Polite Quotes

407 Polite quotes by 351 unique authors

Can he love her? Can the soul really be satisfied with such polite affections? To love is to burn - to be on fire, like… — Emma Thompson
Charity, if you have the means, is a personal choice, but charity which is expected or compelled is simply a polite word for slavery. — Terry Goodkind
People were always saying to Margaret, 'Well, Julia sings and Betsy writes. Now what is little Margaret going to do?' Margaret would smile politely, for… — Maud Hart Lovelace
Passion and courtesy are two polar opposite traits that serve to balance each other into a full-blooded whole. Without socialization, passion is a crude barbarian,… — Vera Nazarian
Most people, when they imagine New England, think about old colonial homes, white houses with black shutters, whales, and sexually morbid WASPs with sensible vehicles… — Matt Taibbi
Love thy enemies, it says in the scriptures. My foster mother always added, "At the very least, you will be polite to them. — Patricia Briggs
An armed society is a polite society. — Robert A. Heinlein
Do you like to slide?" His voice was eager. Stair rails! Did he suspect me? I forced a sigh. "No, Majesty. I'm terrified of heights."… — Gail Carson Levine
I donâ€™t think it would have all got me quite so down if just once in a whileâ€”just once in a whileâ€”there was at least… — J D Salinger
The ladies pass the timee with gossip and hearsay. This is what they have in place of freedom- gime and gossip. Their lives are small… — Libba Bray
She dealt her pretty words like Blades -- How glittering they shone -- And every One unbared a Nerve Or wantoned with a Bone --… — Emily Dickinson
An environment-based education movement--at all levels of education--will help students realize that school isn't supposed to be a polite form of incarceration, but a portal… — Richard Louv
In the first place you can be so absolutely honest and so absolutely wrong at the same time that I think it is better to… — Flannery O'Connor
There are things that are not spoken about in polite society. Very quickly in most conversations you'll reach a moment where someone goes, 'Oh, that's… — Alain de Botton
I tell you these stories because these things happen to everyone. It's not about being starched or polished or cute or polite. It's about having… — Maira Kalman
.., by universal custom, your enemy is never more polite than when he is planning or has planned your destruction. — James Clavell
Even in half demon hunter clothes, Clary thought, he looked like the kind of boy who'd come over your house to pick you up for… — Cassandra Clare
Just because I'm flaunting it doesn't mean you can stare for hours on end. A polite ogle is appreciated and suitable for a flaunt. Slobbering… — Katie MacAlister
I wasn't entirely sure, but a polite John Pritkin might be a sign of the apocalypse. — Karen Chance
I am a star in the firmament that observe the world, despises the world and consumed in its heat. I am the sea by night… — Hermann Hesse

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