--- title: "28 Polite Society Quotes by 21 authors" description: "Browse 28 Polite Society quotes by 21 authors. Discover the best Polite Society sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79f/john-popper-4917_amendment_i-do-believe-that-an-armed-society-is-a_415352.jpg" --- > [I do believe that an armed society is a polite society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/i-do-believe-that-an-armed-society-is-a-polite-society/) [John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79f/john-popper-4917_amendment_i-do-believe-that-an-armed-society-is-a_415352.jpg) > [In polite society, we call our obsessions hobbies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/in-polite-society-we-call-our-obsessions-hobbies/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a7/stephen-king-13_community_in-polite-society-we-call-our-obsessions_1733794.jpg) > [An armed society is a polite society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/an-armed-society-is-a-polite-society/) [Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1b/robert-a-heinlein-209_atheist_an-armed-society-is-a-polite-society-216_2167459.jpg) > [“A woman who knew her own mind and scorned the conventions of polite society. We were going to get along just fine.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gail-honeyman/a-woman-who-knew-her-own-mind-and-scorned-the-conventions-of-polite/) [Gail Honeyman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gail-honeyman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0e/gail-honeyman-2909_psychology_a-woman-who-knew-her-own-mind-and-scorne_553616.jpg) > [An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/an-armed-society-is-a-polite-society-manners-are-good-when-one-may/) [Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f57/robert-a-heinlein-209_life_an-armed-society-is-a-polite-society-man_1792638.jpg) > [“Mornings and I had a falling out many years ago. We avoid one another as much as polite society dictates we may.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-derr/mornings-and-i-had-a-falling-out-many-years-ago-we-avoid-one-another/) [Megan Derr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-derr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47f/megan-derr-21522_humor_mornings-and-i-had-a-falling-out-many-ye_2388434.jpg) > [Pushing the boundaries of polite society does not just fall under the purview of crime fiction authors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karin-slaughter/pushing-the-boundaries-of-polite-society-does-not-just-fall-under-the/) [Karin Slaughter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karin-slaughter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/828/karin-slaughter-1463_authors_pushing-the-boundaries-of-polite-society_1650766.png) > [“polite society is just a paper thin veil that masks the true animal nature of man”. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dirk-patton/polite-society-is-just-a-paper-thin-veil-that-masks-the-true-animal/) [Dirk Patton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dirk-patton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1d/dirk-patton-14812_nature_polite-society-is-just-a-paper-thin-veil_845328.jpg) > [If you intend to write as truthfully as you can, your days as a member of polite society are numbered.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/if-you-intend-to-write-as-truthfully-as-you-can-your-days-as-a-member-2/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54b/stephen-king-13_members_if-you-intend-to-write-as-truthfully-as_1182259.jpg) > [I'm an underdog person, so I align myself with those who seem to be not considered valuable in polite society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-hagedorn/i-m-an-underdog-person-so-i-align-myself-with-those-who-seem-to-be/) [Jessica Hagedorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-hagedorn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/079/jessica-hagedorn-20937_persons_i-m-an-underdog-person-so-i-align-myself_747987.jpg) > [My fragile connection with the world of polite society has, without a doubt, been severed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcafee/my-fragile-connection-with-the-world-of-polite-society-has-without-a/) [John McAfee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcafee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f69/john-mcafee-8137_been_my-fragile-connection-with-the-world-of_969963.jpg) > [If you expect to succeed as a writer, rudeness should be the second-to-least of your concerns. The least of all should be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/if-you-expect-to-succeed-as-a-writer-rudeness-should-be-the-second-to-2/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99b/stephen-king-13_concern_if-you-expect-to-succeed-as-a-writer-rud_1850711.jpg) > [And opposite the bench, the dock, divided by a partition, with the women to the left and the men to the right,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-lawson/and-opposite-the-bench-the-dock-divided-by-a-partition-with-the-women/) [Henry Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-lawson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f1/henry-lawson-27245_dock_and-opposite-the-bench-the-dock-divided_2363683.jpg) > [“Instincts were to be trusted above the teachings of an allegedly polite society. If she felt something was wrong, then something was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tami-hoag/instincts-were-to-be-trusted-above-the-teachings-of-an-allegedly/) [Tami Hoag](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tami-hoag/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32c/tami-hoag-14254_education_instincts-were-to-be-trusted-above-the-t_1007895.jpg) > [“If you expect to succeed as a writer, rudeness should be the second-to-least of your concerns. The least of all should be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/if-you-expect-to-succeed-as-a-writer-rudeness-should-be-the-second-to/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96a/stephen-king-13_rudeness_if-you-expect-to-succeed-as-a-writer-rud_832498.jpg) > [“Hence one meets in polite society few novelists, or poets, few of all those sublime creatures who speak of the things that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcel-proust/hence-one-meets-in-polite-society-few-novelists-or-poets-few-of-all/) [Marcel Proust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcel-proust/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0af/marcel-proust-114_poetry_hence-one-meets-in-polite-society-few-no_2427832.jpg) > [We're so concerned about being polite in society, and rightfully so, that it carries over onto a football team. But on a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-frost/we-re-so-concerned-about-being-polite-in-society-and-rightfully-so/) [Scott Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e1/scott-frost-34208_be-good_we-re-so-concerned-about-being-polite-in_344781.jpg) > [I think that when you are accused of being in bad taste it can be quite positive. You're challenging the notions of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/i-think-that-when-you-are-accused-of-being-in-bad-taste-it-can-be/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34a/margaret-cho-1136_accused_i-think-that-when-you-are-accused-of-bei_2397275.png) > [“Gundar's smile broadened at the memory of that evening as he recalled how his rough-and-tumble sailors had stayed on their best manners,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flanagan/gundar-s-smile-broadened-at-the-memory-of-that-evening-as-he-recalled/) [John Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flanagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d71/john-flanagan-904_best-man_gundar-s-smile-broadened-at-the-memory-o_457537.png) > [“Reading at meal is considered rude in polite society, but if you expect to succeed as a writer, rudeness should be the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/reading-at-meal-is-considered-rude-in-polite-society-but-if-you/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e85/stephen-king-13_writing_reading-at-meal-is-considered-rude-in-po_1760253.jpg) > [“Reading at meals is considered rude in polite society, but if you expect to succeed as a writer, rudeness should be the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/reading-at-meals-is-considered-rude-in-polite-society-but-if-you-2/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06d/stephen-king-13_rudeness_reading-at-meals-is-considered-rude-in-p_554004.jpg) > [“The function of the university is not simply to teach breadwinning, or to furnish teachers for the public schools, or to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-function-of-the-university-is-not-simply-to-teach-breadwinning-or/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54b/anonymous-1_centre_the-function-of-the-university-is-not-si_337540.jpg) > [Many words and expressions which only a matter of decades ago were considered so distastefully explicit that, were they merely to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/many-words-and-expressions-which-only-a-matter-of-decades-ago-were/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/471/douglas-adams-122_cases_many-words-and-expressions-which-only-a_2013544.png) > [If you intend to write as truthfully as you can, your days as a member of polite society are numbered, anyway... You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/if-you-intend-to-write-as-truthfully-as-you-can-your-days-as-a-member/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57e/stephen-king-13_be-prepared_if-you-intend-to-write-as-truthfully-as_458129.jpg) > [There are things that are not spoken about in polite society. Very quickly in most conversations you'll reach a moment where someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-de-botton/there-are-things-that-are-not-spoken-about-in-polite-society-very/) [Alain de Botton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-de-botton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80e/alain-de-botton-221_book_there-are-things-that-are-not-spoken-abo_1383384.jpg) > [“Stephen King: If you intend to write as truthfully as you can, your days as a member of polite society are numbered”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/afiena-kamminga/stephen-king-if-you-intend-to-write-as-truthfully-as-you-can-your/) [Afiena Kamminga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/afiena-kamminga/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/113/afiena-kamminga-216573_denmark_stephen-king-if-you-intend-to-write-as-t_2359032.jpg) > [“In England, art was much less likely to be mentioned in polite society than sexual perversions or methods of torture.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-st-aubyn/in-england-art-was-much-less-likely-to-be-mentioned-in-polite-society/) [Edward St. Aubyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-st-aubyn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/109/edward-st-aubyn-13456_art_in-england-art-was-much-less-likely-to-b_2737363.png) > [“Gurov, discovers that the most important features of life that you want to talk about cannot be spoken of in polite society.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-baxter/gurov-discovers-that-the-most-important-features-of-life-that-you/) [Charles Baxter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-baxter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/235/charles-baxter-8009_life_gurov-discovers-that-the-most-important_176920.png) ## Top authors on Polite Society - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stephen-king-87054.jpg) Stephen King 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/polite-society/stephen-king/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/polite-society/#itemlist", "name": "Polite Society Quotes", "numberOfItems": 28, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I do believe that an armed society is a polite society.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Popper" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/i-do-believe-that-an-armed-society-is-a-polite-society/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79f/john-popper-4917_amendment_i-do-believe-that-an-armed-society-is-a_415352.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79f/john-popper-4917_amendment_i-do-believe-that-an-armed-society-is-a_415352.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79f/john-popper-4917_amendment_i-do-believe-that-an-armed-society-is-a_415352.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I do believe that an armed society is a polite society.” — John Popper", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In polite society, we call our obsessions hobbies.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen King" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/in-polite-society-we-call-our-obsessions-hobbies/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a7/stephen-king-13_community_in-polite-society-we-call-our-obsessions_1733794.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a7/stephen-king-13_community_in-polite-society-we-call-our-obsessions_1733794.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a7/stephen-king-13_community_in-polite-society-we-call-our-obsessions_1733794.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In polite society, we call our obsessions hobbies.” — Stephen King", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "An armed society is a polite society.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert A. 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