Polite Quotes

407 quotes by 351 authors

I really don't understand minimalism. It is so polite and boring. If you don't want anyone to notice you, you should stay home and grow… — Roberto Cavalli
I love to see a dedicated, loyal and a polite fans! — Greyson Chance
Troubled is a polite word for what I am. — Gabrielle
Only a person with convictions has a genuine possibility to be tolerant. He who accepts no absolute values but clings to polite doubt cannot be… — Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn
Near the end of his life, my father proved to be, at his core, a very polite, chivalrous man. He walked the halls of the… — Jennifer L. Knox
I'm more attracted to the bad guys. Why? Because in real life, I don't know any good guys. I know okay guys. I know polite… — Vincent Cassel
Tequila. Straight. There's a real polite drink. You keep drinking until you finally take one more and it just won't go down. Then you know… — Lee Marvin
Yeah, we don't consider many stupid things. I mean, we get rid of 'em fast...Just getting rid of the nonsense -- just figuring out that… — Warren Buffett
We cannot become starched Christians, too polite, who speak of theology calmly over tea. We have to become courageous Christians and seek out those (who… — Pope Francis
The tea ceremony requires years of training and practice ... yet the whole of this art, as to its detail, signifies no more than the… — Lafcadio Hearn
What are sisters for if not to point out the things the rest of the world is too polite to mention. — Claire Cook
How long is it polite to continue to be interested in what someone says after they reveal they've got a boyfriend? — Russell Brand
Congress's definition of torture in those laws - the infliction of severe mental or physical pain - leaves room for interrogation methods that go beyond… — John Yoo
Please be polite. Nothing in life should erode the habit of saying thank you to people or praising them. — Richard Branson
Because Cards' fans are the most knowledgeable and loyal in all of baseball, they booed almost reluctantly, polite as booing goes, what would have passes… — Buzz Bissinger
So I had a choice between going to a jail or going to a bughouse like a nice young middle-class student. So I chose to… — Allen Ginsberg
Emily Post says that talking about oneself isn't very polite.' 'I'm sure Miss Post is perfectly correct, but that doesn't seem to stop the rest… — Amor Towles
There is no polite way to suggest to someone that they have devoted their life to a folly. — Daniel Dennett
We must stop being polite and behaved, and find new inventive tactics to shift the paradigm. We are the majority. — Eve Ensler
Sometimes we are too polite with our suffering and allow it to dominate our life. — Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

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