'Honesty' in social life is often used as a cover for rudeness. But there is quite a difference between being candid in… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
It required some rudeness to disturb with our boat the mirror-like surface of the water, in which every twig and blade of… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
...Many of us are perpetual reactors. We let other people determine our actions and attitudes. We let other people determine whether we… — Marvin J. Ashton Copy Share Image
The natural progress of the works of men is from rudeness to convenience, from convenience to elegance, and from elegance to nicety. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I want an intelligent girl whom I can talk about everything. I want her to be my friend, to be partners. I… — Bill Kaulitz Copy Share Image
“Most insensible, corrupt, cheap, disrespectful young girls run after bad, rude, cocky, nonsensical boys, but a mature, educated, thoughtful, virtuos lady opts… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“I neither work for you nor am I mated to you, so I don't have to respond to your rudeness. And if… — Larrisa Ione Copy Share Image
“Culpable obtuseness. He should know better. That's one reason why we don't use the a-word, for example, of little children. They can… — Geoffrey Nunberg Copy Share Image
Working- and Middle-class families sat down at the dinner table every night - the shared meal was the touchstone of good manners.… — Larry McMurtry Copy Share Image
Each time a mediocre singer performs, he is saying, in effect, "This is good enough for you." The audience, thrust into that… — Florence King Copy Share Image
It has often been said that power corrupts. But it is perhaps equally important to realize that weakness, too, corrupts. Power corrupts… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
A painted landscape is always more beautiful than a real one, because there's more there. Everything is more sensual, and one takes… — Fernando Botero Copy Share Image
Recently, I found out things about my friends which threw my life off balance. Though a self-proclaimed cynic, there are still some… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Philologically, the word Kodak is as meaningless as a child's first goo. Terse, abrupt to the point of rudeness, literally bitten off… — George Eastman Copy Share Image
“When she paused, I embraced the opportunity to turn the trend of conversation by saying: 'I am afraid that I was a… — Dick Donovan Copy Share Image
Girl's are absolutely worse than guys. I don't care what anyone says. You piss a guy off he may say something mean… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
This piece of rudeness was more than Alice could bear: she got up in great disgust, and walked off; the Dormouse fell… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
...stories about [the German composer Johannes] Brahms's rudeness and wit amused me in particular. For instance, I loved the one about how… — Arthur Rubinstein Copy Share Image
To make someone feel like their life is unimportant, That there life holds less to no value, nothing to live for, is… — Bambii Copy Share Image
“Let us conclude that savage man, wandering about in the forests, without industry, without speech, without any fixed residence, an equal stranger… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
This rudeness is a sauce to his good wit, Which gives men stomach to digest his words With better appetite. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
If you can be Kind in the Land of Rudeness, you can be King in the Land of Kindness. — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Oh I'm sorry, did the middle of my sentence interupt the start of yours? — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Livvy noted there seemed some communal feeling between the married: any wife could be faintly rude to anyone else's husband.” — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
A man must have very eminent qualities to hold his own without being polite. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
“Naw, rudeness is for amateurs. I prefer going right from polite conversation to extreme violence.” — Stephen Schochet Copy Share Image
No one can be as calculatedly rude as the British, which amazes Americans, who do not understand studied insult and can only… — Paul Gallico Copy Share Image
The great accomplishment of Jobs's life is how effectively he put his idiosyncrasies - his petulance, his narcissism, and his rudeness -… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
What king has he not taught state, as Talma taught Napoleon? What maiden has not found him finer than her delicacy? What… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Being rude is easy.it doesn't take any effort and is a sign of weakness and insecurity.Kindness shows great self-discipline and strong self… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A lot of young girls think that the opposite of fake is rudeness. And just as ugly as fake is, so is… — Tyra Banks Copy Share Image
Impoliteness is frequently the sign of an awkward modesty that loses its head when surprised and hopes to conceal this with rudeness. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
![“...stories about [the German composer Johannes] Brahms's rudeness and wit amused me in particular. For instance, I loved the one about how a great wine connoisseur invited the composer to dinner. 'This is the Brahms of my cellar,' he said to his guests, producing a dust-covered bottle and pouring…” quote by Arthur Rubinstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/84f/arthur-rubinstein-17373_amused_stories-about-the-german-composer-johann_2777721.jpg)
