“She already told me that she doesn't have to be nice, so why do I? Because my mother raised me right? That's… — Sheryl J. Anderson Copy Share Image
Moving parts in rubbing contact require lubrication to avoid excessive wear. Honorifics and formal politeness provide lubrication where people rub together. Often… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
He was the soul of politeness to everyone -- to some with a hint of aversion, to others with a hint of… — Anonymous 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
“One of the more tiring aspects of hitchhiking is a need to be sociable and make conversation with whoever is driving you.… — Tony Hawks Copy Share Image
Always be nice to people to their face. Then when they turn around, berate the back of their head. — Benson Bruno Copy Share Image
As charity covers a multitude of sins before God, so does politeness before men. — Sir Fulke Greville Copy Share Image
It was always so hot, and everyone was so polite, and everything was all surface but underneath it was like a bomb… — James McBride Copy Share Image
Not to perceive the little weaknesses and the idle but innocent affectations of the company may be allowable as a sort of… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Look at your [English] ladies of quality are they not forever parting with their husbands - forfeiting their reputations - and is… — Fanny Burney Copy Share Image
Why did Americans smile so often? Was it out of politeness or because of a gay disposition? Whatever it was, I for… — Svetlana Alliluyeva Copy Share Image
Tact, the kind of tact you should cultivate, is not a form of deception or make-believe, but a cultivated taste which gives… — Grenville Kleiser Copy Share Image
“A moment of truth is very powerful. Instead of smiling to be polite, just frown. Instead of laughing when you are nervous… — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
Be sure, when you think you are being extremely tactful, that you are not in reality running away from something you ought… — Frank Medlicott Copy Share Image
Curious how Love destroys every vestige of that politeness which the human race, in its years of evolution, has so painfully acquired. — Stella Gibbons Copy Share Image
That awkward moment when you're over someones house and they offer you food but you don't know how much to take. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is no accomplishment so easy to acquire as politeness and none more profitable. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
What is politeness in the home but the outcome of affection and self-respect, and the suppression of all those natural instincts of… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
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