Punctilious Quotes
- His courtesy was somewhat extravagant. He would write and thank people who wrote to thank him for wedding presents and when he encountered anyone as… — Evelyn Waugh
- Where are the dogs going? you people who pay so little attention ask. They are going about their business. And they are very punctilious, without… — Charles Baudelaire
- If the quickness of the mind and the fluency of the tongue are too punctilious and sharp, moderate them in your activity and rest. — Xunzi
- Amity itself can only be maintained by reciprocal respect, and true friends are punctilious equals. — Herman Melville
- Now two punctilious envoys, Thine and Mine Embroil the earth about a fancied line; And, dwelling much on right and much on wrong, Prove how… — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux
- Not every collision, not every punctilious trajectory by which billiard-ball complexes arrive at their calculable meeting places lead to reaction. ... Men (and women) are… — Roald Hoffmann
- We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. We weren't punctilious about locating and punishing only Hitler and his top… — Ann Coulter
- Truly good manners are invisible: they ease the way for others, without drawing attention to themselves. It is no accident that the word "punctilious" ("attentive… — Lynne Truss