Manners Quotes

737 Manners quotes by 492 unique authors

At least, you two have decent manners," says Effie as we're finishing the main course. "The pair last year ate everything with their hands like… — Suzanne Collins
You call that evening the odds? You demolished them." Demolished. He liked that. "I left you one." "I noticed." "I promised to share," he told… — Ilona Andrews
[Yankees] are pretty much like southerners except with worse manners, of course, and terrible accents. — Margaret Mitchell
Their manners are more gentle, kind, than of our generation you shall find. — William Shakespeare
I'm just saying we can all work on our manners. We can say please and thank you. We can be punctual. We can just be… — Ellen DeGeneres
Beginning with a critique of my own limbs, which she said, justly enough, were nothing to write home about, this girl went on to dissect… — P.G. Wodehouse
A gentleman is someone who does not what he wants to do, but what he should do. — Haruki Murakami
I know," he said in almost bored contemplation. "My manners suck. I like to chalk it up to a dissatisfying childhood." "I'd chalk it up… — Darynda Jones
You only had to choose which me to talk to, for, you know, we all change our manners, depending on who has come to chat.… — Catherynne M. Valente
They had a silent staring contest, but Percy didn’t back down. When he and Annabeth started dating, his mother had drummed it into his head:… — Rick Riordan
Don’t lick the guests, darling. Bad manners. — Patricia Briggs
I hate being the only mortal in a gathering full of Immortals who think killing each other cleverly is the height of good manners. — Michelle Sagara
I remember manners, that's when people are scared to make other persons mad. — Emma Donoghue
The green eyes in the carefully sweet face were turbulent, willful, lusty with life, distinctly at variance with her decorous demeanor. Her manners had been… — Margaret Mitchell
There are several kinds of love. One is a selfish, mean, grasping, egotistical thing which uses love for self-importance. This is the ugly and crippling… — John Steinbeck
Truly good manners are invisible: they ease the way for others, without drawing attention to themselves. It is no accident that the word "punctilious" ("attentive… — Lynne Truss
Aline: "He's cute, for a Downworlder" Sebastian: "You'll have to forgive her; she has the face of an angel and the manners of a Moloch… — Cassandra Clare
It is better not to try people, not to force them to desperation. Make them prosper; out of superfluidity, they will be generous. Full bellies… — Hilary Mantel
All my life I have placed great store in civility and good manners, practices I find scarce among the often hard-edged, badly socialized scientists with… — E. O. Wilson
Think your little jokes'll help you on your deathbed?" she jeered. "Jokes? No,no, these are manners," replied Dumbledore. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
I don’t mind if you don’t like my manners. They’re pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings. — Raymond Chandler
In my limited experience, shows are like children. You can teach them manners and dress them in little sailor suits, but in the end, they're… — Tina Fey
I am a stickler for good manners, and I believe that treating other people well is a lost art. In the workplace, at the dinner… — Tim Gunn
Vampire politics make the very complicated dance of manners that is werewolf protocol look like the Hokey Pokey. — Patricia Briggs
[Magnus] reminded himself of his manners, and bowed. "Charmed," he said. "Or whatever effect would please you best, I'm sure. — Cassandra Clare

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