Mannered Quotes

51 quotes by 49 authors

I think what is British about me is my feelings and awareness of others and their situations. English people are always known to be well… — Michael Caine
I learned to slip back and forth between my black and white worlds. One of those tricks I had learned: People were satisfied so long… — Barack Obama
A common misperception of me is... that I am a tough, rough northerner, which I suppose I am really. But I'm pretty mild-mannered most of… — Sean Bean
I like to think I am well-mannered. If I have the option at a breakfast place, I'll go with the grits. That's how Southern I… — Michael C. Hall
When I came to Detroit I was just a mild-mannered Sunday-school boy. — Ty Cobb
I have been called a curmudgeon, which my obsolescent dictionary defines as a 'surly, ill-mannered, bad-tempered fellow'. Nowadays, curmudgeon is likely to refer to anyone… — Edward Abbey
You can be the world's greatest hero or its most mild-mannered citizen, but the only person who can write your story...is you. — Jonathan Kent
Anyone becomes mannered if you think too much about what other people think — Kim Gordon
I like my man to be witty; he needs a sense of humour and needs to be extremely well-mannered. — Esha Gupta
By the tons it is coming into this country - the deadly, dreadful poison that racks and tears not only the body, but the very… — Harry J. Anslinger
I was mild-mannered, wore glasses, was very shy with women. — Joe Shuster
I think they (Thatcher protesters) ought to be grateful for the fact that the people who hold our (pro-Thatcher) views, and who are not mindless… — Norman Tebbit
American Morons is the work of an original. Like Hitchcock or Ramsey Campbell, the style is precise, alert, and well-mannered, inviting us to enter Hirshberg's… — Dennis Etchison
Coming from the cotton plantation, the southern regions, I was brought up with real nice kids, mannered kids, who would go to church on Sunday. — Luther Allison
Immediately upon entering the weighing-in zone, I sensed an oppressive tension in the air, the lightweights staring and glaring at each other, snarling like lean,… — Brad Alan Lewis
First, you hand over some basics-overwhelming joy, existential angst, a giving-in to desire, etc. And then you promise to withstand talking idly about the weather,… — Julianna Baggott
A long walk and grooming with a well-mannered dog is a Zen experience that leaves you refreshed and in a creative frame of mind. — Dean Koontz
I prefer to leave standing up, like a well-mannered guest at a party. — Leontyne Price
To its committed members (the Democratic Party) was still the party of heart, humanity, and justice, but to those removed a few paces it looked… — Nicholas von Hoffman
On the surface I'm a mild mannered person, that's until you scratch the animal inside. — Ray Davies

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