Quote by Alan Bennett Download Open image ““The closest she got to pretence was politeness.”” — Alan Bennett ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“She wasn’t nice. She was rarely polite. And no one who knew her well would have called her a generous woman.” — Joan Schenkar Copy Share Image
“Manners count. Be polite and seek out the common ground, not just the high ground.” — Allan Dare Pearce Copy Share Image
“Being polite is not only the right way to respond to people but also the easiest.” — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Had her conduct been more friendly toward me, I would have felt sorry for her. She was a pretty little thing.” — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“When people are perfectly polite, it usually means they don't really care. A little awkwardness is more sincere.” — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
“I'm very polite by nature, even the voices in my head let each other finish their sentences.” — Graham Parke Copy Share Image
“Politeness is the first thing people lose once they get the power.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“Polite people tend to be more respected, admired, and appreciated than their rude counterparts.” — Susan C. Young 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 people to… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“She phrased it masterfully, displaying a steadiness that was acting as if it were struggling to wrap itself in politeness.” — Stendhal Copy Share Image
“The very essence of politeness is to take care that by our words and actions we make other people pleased with us as well… — Jean de La Bruyère Copy Share Image
“Once she’d stepped into her room and shut the door behind her, all common sense and good intentions evaporated. She stood awestruck and mute,… — Vivienne Savage Copy Share Image
An article on playwrights in the Daily Mail , listed according to Hard Left, Soft Left, Hard Right, Soft Right and Centre. I am… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
I'm not good at precise, coherent argument. But plays are suited to incoherent argument, put into the mouths of fallible people. — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
The thing I think about is that once you've done it, you then start to think about what you're going to do next. It's… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
At the drabber moments of my life (swilling some excrement from the steps, for instance, or rooting with a bent coat-hanger down a blocked… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
There are more microbes per person than the entire population of the world. Imagine that. Per person. This means that if the time scale… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
I'm more socialist certainly than New Labour - I'm very old Labour, really. — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
Why do we not care to acknowledge them? The cattle, the body count. We still don't like to admit the war was even partly… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
Were we closer to the ground as children, or is the grass emptier now? — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
But most men regard their life as a poem that women threaten. They may not have two spondees to rub together but they still… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
“BURGESS How do you like Moscow? CORAL Loathe it, darling. I cannot understand what those Three Sisters were on about. It gives the play… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things - which… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
Your whole life is on the other side of the glass. And there is nobody watching. — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
