
Track is full of the absolute nicest and most polite athletes in all of sports, and where does it get us? — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
War is not a polite recreation but the vilest thing in life, and we ought to understand that and not play at… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
If a man isn't being nice when you're out, all you have to do is remain polite and then go home early. — Sherry Argov Copy Share Image
Atticus had said it was the polite thing to talk to people about what they were interested in, not about what you… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
Was [Adolf Hitler] rude to me? Never. He was always polite and well-mannered. — Gretl Braun Copy Share Image
Some people did not like this ceremonious style. But after all when you have to kill a man it costs nothing to… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“When a girl turns down your advances, the polite thing to do is just move on.” — Adam Selzer Copy Share Image
When Gansey was polite, it made him powerful. When Adam was polite, he was giving power away. — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
The most exquisite words and finest strokes of an author are those which very often appear the most doubtful and exceptionable to… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
If you silence yourself, if you try to be good, if you try to be polite, or toe a party line, you… — Diana Abu-Jaber Copy Share Image
Normally when people say they haven't decided, they're being polite but they're definitely not voting for you. I think it's different this… — David Cameron Copy Share Image
I grew up in a family where the women were just nuts. They didn't stand around in cardigans making polite conversation while… — Nadia Giosia Copy Share Image
Poetry is an act of distillation. It takes contingency samples, is selective. It telescopes time. It focuses what most often floods past… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
Lyall had spent centuries nibbling about the great layered cake that was polite society while Lord Akeldama acted the part of the… — Gail Carriger Copy Share Image
I do get stopped in the street, and people are always, without exception, really polite. I think it's because they think I… — Robert Rinder Copy Share Image
I'm not sure when exactly I knew I was funny, but I always knew I was different. I never had an 'edit'… — Judy Gold Copy Share Image
Someone asked me if I would like to write a man on death row, be a pen pal, and I was like,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
So this is why I can't agree with "don't feed the trolls." When millionaire celebrity broadcasters and entire publications start trolling, ignoring… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
When I was little, I used to go to the local ice-skating rink. In my mind, I always felt like I could… — Gayle Forman Copy Share Image
The students we saw were all bright, attractive, and polite, and the teachers all seemed to be smart and dedicated, and I… — Jeff Lindsay Copy Share Image
Lies hold civilization together. If people ever seriously begin telling each other what they really think, there'd be no peace. Good-bye to… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share Image
Los Angeles made me less interested in making my images move. Everything is evolving and regressing. It can be hard to pinpoint… — Torbjørn Rødland Copy Share Image
We are being at once wisely aware of our own frivolity if we avoid hitting and whacking and prefer 'striking' and 'smiting';… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
There are things that are not spoken about in polite society. Very quickly in most conversations you'll reach a moment where someone… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Greatness starts with the replacement of hatred with polite disdain. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
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