Civility Quotes

127 quotes by 105 authors

Civility is only a passenger - not a driver - on the information superhighway. — Don Rittner
No greater glory can be handed down than to conquer the barbarian, to recall the savage and the pagan to civility, to draw the ignorant… — Richard Hakluyt
Civility, it is said, means obeying the unenforceable. — Ellen Goodman
Martha Stewart contributes more to our civility than the Baptist Church. — Dave Hickey
We need to create a society in which civility rules over cynicism and apathy. — Antanas Mockus
Manlius ... took care in his invitations, actively sought to exclude from his circle crude and vulgar men like Caius Valerius. But they were all… — Iain Pears
As we move into the twenty-first century, women's status in society will become the standard by which to measure our progress toward civility and peace. — Mahnaz Afkhami
We see a decline of civility, and, sadly, itâ€™s often modeled by the very people from whom we have the least right to expect it. — Max De Pree
Diversity is not an abnormality but the very reality of our planet. The human world manifests the same reality and will not seek our permission… — Chinua Achebe
The civility of no race can be perfect whilst another race is degraded. It is a doctrine alike of the oldest and of the newest… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
All of us should banish hateful communications and practice civility for differences of opinion. — Dallin H. Oaks
There is chaos behind the civility, of course. — Edward Albee
Her companion's discourse now sunk from its hitherto animated pitch, to nothing more than a short, decisive sentence of praise or condemnation on the face… — Jane Austen
Civility is not about dousing strongly held views. It's about making sure that people are willing to respect other perspectives. — Jim Leach
So let us begin anew -- remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof.… — John F. Kennedy
I was under the librarians' protection. Civil servants and servants of civility, they had my back. The would be whatever they needed to be that… — Marilyn Johnson
URBANITY, n. The kind of civility that urban observers ascribe to dwellers in all cities but New York. Its commonest expression is heard in the… — Ambrose Bierce
I regret not getting brutally forthright with human beings a hell of a lot sooner than I did. Civility and obliquity are wasted on people… — Kenny Smith
In religious matters a traveller loses nothing by civility. — James Branch Cabell
Genuine tolerance does not mean ignoring differences as if differences made no difference. Genuine tolerance means engaging differences within a bond of civility and respect. — Richard John Neuhaus

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