Polite Quotes · Page 6

It's impossible to expect polite behavior from people who've never witnessed it.

— Kathleen Parker

Obviously I'm going to be polite, so nobody has anything to fear from me.

— Judith Martin

Presumably a movement is more polite than a revolution, and a lot slower.

— Linda Ellerbee

I hate how being polite and friendly is now 'leading someone on' or flirting.

— Anonymous

Are you out of your mind?" It's not polite to lie to your best friend. "It's a possibility.

— Ilona Andrews

“When your family is twice as weird as normal, you have to be twice as polite to authority, because authority hates weird.”

— Rosemary Clement-Moore

For some reason people are very polite to me, but some ask me for autographs and photos.

— Hafthor Bjornsson

Nobody thanks a witty man for politeness when he puts himself on a par with a society in which it would not…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Under my leadership the Liberal Democrats would not be making polite interjections from the sidelines, we would be hammering on the doors…

— Menzies Campbell

I was stark raving mad, and my family was too polite to mention it. That's what living with the Yamanis does to…

— Tamora Pierce

He endeared himself to me forever the first night we met, when I was getting frustrated with my inability to find the…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

You can't compare a Super Bowl crowd, which tends to be more polite and a little more neutral to that. The Super…

— Lamar Hunt

You think a student leaves each week because they are out of the academy. This is just a cover up to hide…

— David Sneddon

Chi-Os were ideal partners for all occasions. They were discrete, desirable, tactful, polite, and fun... Every mom dreamed of her son coming…

— David Letterman

I get that we live in a culture where political correctness is expected, especially in polite company, but we also cannot divorce…

— Phaedra Parks

I am an incorrigible devotee to solitude, and am never so cheerful, I believe, or so unruffled by small difficulties as when…

— Susan Hale

Beside him a tiny elderly woman was leaning on a cane, studying him with curiosity. Since good manners seemed to require that…

— Judith McNaught

Every time a pundit or elected official is on any TV news program, it should be a polite formality to mention that…

— Adam McKay

“Good morning Peter," said the old woman at the table. "Aren't you going to say 'good morning' to us, then, Peter?" "He,"…

— Paul Sayer

What I expect from my male friends is that they are polite and clean. What I expect from my female friends is…

— Anna Quindlen

I'm sure I'll find some use for the dress before summer."Kavill nodded, and closed his thick ledger. "Do let me know if…

— Sarah J. Maas

Pretty much I want to be Steve Wozniak, who I decided I was at a young age and not change. I want…

— Steve Wozniak

“Cats don’t have names,” it said. “No?” said Coraline. “No,” said the cat. “Now, you people have names. That’s because you don’t…

— Neil Gaiman

I don’t think it would have all got me quite so down if just once in a while—just once in a while—there…

— Anonymous

Sometimes being polite won't take you anywhere, so you have to be mean in order to mean something in life.

— Anonymous

Glasgow is less polite than Edinburgh but that's a good thing - they keep it very real.

— Nik Kershaw

Being polite to a person is not a sign of respect for them. It is merely a sign of a good upbringing…

— Brandon Sanderson

In a polite age almost every person becomes a reader, and receives more instruction from the Press than the Pulpit.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Things it is not polite to discuss at the dinner table: politics, religion, and the walking dead.

— Mira Grant

Listen, I'm from Belfast. We're not polite people. And it's language. We're direct.

— Paula Malcomson

Being nice to someone you have an issue with doesn't mean you are fake...it means someone taught you how to be polite.

— Louise Angela Deseles

I'll have pot in my home for guests - I'm polite! - but I don't sit around and smoke by myself, ever.…

— John Waters

When a man is trying to sell you something, don't imagine that he is polite all the time.

— Anonymous

“I'll see you off," Daru said. "No," said Balducci. "There's no use being polite. You insulted me.”

— Albert Camus

Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.

— Otto von Bismarck

“Share what you like and don’t pretend to like things you don’t. There are many ways to be honest but polite.”

— Jay Woodman

Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to merge…

— Nikhil Saluja

There is no polite way to suggest to someone that they have devoted their life to a folly.

— Daniel Dennett

Without religion this world would be something not fit to be mentioned in polite company, I mean Hell.

— Anonymous

Women are sort of like motorcycle gangs with me. They get really shy and polite. I don't know why.

— Jack Nicholson