Ability Quote by Katherine Anne Porter

Being civilized means that one keeps one's words unrelated to one's thoughts, when necessary.

— Ursula Parrott

We should assume that we all have a lot in common. Speak as if our views are the only sensible ones. This resonates with…

— Michael Yates

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment

— Albert Einstein

There is a certain manner of self-absorption in speaking that always renders the speaker disagreeable. For it is as great a folly to listen…

— Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

to be civilized is to be incapable of giving unnecessary offense, it is to have some quality of consideration for all who cross our…

— Agnes Repplier

I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.

— Michel de Montaigne

It seems to me that the spirit of politeness is a certain attention in causing that, by our words and by our manners, others…

— Jean de la Bruyere

Civility is the natural state for people who know how limited their own individual powers are and know, too, that they need the conversation.

— David Brooks

We listen to those whom we know to be of the same opinion as ourselves, and we call them wise for being of it;…

— Walter Savage Landor

When people speak disparagingly about others, they are really damaging themselves.

— Chris Eubank Sr

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of…

— Albert Einstein

For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.

— Robert A. Heinlein