"Politeness, n: The most acceptable hypocrisy." — Ambrose Bierce
"Politeness, n: The most acceptable hypocrisy."
More Acceptable Quotes
- Moral justification is a powerful disengagement mechanism. Destructive conduct is made personally and socially acceptable by portraying it in the… — Albert Bandura
- I love chicken. I would eat chicken fingers on Thanksgiving if it were socially acceptable. — Todd Barry
- Governing today means giving acceptable signs of credibility. It is like advertising and it is the same effect that is… — Jean Baudrillard
- Having a clear faith, based on the creed of the church is often labeled today as fundamentalism. Whereas relativism, which… — Pope Benedict XVI
- The whole Valentine's thing is fine, but you don't back it up right next to the biggest gift-giving holiday of… — Lewis Black
- I'm well past the age where I'm acceptable. You get to a certain age and you are forbidden access. You're… — David Bowie
- I find it difficult to judge myself, but people say that I have become a bit more socially acceptable over… — Jo Brand
- I think my comedy, the put-downs I do to hecklers, are the accumulated bitterness of years of people feeling that… — Jo Brand
- Fame is no sanctuary from the passing of youth... suicide is much easier and more acceptable in Hollywood than growing… — Julie Burchill
- I am an American. Black. Conservative. I don't use African-American, because I'm American, I'm black and I'm conservative. I don't… — Herman Cain
- Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
- From an early age I didn't buy into the value systems of working hard in a nine-to-five job. I thought… — Adam Clayton