Boys Quote by James A. Garfield

Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place.

— Tecumseh

Lack of manners is the sign of a hero.

— Jean Cocteau

Grab your coat, and get your hat Leave your worry on the doorstep Just direct your feet To the sunny side of the street.

— Dorothy Fields

There are many things which may not be uttered by men in threadbare coats.

— Juvenal

A true politeness does not result from any hasty and artificial polishing, it is true, but grows naturally in characters of the right grain…

— Henry David Thoreau

Laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. . . . We might as well require a…

— Thomas Jefferson

A man must have very eminent qualities to hold his own without being polite.

— Jean de la Bruyere

All Politeness is owing to Liberty. We polish one another, and rub off our Corners and rough Sides by a sort of amicable Collision.…

— Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury

“It occurred to me there were some fairly obvious reasons to wear a trenchcoat—because you were a detective, a spy, or a flasher…There are…

— Barbara Browning

No one recognises me on the street, ever.

— Julia Holter

Sure, nobody ever recognises me. I'm always scurrying around London under a hat and looking like a homeless person.

— Jessie Buckley

You know, this is why I just don't answer the door (unless I know who's arriving). I don't want to fend off pint-sized salesfolk…

— Ann Althouse