Polite Quotes

407 Polite quotes by 351 unique authors

Sometimes if you have very confident people, you have to tell them please, be polite, there are other players are good enough as you and… — Kurt Masur
Politics is the polite way of telling somone else they’re stupid. — Burnie Burns
I think if anything I am perhaps more inclined than most people are to be polite and considerate because I am aware that human relationships… — Alex Colville
Americans are incredibly polite as long as they get what they want. — Ben Fountain
No language is as depending on arbitrary use and custom can ever be permanently the same, but will always be in a mutable and fluctuating… — Benjamin Martin
It's still so rare for anyone to be personally acknowledged by a brand that the impact of such a simple, polite gesture on a customer's… — Gary Vaynerchuk
Seattle is a liberal city, its politics not so much blue (in the American, not the British, sense) as deep ultramarine, and its manners are… — Jonathan Raban
Argument should be polite as well as logical. — Alphonse de Lamartine
A man must have very eminent qualities to hold his own without being polite. — Jean de la Bruyere
It is something that most parents hope for in life: That their children will be moderately successful, polite, decent human beings. Anything on top of… — Jerry Kramer
The inquiry in England is not whether a man has talents and genius, but whether he is passive and polite and a virtuous ass and… — William Blake
Be an unstoppable force. Write with an imaginary machete strapped to your thigh. This is not wishy-washy, polite, drinking-tea-with-your-pinkie-sticking-out stuff. It’s who you want to… — Laini Taylor
I think photographers are too polite. There is not enough anger in photography; it's pretty much trivialized. — Duane Michals
I can’t remember how many times I advised students to stop writing the sunny hours and write from where it hurts: No one wants to… — Anne Bernays
It is harder to lie in an interview. A good interview - and it can be polite - is not a one way street like… — Greta Van Susteren
People in France are very intrusive when they recognize you. In New York, they are very polite, with quick words, so it's great. — Audrey Tautou
Being polite and grateful will make people more inclined to help you. And if people are willing to help you, you may accidentally get something… — Jason Sudeikis
I enjoyed my upbringing, my siblings did, we're polite, we're respectful, but at the end of the day we're young, we like to have fun.… — Tinie Tempah
Balanced is probably what I am, although that's just a polite way to say that you don't do anything very well. — Steve Yzerman
It's a great group of people here at Texas A&M, and everybody you run into is incredibly polite. — Johnny Manziel
If a Democrat took Republicans on rudely, they wouldn't be elevated in the Democratic Party. There's a different standard. We're supposed to be polite to… — Dannel Malloy
The country has always been governed by a coalition but today it is governed by a so-called Grand Coalition which is a more polite word… — George Mikes
The help (in Japan) is very polite. They bow so much, you don't know which end to talk to. — Bob Hope
I only asked my friends to be friendly and polite, I found them indifferent and censorious; The one I left to silence, the other to… — Stevie Smith
My only hope was to be polite. — Mark Vonnegut

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