The list of my favorite experiences would almost equal the list of plays I've been in. There are a few exceptions, but… — T. R. Knight Copy Share Image
Politeness is wasted on the dishonest, who will always take advantage of any well-intended concession. — Barrett Brown Copy Share Image
Politeness is one of those advantages which we never estimate rightly but by the inconvenience of its loss. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“Authors are really polite and down to earth, it's just people always have a sarcastic and bully approach towards them. There is… — Himmilicious Copy Share Image
That politeness which we put on, in order to keep the assuming and the presumptuous at a proper distance will generally succeed.… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
I'm sitting in my home office wearing a bathrobe. The same way I'm not going to start wearing ties, I'm also not… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
“But a man of tender sensitivities finds disruption unpleasant; he finds it unpleasant to break in on a well-constructed train of thought… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
It seems to me that the spirit of politeness is a certain attention in causing that, by our words and by our… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Nobody thanks a witty man for politeness when he puts himself on a par with a society in which it would not… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
No use to preach to the working-man courtesy & politeness when at the same time the working-man is not given working conditions… — B. Traven Copy Share Image
Lively, intelligent, and quite immature, [Emily] usually burst out with exactly the comment that summed up the situation beautifully and therefore could… — Clare B. Dunkle Copy Share Image
I am not a Jew for Jesus but I am definitely a Jew for Christmas. Christmas is one of the best things… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Librarians, Dusty, possess a vast store of politeness. These are people who get asked regularly the dumbest questions on God's green earth.… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
“ Every person of intelligence should be able to use his mother tongue correctly . It only requires a little pains, a… — Joseph Devlin Copy Share Image
It isn't very nice to admit, but domestic violence has its uses. So raw and unleashed, it tears away the veil of… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
The wisest and best are repulsive, if they are characterized by repulsive manners. Politeness is an easy virtue, costs little, and has… — Amos Bronson Alcott Copy Share Image
When politeness is used to show up other people, it is reclassified as rudeness. Thus it is technically impossible to be too… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
Hope, politeness, the blowing of a nose, the squeak of a boot, all produce "boum. — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image