Being different Quote by Judith Martin

Every generation is convinced there has been a deplorable breakdown of manners

— Byron Dobell

The challenge of manners is not so much to be nice to someone whose favor and/or person you covet (although more people need to…

— Judith Martin

Manners is the key thing. Say, for instance, when you're growing up, you're walking down the street, you've got to tell everybody good morning.…

— Usain Bolt

In a culture, manners are the lubrication that ease the frictions of social contacts.

— L. Ron Hubbard

Manners are made up of trivialities of deportment which can be easily learned if one does not happen to know them; manner is personality…

— Emily Post

Manners are the lubricating oil of an organization. It is a law of nature that two moving bodies in contact with each other create…

— Peter Drucker

Manners are like primary colors, there are certain rules and once you have these you merely mix, i.e., adapt, them to meet changing situations.

— Emily Post

“Contrary to popular opinion, manners are not a luxury good that's interesting only to those who can afford to think about them. The essence…

— Henry Alford

Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect.

— Sydney Smith

Manners are like zero in arithmetic. They may not be much in themselves, but they are capable of adding a great deal of value…

— Freya Stark

Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way through the world.

— Lord Chesterfield

Manners have been somewhat cynically defined to be a contrivance of wise men to keep fools at a distance. Fashion is shrewd to detect…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson