How long is it polite to continue to be interested in what someone says after they reveal they've got a boyfriend? — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
Things it is not polite to discuss at the dinner table: politics, religion, and the walking dead. — Mira Grant 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
I think I've realized that business and being polite [don't] match. You can be fair, but me being polite was not me… — Beyonce Knowles Copy Share Image
When a man is trying to sell you something, don't imagine he is that polite all the time. — E. W. Howe Copy Share Image
In a polite age almost every person becomes a reader, and receives more instruction from the Press than the Pulpit. — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Glasgow is less polite than Edinburgh but that's a good thing - they keep it very real. — Nik Kershaw Copy Share Image
Women are sort of like motorcycle gangs with me. They get really shy and polite. I don't know why. — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
“No language as depending on arbitrary use and custom can ever be permanently the same, but will always be in a mutable… — Benjamin Martin Copy Share Image
I took classes taught by an elderly woman who wrote children's stories. She was polite about the science fiction and fantasy that… — Octavia E. Butler Copy Share Image
The people are different in L.A. There was a time when I lived in New York and that was a bit of… — Scott Clifton Copy Share Image
“The will to be polite, to maintain civility and normalcy, is fearfully strong. I wonder sometimes how much evil is permitted to… — Alix E. Harrow 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
Chandresh relishes reactions. Genuine reactions, not mere polite applause. He often values the reactions over the show itself. A show without an… — Erin Morgenstern 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
You were honest and hardworking and kind. You were polite and patient and more mature than any guy I’d dated before. And… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
It is a wise thing to be polite; consequently, it is a stupid thing to be rude. To make enemies by unnecessary… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Spin' is a polite word for deception. Spinners mislead by means that range from subtle omissions to outright lies. Spin paints a… — Kathleen Hall Jamieson Copy Share Image
When I went to first grade and the other children said that their fathers were farmers, I simply didn't believe them. I… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
And fantasy it was, for we were not strong, only aggressive; we were not free, merely licensed; we were not compassionate, we… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
Love is the extra effort we make in our dealings with those whom we do not like and once you understand that,… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
After a while, being so honest and so vulnerable on the page ends up affecting my own kind of self possession in… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
Do you like to slide?" His voice was eager. Stair rails! Did he suspect me? I forced a sigh. "No, Majesty. I'm… — Gail Carson Levine Copy Share Image
Sometimes we are too polite with our suffering and allow it to dominate our life. — Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche Copy Share Image
“You can't teach a flower to be polite, because it's already polite; you need to teach politeness to a rude cactus!” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
There is no polite way to suggest to someone that they have devoted their life to a folly. — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Without religion this world would be something not fit to be mentioned in polite company, I mean Hell. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I believe you should always be polite when you ask a question. I totally believe that. — Kaitlan Collins Copy Share Image
No one who is at all acquainted with the Indian in his home can deny that we are a polite people. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Be polite even to those who are rude to you, not because they are, but because of you are. — John Reyes Copy Share Image
“I'll see you off," Daru said. "No," said Balducci. "There's no use being polite. You insulted me.” — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
A teenage girl who steals her mother's menstrual pads is a polite family member. — Mohammad MUSTAFA Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness. — Otto von Bismarck Copy Share Image
I think the sort of person you want at a party is someone who is self-aware, polite and has a basic knowledge… — Derek Blasberg Copy Share Image
I'm always polite in auditions, but I wasn't like, 'Oh, please give me the job,' for 'Robin Hood' because I didn't think… — Jonas Armstrong Copy Share Image
When you're a new person and a new idea, you get invited to all these different things, and everybody wants a piece… — Theophilus London Copy Share Image
Why haven’t you asked me how I do my tricks?” Celia asks, once they have reached the point where she is certain… — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image