Polite Quotes

407 quotes by 351 authors

I would say L.A. is more polite than London - it's a very careful place. People talk a lot in code. — Tom Hooper
I seem to have very polite fans, not fanatical ones. — Natalie Imbruglia
As a person, I'm polite - I want to please. — Karl Ove Knausgard
Glasgow is less polite than Edinburgh but that's a good thing - they keep it very real. — Nik Kershaw
Scholarship is polite argument. — Philip Rieff
Jazz was formerly a crude term for indulging in an action which in polite society is referred to, if at all, only with such vague… — Charlton Laird
It is not polite for a Russian to interfere in British politics. — Alexander Lebedev
I find it very eerie when somebody is being really polite. — M. Night Shyamalan
In a polite age almost every person becomes a reader, and receives more instruction from the Press than the Pulpit. — Oliver Goldsmith
Recently a young mother asked for advice. What, she wanted to know, was she to do with a 7-year-old who was obstreperous, outspoken, and inconveniently… — Anna Quindlen
In the tropics the white feels weakened, or downright weak, whence comes the heightened tendency to outbursts of aggression. People who are polite, modest or… — Ryszard Kapuscinski
I've been polite and I've always shown up. Somebody asked me if I had any advice for young people entering the business. I said: "Yeah,… — Tom T. Hall
Chi-Os were ideal partners for all occasions. They were discrete, desirable, tactful, polite, and fun... Every mom dreamed of her son coming home with a… — David Letterman
I was a very polite schoolgirl who did her work very well and hid under tables. I'd hate to think I haven't changed at all. — Joan Juliet Buck
When youre a new person and a new idea, you get invited to all these different things, and everybody wants a piece of you. And… — Theophilus London
D.C. fans, I think, are so good. They just come up to me, and they're so nice and so polite and just, 'Hey, I hope… — Bryce Harper
Now the dressing-room full of RSC hierarchy. Suddenly Trevor Nunn pushes his way through and 'Trevs' me. I've heard a lot about this 'Trevving', but… — Antony Sher
One of the greatest gifts a caring teacher can contribute to children is to help them learn to sit when they feel like running, to… — Harry Wong
There were times when I asked myself whether I was being principled or simply a coward.... I was wrapped in the cocoon of tennis early… — Arthur Ashe
Books are necessary to correct the vices of the polite; but those vices are ever changing, and the antidote should be changed accordingly should still… — Oliver Goldsmith

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