Quote by Neal Stephenson

“I speak and help some folks only because I believe they may be god in flesh, testing me for politeness.”

— Darnell Lamont Walker

“I never had the nerve to go up to him. I was quite afraid that if I tried to say, "Hello, Reverend Thomas," I…

— Maya Angelou

“Never patronize your readers. That means don't talk down to them.”

— Tom Greer

“It's much easier to talk about following Jesus when you are making general statements rather than specific commitments.”

— Kyle Idleman

“He didn't say that. He read what was given to him in a speech.”

— Richard Darman

“I you can't say anything nice, don't say noting at all.”

— Thumper

“People had long conversations with him, only to realize later that he hadn't spoken.”

— Laura Hillenbrand

“I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to; the long explanations needed…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“We both see strangers and react. We don't like to walk by people without nodding. We're broken when people are rude. Were broken when…

— Dave Eggers

“I remembered Father remarking once that if rudeness was not attributable to ignorance it could be taken as a sure sign that one was…

— Alan Bradley

“One of my executives at Trump Plaza always said that the key to working for Donald was finding a way somehow to like him.…

— John R. O'Donnell

“In his experience, anything really important never got written down, because by then people were too busy shouting.”

— Terry Pratchett