Polite Quotes
407 Polite quotes by 351 unique authors
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He was so excessively polite that Wallendar suspected he had endured many humiliations in his life.
— Henning Mankell
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It's disquieting to reflect that one's dreams never symbolize one's real wishes, but always something Much Worse... If I really wanted to be passionately embraced…
— Dorothy L. Sayers
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Pritkin muttered something that sounded fairly vicious. “My clothes are warded! Even if I wished to accede to your demand, it would not work on…
— Karen Chance
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There was a nice dilemma. How does one interject into a polite conversation, "By the way, in case you're ever interested, I do have a…
— Brent Weeks
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Tell me about yourself, Miss Russel." I started to give him the obligatory response, first the demurral and then the reluctant flat autobiography, but some…
— Laurie R. King
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Shane settled his flamethrower more comfortably on his shoulders. “Ladies? After you.†“Rude,†Claire said. “I was being polite!†“Not when you have a flamethrower.
— Rachel Caine
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God,†I moaned. “Do they use that stuff as rocket fuel?†“No one made you keep drinking it.†“Hey, don’t get preachy. Besides, I had…
— Richelle Mead
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Farewell," they cried, "Wherever you fare till your eyries receive you at the journey's end!" That is the polite thing to say among eagles. "May…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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Why haven’t you asked me how I do my tricks?†Celia asks, once they have reached the point where she is certain he is not…
— Erin Morgenstern
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I know, I say, after he says, This is hard, for the third time. This is what happens when you have a TRM, I tell…
— Kathryn Erskine
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How's it going down there?" "It's weird. They're too polite, they talk funny, and stuff has too much shine on it. But the coffee's worse…
— Nora Roberts
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We had come here to have a break from thoughts and the hard work that came with the constant interaction with idiots. Or at least…
— Cecelia Ahern
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Liz cleared her throat. "Isn't there a more polite term we're supposed to use nowadays? Like....little person, or vertically challenged,or-" "I'm not going to call…
— Rick Riordan
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…but all day long I would be training myself to think, to understand, to criticize, to know myself; I was seeking for the absolute truth:…
— Simone de Beauvoir
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Chandresh relishes reactions. Genuine reactions, not mere polite applause. He often values the reactions over the show itself. A show without an audience is nothing,…
— Erin Morgenstern
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What have you done to my cat?" Magnus demanded... "You drank his blood, didn't you? You said you weren't hungry!" Simon was indignant. "I did…
— Cassandra Clare
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What Darwin was too polite to say, my friends, is that we came to rule the earth not because we were the smartest, or even…
— Stephen King
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Being polite is not only the right way to respond to people but also the easiest. Life is so filled with unavoidable conflict that I…
— Dean Koontz
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She is probably by this time as tired of me, as I am of her; but as she is too Polite and I am too…
— Jane Austen
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Lyall had spent centuries nibbling about the great layered cake that was polite society while Lord Akeldama acted the part of the frosting on its…
— Gail Carriger
Who Wrote These Polite Quotes
351 authors contributed a total of 407 Polite Quotes, led by these top contributors: