When suave politeness, tempering bigot zeal, corrected 'I believe' to 'one does feel'. — Ronald Knox Copy Share Image
The first day in Tokyo was disorientating - all neon, gadgets and extreme politeness - but I was surprised to find that… — Rick Stein Copy Share Image
Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you - not because they are nice, but because you are. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My generation of radicals and breakers-down never found anything to take the place of the old virtues of work and courage and… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
The steward, according to custom, had stopped all the clocks. This, in the language of Narouz, said "Your stay with us is… — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
During a long and varied career as a bachelor, I have noticed that marriage is the death of politeness between a man… — Arnold Bennett Copy Share Image
In the media universe we're in, where there are people screaming on one end, there is no problem at all with having… — Gwen Ifill 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
In Japan, I was immensely impressed by the politeness, industrious nature and conscientiousness of the Japanese people. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The polite of every country seem to have but one character. A gentleman of Sweden differs but little, except in trifles, from… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
“The crime rates would go right down, I think, if Americans stopped saying: 'Have a nice day,' to one another. At least… — Susannah Clapp Copy Share Image
“If the secret core of potlatch is the reciprocity of exchange, why is this reciprocity not asserted directly, why does it assume… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
“This was our last night. We only had one curtain call, Bree. And I thought they were going to give us a… — Mary Stanton Copy Share Image
No one has ever been offended by someone with good manners and courteous behaviour. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
Politeness has been defined to be artificial good-nature; but we may affirm, with much greater propriety, that good-nature is natural politeness. — Stanisław I Leszczyński Copy Share Image
Sometimes being polite won't take you anywhere, so you have to be mean in order to mean something in life. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Ability does catches my attention, but its a politeness in the person that I remember.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
The company of women of fashion will improve your manners, though not your understanding; and that complaisance and politeness, which are so… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
We define boredom as the pain a person feels when he's doing nothing or something irrelevant, instead of something he wants to… — Paul Goodman Copy Share Image
to be civilized is to be incapable of giving unnecessary offense, it is to have some quality of consideration for all who… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
Since the average person's small supply of politeness must last him all his life, he can't afford to waste it on bridge… — Alfred Sheinwold Copy Share Image
In one period the grossest ignorance and barbarism prevailed in the world; and afterwards, in a more enlightened age, the most daring… — William Carey Copy Share Image
The truth is, the more kind and liberal a man is, the more generous will be the patronage bestowed upon him. — P. T. Barnum Copy Share Image
