Canadians are more polite when they are being rude than Americans are when they are being friendly. — Edgar Friedenberg Copy Share Image
Being polite to a person is not a sign of respect for them. It is merely a sign of a good upbringing… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Girls are small and polite and smiley. They wear dresses and their hair is long and it’s pulled into shapes behind their… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
Suicide is a whispered word, inappropriate for polite company. Family and friends often pretend they do not hear the word's dread sound… — Earl A Grollman Copy Share Image
Ryssa? How do you know her name was Ryssa? (Tory) Uh…I don’t. I just gave her a name. It seemed more polite… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile. In protest, I declined election to the National Institute… — Sinclair Lewis Copy Share Image
There's no chivalry in culture any more. Sometimes you meet someone who everyone says is polite and you're like, 'Wow,' but then… — will.i.am 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
I felt that even when they were polite they hardly saw me, that they would have begged the pardon of Jack the… — Ralph Ellison Copy Share Image
Nobody thanks a witty man for politeness when he puts himself on a par with a society in which it would not… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
If you intend to write as truthfully as you can, your days as a member of polite society are numbered. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I know it may come as a shock, but it's sort of considered polite to wait for the consent of the woman.… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards. On… — Claire Wolfe Copy Share Image
No use to preach to the working-man courtesy & politeness when at the same time the working-man is not given working conditions… — B. Traven Copy Share Image
The tea ceremony requires years of training and practice ... yet the whole of this art, as to its detail, signifies no… — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share Image
One of the greatest gifts a caring teacher can contribute to children is to help them learn to sit when they feel… — Harry Wong Copy Share Image
People pretend to be nice; people pretend to be smooth and polite and everything, but this is only an appearance because the… — Vincent Cassel Copy Share Image
No general description of the mode of advance of human knowledge can be just which leaves out of account the social aspect… — Charles Sanders Peirce Copy Share Image
“A rude man tells a women to stop talking too much because she is making noise. A polite man will tell this… — Israelmore ayivor Copy Share Image
I stepped forward. Call me old-fashioned, but I wanted to keep his focus on me and not Annabeth. I think it’s polite… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I'm big on my kids being conventionally polite, and it works really well for them. — Mayim Bialik Copy Share Image
