Polite Quotes

407 Polite quotes by 351 unique authors

I grew up in a family where the women were just nuts. They didn't stand around in cardigans making polite conversation while they chopped tomatoes. — Nadia Giosia
Comedy isn't polite and it isn't correct and it isn't accurate, even. It's just a mess. So that's the way that I approach it. — Louis C. K.
Knowledge is a polite word for dead but not buried imagination. — E E Cummings
I'm an underdog person, so I align myself with those who seem to be not considered valuable in polite society. — Jessica Hagedorn
An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life. — Robert A. Heinlein
Men of polite learning and a liberal education. — Matthew Henry
Polite and velvety leaders, who take care to avoid bruising others, are generally not as effective at forcing change. — Walter Isaacson
The best advice that was given to me was that I had to be 10 times smarter, braver and more polite to be equal. So… — Samuel L. Jackson
Be polite to all, but intimate with few. — Thomas Jefferson
Discretion is the polite word for hypocrisy. — Christine Keeler
Man is the only animal that learns by being hypocritical. He pretends to be polite and then, eventually, he becomes polite. — Jean Kerr
Polite conversation is rarely either. — Fran Lebowitz
A man needs to be polite, not just to me but to everyone. I watch that. How does he treat the waiter? How does he… — Adriana Lima
And why is our music called world music? I think people are being polite. What they want to say is that it's third world music.… — Miriam Makeba
The nerves are a problem on trumpet, because when you mess up everyone can hear it. Just remember most people are too polite to say… — Wynton Marsalis
My dad was a particularly polite kind of guy, very courteous. — Paul McCartney
A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect. — Bryant H. McGill
You know, sometimes, when they say you're ahead of your time, it's just a polite way of saying you have a real bad sense of… — George McGovern
The concert is a polite form of self induced torture. — Henry Miller
Patience can be a good thing - but not necessarily. Sometimes it's not so bad to be impatient. I'm a little bit too polite. — Helen Mirren

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