I had long ago learned that when you are the giant, alien visitor to a remote and foreign culture it is sort… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
We cannot become starched Christians, too polite, who speak of theology calmly over tea. We have to become courageous Christians and seek… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
You lose nothing by being polite. The answer is 'No', but please say it politely and give the reasons. ... Explain to… — Mr. Lee Copy Share Image
Jazz was formerly a crude term for indulging in an action which in polite society is referred to, if at all, only… — Charlton Laird Copy Share Image
A dearth of words a woman need not fear; But 'tis a task indeed to learn to hear: In that the skill… — Edward Young Copy Share Image
Being polite is not only the right way to respond to people but also the easiest. Life is so filled with unavoidable… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I only asked my friends to be friendly and polite, I found them indifferent and censorious; The one I left to silence,… — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
Liz cleared her throat. "Isn't there a more polite term we're supposed to use nowadays? Like…little person, or vertically challenged,or-" "I'm not… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are people who balk at small civilities on account of their manifest insincerity. ... It is better and more logical to… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
the habit of generalizing from one particular, that mainstay of the cheap and obvious essayist, has rooted many fictions in the public… — Kate Douglas Wiggin Copy Share Image
Recipe for success: Be polite, prepare yourself for whatever you are asked to do, keep yourself tidy, be cheerful, don't be envious,… — Bernard Baruch Copy Share Image
Once I became a photographer, it stopped me being scared or intimidated by gangs of young men of whatever stripe. Initially, I… — Derek Ridgers Copy Share Image
The ladies pass the timee with gossip and hearsay. This is what they have in place of freedom- gime and gossip. Their… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
Now the dressing-room full of RSC hierarchy. Suddenly Trevor Nunn pushes his way through and 'Trevs' me. I've heard a lot about… — Antony Sher Copy Share Image
So, to say Obama is progress is saying that he’s the first black person that is qualified to be president. That’s not… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
You can go back 150 years and literally find the same people saying the same thing in the same way. "If we… — Nick Hanauer Copy Share Image
The fifties were when people started coming down on "juvenile delinquents," "hoodlums," "vandals"--anybody that was young, wore a motorcycle jacket, and didn't… — Joe Bob Briggs Copy Share Image
You rang, Mino- well, you’re not really the Minor Master anymore, are you? What should I call you? (Asmodeus) Think of a… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
If you go out on a date, for the first date, a guy should pay, a guy should be respectful and, you… — Carly Aquilino Copy Share Image
I find that those men who are personally most polite to women, who call them angels and all that, cherish in secret… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
I'm teaching my daughters to be ladies by showing them how to dress appropriately when they leave the house, and how to… — Debi Mazar Copy Share Image
It's nice to work with the same people. You don't have to be polite. You know each other's likes and dislikes, and… — Anna Boden Copy Share Image
Self-improvement books, friends, and polite strangers often tell soothing lies about our physical appearance that prevent many of us from facing, discussing,… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
You need people in a society to have reached a certain standard of living before they can be polite. You learn how… — Cristian Mungiu 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
Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions. Vigilantly practice polite indifference to that which we can't control. Your happiness can only… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
When we talk to somebody and we want to be nice or polite or show our more beautiful side, we try to… — Roberto Benigni Copy Share Image
Marlee, what are you doing? Get under a tent before you burn your skin." She gave me a polite smile. "I'm happy… — Kiera Cass Copy Share Image
We must recall the most important of humanity guidelines: Be polite. Being polite is possibly the greatest daily contribution everyone can make… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
When a book of mine comes out, I instantly go hunting the net, not for praise, but for criticism, because that's how… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
“Today we went over to your mother’s friend’s house for dinner. We’d asked you to be polite, so you said, “No more,… — Rachel Khong Copy Share Image
What Darwin was too polite to say, my friends, is that we came to rule the earth not because we were the… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I felt rather exhausted, and wondered, rather shocked at my callous thought, why old people were sometimes such a strain. Worse than… — Daphne du Maurier Copy Share Image
I still like to see that a man opens the door. I like those touches of chivalry that are fast disappearing. If… — Betty White Copy Share Image
Having the urge to write a novel, especially if you've yet to be published, is like having a medical condition impossible to… — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
In the first place you can be so absolutely honest and so absolutely wrong at the same time that I think it… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
…but all day long I would be training myself to think, to understand, to criticize, to know myself; I was seeking for… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
There's a cliche that Canadians are polite, always saying 'please,' 'thanks,' and 'sorry.' If somebody stepped on my toe, I'd say, 'Sorry,'… — Erica Durance Copy Share Image
The Japanese are, to the highest degree, both aggressive and unaggressive, both militaristic and aesthetic, both insolent and polite, rigid and adaptable,… — Ruth Benedict Copy Share Image
We often laughed at others in our house, and I picked up the craft of being polite while people were present and… — Muriel Spark Copy Share Image
