Polite Quotes

407 Polite quotes by 351 unique authors

Beside him a tiny elderly woman was leaning on a cane, studying him with curiosity. Since good manners seemed to require that he speak to… — Judith McNaught
It is not very polite to interrupt a person, of course, but sometimes if the person is very unpleasant you can hardly stop yourself. — Daniel Handler
Normally it is not polite to go into somebody’s room without knocking, but you can make an exception if the person is dead, or pretending… — Daniel Handler
I had long ago learned that when you are the giant, alien visitor to a remote and foreign culture it is sort of your job… — Elizabeth Gilbert
He endeared himself to me forever the first night we met, when I was getting frustrated with my inability to find the words I wanted… — Elizabeth Gilbert
But I don't want to be fine, not if it means she's going to let go of my hand; not if it means we're going… — Tabitha Suzuma
Most of the time when I have met artists who have meant a lot to me, the experience has been well above expectation. People like… — Henry Rollins
If you intend to write as truthfully as you can, your days as a member of polite society are numbered. — Stephen King
The students we saw were all bright, attractive, and polite, and the teachers all seemed to be smart and dedicated, and I began to appreciate… — Jeff Lindsay
A real gentleman is as polite to a little girl as to a woman. — Louisa May Alcott
Off with you" is a phrase used by people who lack the curtesy to say something more polite, such as, "if there's nothing else you… — Daniel Handler
You were honest and hardworking and kind. You were polite and patient and more mature than any guy I’d dated before. And when we were… — Nicholas Sparks
Atticus had said it was the polite thing to talk to people about what they were interested in, not about what you were interested in. — Harper Lee
When you sit face to face with someone who is pleasant, respectful, and polite, you have hard time reminding yourself that nothing he says is… — Milan Kundera
A community where everyone is a ruthless murderer, with handy access to death-dealing devices, is a very polite community. — Robert A. Heinlein
In polite society, we call our obsessions hobbies. — Stephen King
Girls are small and polite and smiley. They wear dresses and their hair is long and it’s pulled into shapes behind their heads or on… — Patrick Ness
Who is the brave man--he who feels no fear? If so, then bravery is but a polite term for a mind devoid of rationality and… — Geraldine Brooks
Yanking his inner manwhore back to the land of polite conversating, he forced his hands to stop — J R Ward
I’m saying a prayer. Maybe you ought to, too. It’s going to take us a miracle to get through this.” Whether he was serious or… — Rachel Caine
I know it may come as a shock, but it's sort of considered polite to wait for the consent of the woman. In fact, I'm… — Ilona Andrews
It's one of the advantages of being a woman. I get to do all sorts of unfair things, and you have to accept them because… — David Eddings
A nasty letter or a sarcastic one can make you righteously angry, but what can you do about a polite letter of rejection? Nothing, really,… — E L Konigsburg
Killing people was far easier than making polite chitchat. — Jennifer Estep
I was stark raving mad, and my family was too polite to mention it. That's what living with the Yamanis does to people. They get… — Tamora Pierce

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