Polite Quotes

407 quotes by 351 authors

Politeness. Now there's a poor man's virtue if ever there was one. What's so admirable about inoffensiveness, I should like to know. After all, it's… — Diane Setterfield
The path of Martial Arts begins and ends with courtesy. So be genuinely polite on every occasion. — Mas Oyama
I am the common man. I'm polite, I love my family and I play by the rules. And sometimes I get pushed around. That's my… — Eugene Levy
I wonder if it changes the nature of a society for beauty to be so common. Maybe in Vietnam "She has a wonderful personality" really… — P.J. O'Rourke
Many words and expressions which only a matter of decades ago were considered so distastefully explicit that, were they merely to be breathed in public,… — Douglas Adams
The English are busy folk; they have no time in which to be polite. — Baron de Montesquieu
It is more comfortable for me, in the long run, to be rude than polite.... — Wyndham Lewis
In a few more days we will celebrate Xmas, the day we commemorate the birth of you-know-who. ...It seems the modern consensus of enlightened people… — Joseph Sobran
You think a student leaves each week because they are out of the academy. This is just a cover up to hide serious injury that… — Unknown Author
I don't write polite letters. I don't like to plea-bargain. I like to fight. — Roy Cohn
Japanese naval officers in dress whites are frequent guests at Pearl Harbor's officers' mess and are very polite. They always were. Except, of course, for… — William Manchester
When thanksgiving is filled with true meaning and is not just the formality of a polite 'thank you,' it is the recognition of dependence. — Billy Graham
I wonder if the polite thing to do is always the right thing to do. When I met the family from Japan, they all bowed.… — Jack Handey
Whatever the skill of any country may be in the sciences, it is from its excellence in polite learning alone that it must expect a… — Oliver Goldsmith
To succeed inside a political party, one must cultivate an ability to sit still and remain polite while foolish people speak nonsense — Morton Blackwell
So this is why I can't agree with "don't feed the trolls." When millionaire celebrity broadcasters and entire publications start trolling, ignoring them isn't really… — Caitlin Moran
Most magicians consider the palm an easy move to make. They are inclined to believe that they are 'getting away with it,' when they are… — Dai Vernon
My mom always taught me to be sweet and polite and cross my legs because it's what the guys like. Actually, they like a raunchy… — Tiffani Thiessen
Etiquette is the ceremonial code of polite life, more voluminous and minute in each portion of society according to its rank. — John Ramsay McCulloch
The important thing was that we were being polite and not saying all the things that were making us unhappy, which was the only way… — Ruth Ozeki

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