Able Quote by Joshua Lederberg

There is nothing that we can properly call our own but our time, and yet everybody fools us out of it who has a…

— Seneca the Younger

Sanctions alone could not stop Iran's nuclear program. But they did help bring Iran to the negotiating table.

— Barack Obama

[T]he politically correct are above the rules of ordinary civility, once they have identified you as an unbeliever in their religion.

— Orson Scott Card

'Playboy' operated with a patina of civility that granted the average man a presumption of pleasure that went one way - his. And that…

— Wesley Morris

A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing.

— John Tillotson

The insolent civility of a proud man is, if possible, more shocking than his rudeness could be; because he shows you, by his manner,…

— Lord Chesterfield

“Never in England were there so many gentlemen and so little gentleness.”

— C.J. Sansom

“Elizabeth received them with all the forbearance of civility”

— Jane Austen

“When someone has wronged you, continue to treat them with civility. It’s the ultimate mark of a mensch.”

— Bruna Martinuzzi

They parted at last with mutual civility, and possibly a mutual desire of never meeting again.

— Jane Austen

How much wit, good-nature, indulgences, how many good offices and civilities, are required among friends to accomplish in some years what a lovely face…

— Jean de la Bruyere

The Second World War had a precipitating effect in that it discredited the empires, as well as bankrupting them. Not only could you no…

— Tony Judt

Martha Stewart contributes more to our civility than the Baptist Church.

— Dave Hickey

Most adults would not dream of belittling, humiliating, or bullying (verbally or physically) another adult. But many of the same adults think nothing of…

— Laurence Steinberg

Even here in America, we felt the cool, refreshing breeze of freedom when Nelson Mandela took the seat of Presidency in his country where…

— Maya Angelou