Manners Quotes

737 Manners quotes by 492 unique authors

GENTLE READER: You, sir, are an anarchist, and Miss Manners is frightened to have anything to do with you. It is true that questioning the… — Judith Martin
Beside him a tiny elderly woman was leaning on a cane, studying him with curiosity. Since good manners seemed to require that he speak to… — Judith McNaught
So long as you minded your manners and kept your weapons concealed, they let you enter and leave in peace. Those who broke the one… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Manners,[...] are severly underappreciated in my opinion". "Oh?" Where practiced well, they remove the probability that someone in my position will be forced to go… — Michelle Sagara
So if you're not Artemis Fowl, then who are you?" The boy extended a dripping hand straight up. "My name is Orion. I am so… — Eoin Colfer
[W]hat is always overlooked is that although the poor want to be rich, it does not follow that they either like the rich or that… — Elaine Dundy
Nowadays, we never allow ourselves the convenience of being temporarily unavailable, even to strangers. With telephone and beeper, people subject themselves to being instantly accessible… — Judith Martin
. . . women were brought up to have only one set of manners. A woman was either a lady or she wasn't, and we… — Judith Martin
The problem is that it has become politically awkward to draw attention to absolutes of bad and good. In place of manners, we now have… — Lynne Truss
Nobody believes that the man who says, 'Look, lady, you wanted equality,' to explain why he won't give up his seat to a pregnant woman… — Judith Martin
I smiled back, the importance of manners, my mother always said, is inversely related to how inclined one is to use them, or, in other… — Nicole Krauss
The mountebank told them that God was surely trying to kill them, possibly because He was through with them, and that they should have the… — Kurt Vonnegut
There is no excuse for bad manners, except fast reflexes. — Steven Brust
Sorry,” she said, “I got out as fast as I could, but I had to stay and socialize. Protocol, you know.” “Explain protocol,” Nell said.… — Neal Stephenson
Barbarism? That's ironic coming from a woman helping to prepare us for slaughter. And what's she basing our success on? Our table manners? — Suzanne Collins
And now, gentlemen, like your manners, I must leave you. — Dylan Thomas
Insofar as he'd formed any opinion of her, it was that she suffered from misplaced gentility and the mistaken belief that etiquette meant good breeding.… — Terry Pratchett
He begged to know to which of his fair cousins the excellency of its cookery was owing. Briefly forgetting her manners, Mary grabbed her fork… — Seth Grahame-Smith
-Mikhail?...Try making suggestions next time, or just plain asking. You go do whatever it is you're doing, and I'll go search you extensive library for… — Christine Feehan
My heart rushes into the garden, joyfully tasting all the delights. But reason frowns, disapproving of the heart's bad manners. — Unknown Author
Human manners are wildly inconsistent; plenty of people have said so. But this one takes the cake: the manner in which we're allowed to steal… — Barbara Kingsolver
The things that make you a functional citizen in society - manners, discretion, cordiality - don't necessarily make you a good writer. Writing needs raw… — Natalie Goldberg
A killer with the manners of a rabbit - this is the most dangerous kind. — Frank Herbert
It is a mistake that there is no bath that will cure people's manners, but drowning would help. — Mark Twain
Truth is without flourishes or manners and runs with a logic all its own. — Patricia Briggs

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