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Rude Quotes by Judith Martin
- Adorable children are considered to be the general property of the human race. Rude children belong to their mothers.
- Miss Manners herself, while never rude, is given to pulling a fast pinch in the way of a handshake on those who believe in kissing…
- The way one was brought up isn't an excuse for rude behavior.
- There are always proper responses, even to rude questions.
- When someone has tried to please you, it is rude, as well as disheartening, to respond by announcing that the effort was a failure.
- GENTLE READER: You, sir, are an anarchist, and Miss Manners is frightened to have anything to do with you. It is true that questioning the…
- Nowadays, we never allow ourselves the convenience of being temporarily unavailable, even to strangers. With telephone and beeper, people subject themselves to being instantly accessible…
- We are all born rude. No infant has ever appeared yet with the grace to understand how inconsiderate it is to disturb others in the…
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- The notion that before you even set out to go to Thailand, you say, 'I'm not interested,' or you're unwilling to try… — Anthony Bourdain
- No one I know is actually so rude as to tell me I've become duller since having children. But I'm sure they… — Jo Brand
- You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners. — Rita Mae Brown
- America is a model of force and freedom and moderation - with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people. — Lord Byron
- The things I see now on TV and in movies are so outlandish. Kids doing rude things with pies! And the language… — Sid Caesar
- I believe that there's a way to question authority with manners, with dignity. There's no reason to be rude about it. — Nicolas Cage
- I don't think you should be allowed to eat in a restaurant if you haven't waited tables at least once. It's so… — Lizzy Caplan
- A rude nature is worse than a brute nature by so much more as man is better than a beast: and those… — Margaret Cavendish
- I do think that maybe, even subconsciously, a lot of parents in the West are wondering, have we gone too far in… — Amy Chua
- If you're thinking of coming to America, this is what it's like: you've got your Comfort Inn, you've got your Best Western,… — Jeremy Clarkson
- Early on, I was so impressed with Charles Dickens. I grew up in the South, in a little village in Arkansas, and… — Maya Angelou