Polite Word Quotes
- Politics' the polite word for antediluvian prejudices, the rags put on by enmity and tribal resentment. — Joseph O'Connor
- Troubled is a polite word for what I am. — Gabrielle
- 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
- Knowledge is a polite word for dead but not buried imagination. — E E Cummings
- Discretion is the polite word for hypocrisy. — Christine Keeler
- 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
- Nobody ever invented a polite word for a killing yet. — Thelma Ritter