Manners Quotes

737 Manners quotes by 492 unique authors

A man goes to knowledge as he goes to war: wide-awake, with fear, with respect, and with absolute assurance. Going to knowledge or going to… — Carlos Castaneda
Ellen Cherry was from the south and had good manners. She didn´t have any panties on, but she had good manners. — Tom Robbins
Nothing is more essential to the establishment of manners in a State than that all persons employed in places of power and trust must be… — Samuel Adams
Lack of manners is the sign of a hero. — Jean Cocteau
Have compassion for everyone you meet, even if they don't want it. What appears bad manners, an ill temper or cynicism is always a sign… — Miller Williams
The great secret, Eliza, is not having bad manners or good manners or any other particular sort of manners, but having the same manner for… — George Bernard Shaw
Everything in this room is edible. Even I'm edible. But, that would be called canibalism. It is looked down upon in most societies. — Tim Burton
I was raised right — I talk about people behind their backs. It's called manners. — Kathy Griffin
the conspicuous consumption of limited resources has yet to be accepted widely as a spiritual error, or even bad manners — Barbara Kingsolver
As new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace… — Thomas Jefferson
It was good, too, to remember how hard a lot of people had to work to keep a kingdom running well, and that it was… — Jean Ferris
Men rarely if ever dream up a god superior to themselves. Most gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child. — Robert A. Heinlein
Oh, where are my manners? Do sit down. Pull up a small child. — Terry Pratchett
I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and Constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of… — Thomas Jefferson
We are passing into a social phase in which unless a heroic effort is made for human dignity and freedom, gold will be the sole… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
It is ill-manners to silence a fool and cruelty to let him go on — Benjamin Franklin
I told them he'd be able to get you to go out." Rianne folded her winnings and tucked the bills into her blazer pocket. "Look… — Melissa Marr
For the world was changing, and sweetness was gone, and virtue too. Worry had crept on a corroding world, and what was lost- good manners,… — John Steinbeck
No people will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffused and virtue is preserved. On the Contrary, when… — Samuel Adams
The most elementary of good manners . . . at a social gathering one does not bring up the subject of personalities, sad topics or… — Laura Esquivel
When Jo's conservative sister Meg says she must turn up her hair now that she is a "young lady," Jo shouts, "I'm not! and if… — Louisa May Alcott
Oh Tigger, where are your manners?" "I don’t know, but I bet they’re having more fun than I am. — A A Milne
Charming villains have always had a decided social advantage over well-meaning people who chew with their mouths open. — Judith Martin
Manners are the happy ways of doing things; each one a stroke of genius or of love, now repeated and hardened into usage, they form… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I took the T from Logan airport to Harvard Square. I hate driving in Boston. It's the traffic that drives me spare, and the absolutely… — Geraldine Brooks

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