I learnt the hard way that crafting folk aren't all patchwork, pot pourri and politeness and that when it comes to the… — Liz Carr Copy Share Image
The last introvert in a world of extroverts. Silence: my response to both emptiness and saturation. But silence frightens people. I had… — Ariel Gore Copy Share Image
I place a high moral value on the way people behave. I find it repellent to have a lot, and to behave… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Politeness of mind consists in thinking chaste and refined thoughts. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
True politeness is consideration for the opinions of others. It has been said of dogmatism that it is only puppyism come to… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
The ultimate politeness in art consists of speaking only to those who are able to uncover and measure its relationships. Anything else… — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
To be able to continue to be polite to those who are rude is a peak in good character that we should… — Mufti Ismail Menk Copy Share Image
A true politeness does not result from any hasty and artificial polishing, it is true, but grows naturally in characters of the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The ability to compromise is not a diplomatic politeness toward a partner but rather taking into account and respecting your partner's legitimate… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
If a thing is old, it is a sign that it was fit to live. Old families, old customs, old styles survive… — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share Image
It is because gold is rare that gilding has been invented, which, without having its solidity, has all its brilliancy. Thus, to… — Francis de Gaston, Chevalier de Levis Copy Share Image
The whole country wants civility. Why don't we have it? It doesn't cost anything. No federal funding, no legislation is involved. One… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
“Why do I have to exhaust myself trying to pretend to enjoy someone’s company? Or to like something? It hurts everyone involved.… — Karl Kristian Flores Copy Share Image
Kindly politeness is the slow fruit of advanced reflection; it is a sort of humanity and kindliness applied to small acts and… — Hippolyte Taine Copy Share Image
Vanity is as advantageous to a government as pride is dangerous. To be convinced of this we need only represent, on the… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
In nothing do we fail more, as a Mission, than in lack of tact and politeness. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you did go to high school and then college, there's definitely a solidarity with someone that is from your hometown and… — John Krasinski Copy Share Image
During a long and varied career as a bachelor, dear spouse [mock platform manner], I have noticed that marriage is usually the… — Arnold Bennett Copy Share Image
“If ever you get invited into someone's home,' my father said (as he had been invited five or six times that morning),… — Dick Francis Copy Share Image
