“Politeness is the first thing people lose once they get the power.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
I ain't saying you're a liar, because that wouldn't be polite. But I'll tell you this, ma'am. If I loved liars, I'd… — Jim Thompson Copy Share Image
The fans in the United States, they are, well, more polite. The fans in Argentina can get, well, crazy. — Manu Ginobili Copy Share Image
There are words to describe her, my dear, but one does not repeat them in polite company. — Gail Carriger Copy Share Image
“Do not be deceived by the the politeness of the fey. Fey are almost always polite. This does not mean they will… — Julie Kagawa 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
The secret of a happy marriage is simple: Just keep on being as polite to one another as you are to your… — Robert Quillen Copy Share Image
In Sweden everybody has this perfect surface. Everyones very polite and controls their feelings. — Noomi Rapace Copy Share Image
I pride myself on being fairly polite on a set so it's kind of a guilty pleasure to poke others on the… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
A car to pick me up every day, a chair with my name on it, everybody being very polite... what can you… — Charles Dance Copy Share Image
The vocabulary of an omniscient man would embrace words and images excluded from polite conversation. What would be base, or even obscene,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
If some glorious angel suddenly descended through my living room ceiling and offered to take away the children I have and give… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
Texas, to be respected must be polite. Santa Anna living, can be of incalculable benefit to Texas; Santa Anna dead, would just… — Sam Houston Copy Share Image
Reason is always a kind of brute force; those who appeal to the head rather than the heart, however pallid and polite,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Telling a lie is called wrong. Telling the truth is called right. Except when telling the truth is called bad manners and… — Judith Viorst Copy Share Image
The purpose of polite behavior is never virtuous. Deceit, surrender, and concealment these are not virtues. The goal of the mannerly is… — June Jordan Copy Share Image
The dinner table is the center for the teaching and practicing not just of table manners but of conversation, consideration, tolerance, family… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
Even if you can't afford to travel the world, you can take your children to the museum, zoo or local park. And… — Kimora Lee Simmons Copy Share Image
“Politeness is okay, but it gets old and boring. You want to attack life with a passion, not a politeness, you want… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
When my husband had an affair with someone else I watched his eyes glaze over when we ate dinner together and I… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
If a person feels terrible, it usually should not be shown or acknowledged during a greeting exchange. Instead, the unhappy person is… — Paul Ekman Copy Share Image
I did several shows with Jimi Hendrix, that's when I got to know him better, I knew of him, I met him… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
Most of the time when I have met artists who have meant a lot to me, the experience has been well above… — Henry Rollins 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
Passion and courtesy are two polar opposite traits that serve to balance each other into a full-blooded whole. Without socialization, passion is… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
It is not polite for a Russian to interfere in British politics. — Alexander Lebedev Copy Share Image