Polite Quotes · Page 9

Democracy isn't solely about polite conversations in parliaments. It needs to be continually refreshed with raw passions, anger and ideals.

— Geoff Mulgan

I tried to groan, Help! Help! But the tone that came out was that of polite conversation.

— Samuel Beckett

I'm okay. Nobody's bothering me. Everyone's very kind, and very polite. I don't feel like my whole life changed.

— Berenice Bejo

There's no polite way to say to somebody (religious followers) 'Do you realize you've wasted your life?

— Daniel Dennett

The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth.

— Malcolm Bradbury

“Ability does catches my attention, but its a politeness in the person that I remember.”

— Amit Kalantri

“Lord Sedgecroft--" "Ssh. It isn't polite to interrupt me when I'm kissing you.”

— Jillian Hunter

I don't want to be polite. I don't think campaigning is polite. That's a disingenuous effort.

— Carl Paladino

Just because I'm flaunting it doesn't mean you can stare for hours on end. A polite ogle is appreciated and suitable for…

— Katie MacAlister

The great thing about novels is that you can be as unshy as you want to be. I'm very polite in person.…

— Nicholson Baker

A man needs to be polite, not just to me but to everyone. I watch that. How does he treat the waiter?…

— Adriana Lima

Filmmaking, like sex, isn't a polite enterprise. It involves a lot of mess and the bottom line is, if somebody ain't screaming,…

— James Woods

I'm always concerned that I'm not being nice enough. You know, people have told me I'm unfailingly polite...But I think those people…

— Michael Cera

You ask me about my ex-wife? That is not polite. But I will answer. I got another wife now. Much younger, much…

— Oliviero Toscani

Because Cards' fans are the most knowledgeable and loyal in all of baseball, they booed almost reluctantly, polite as booing goes, what…

— Buzz Bissinger

By going on the defensive. [...] libertarians are, inadvertently, conceding that speech should be policed for propriety, and that those who violate…

— Ilana Mercer

Trust me, it's paradise. This is where the hungry come to feed. For mine is a generation that circles the globe and…

— Alex Garland

Matt's brother and the blond cook spent a good portion of last season tangling the sheets. Historically, said cook tangled many other…

— Nora Roberts

There is something about the South that accepts the supernatural. If you don't accept it and you're having a conversation with someone…

— Alice Englert

How is this any different than the big boat argument of people when it came to African-Americans after the Civil War, decided,…

— Chris Matthews

Liberals create a world that's not real. They create a world where it's impossible to be obedient. It's impossible to go through…

— Rush Limbaugh

We had come here to have a break from thoughts and the hard work that came with the constant interaction with idiots.…

— Cecelia Ahern

I’m saying a prayer. Maybe you ought to, too. It’s going to take us a miracle to get through this.” Whether he…

— Rachel Caine

People were always saying to Margaret, 'Well, Julia sings and Betsy writes. Now what is little Margaret going to do?' Margaret would…

— Maud Hart Lovelace

A traveler of taste will notice that the wise are polite all over the world, but the fool only at home.

— Oliver Goldsmith

The audience was swell. They were so polite they covered their mouths when they yawned.

— Bob Hope

“Seek a man that doesn't ask you to prove your love. Seek a man that will prove God's love.”

— Shannon L. Alder

The path of Martial Arts begins and ends with courtesy. So be genuinely polite on every occasion.

— Mas Oyama

All fame is is having people you don't know coming up to you and saying, 'Hello.' I'm always polite and people are…

— Karl Pilkington

Etiquette is the ceremonial code of polite life, more voluminous and minute in each portion of society according to its rank.

— John Ramsay McCulloch

Making an effort is polite, and getting ready and looking after yourself makes an event more fun.

— Jude Law

Polite Conversation Why, everyone one as they like; as the good woman said when she kissed her cow.

— Jonathan Swift

How foolish to think that one can ever slam the door in the face of age. Much wiser to be polite and…

— Noel Coward

The numbers are a catalyst that can help turn raving madmen into polite humans.

— Philip J. Davis

Be polite to all, friendly to none. Be professional. Be ready to kill everyone and everything.

— Janet Morris

The Germans and Austrians are very polite, the Swiss are very reserved and the Spanish usually kiss me. The Brits write me…

— Donna Leon

I don't think it is very polite and respectful asking someone out during an interview.

— Mandira Bedi

I grew up being taught, 'Do unto others as they would do unto you.' I would get scolded for not being polite.

— Joel Edgerton

I was suspended for two years and I got really fat. That was a polite way of putting it.

— Frank Mir

You know, sometimes, when they say you're ahead of your time, it's just a polite way of saying you have a real…

— George McGovern