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Quotes About Respect

Be as polite to the custodian as you are to the chairman of the board.
~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
I couldn't take that whole retail thing of being polite to people that are not being polite to you, and showing respect to people when they've got no respect for you. Retail in general is something I just can't do, unless it's my own shop.
~ Ashley Walters
My mother always told me it wasn't polite to ask what people make.
~ Clint Eastwood
I don't sugarcoat things, but I'm very polite in delivering them.
~ Kellyanne Conway
Be polite to all, but intimate with few.
~ Thomas Jefferson
My dad was a particularly polite kind of guy, very courteous.
~ Paul McCartney
I really think the more talent people have, the more polite they are: Laurence Olivier and Alec Guinness always arrived on time and were impeccably behaved. It's only the gutter snipes who leave their lipstick on the studio floor - and that's just the men.
~ Antony Armstrong-Jones
I want my kids to be polite and respectful, stand on their own two feet.
~ Peter Jones
No one who is at all acquainted with the Indian in his home can deny that we are a polite people.
~ Charles Eastman
It's important to be courteous; it has to be. I was raised very well by my parents, so it's about being polite and courteous.
~ Daniel Sturridge
Obviously I'm going to be polite, so nobody has anything to fear from me.
~ Judith Martin
Being polite does not mean being mummified.
~ Judith Martin
I'm not disrespectful, I try to be polite.
~ Ronnie Radke
I'm big on my kids being conventionally polite, and it works really well for them.
~ Mayim Bialik
I've never been afraid to make a polite ask to someone.
~ Gerald Chertavian
People are not as nice as they used to be. There used to be a time when we conversed. You don't get a lot of real responses now. They used to be more polite and well-mannered people, generally. It's minimal now.
~ Aretha Franklin
If somebody is mean or rude, I just, I don't engage - just block and say, 'Well, that's not very polite.'
~ Bryan Fuller
Johnny Depp was the most polite young actor I've ever worked with.
~ Robert Englund
I am perfectly capable of writing things about myself that one doesn't discuss in polite company, but I was raised by people who said you don't discuss politics, you don't discuss religion, and you certainly don't discuss people's sex lives.
~ Kathryn Harrison
When I sit down to do an interview, I try to be polite and answer the questions that I'm asked.
~ Mike Portnoy
Most of the guys I've come across in the UFC have always been really polite and are always friendly with each other. We all understand how hard it was to get where we're at and how hard it is to stay there, so it's a mutual respect for each other.
~ T.J. Dillashaw
I don't think it is very polite and respectful asking someone out during an interview.
~ Mandira Bedi
I always say that you can be polite and nice and still know what you want and still can see your path.
~ Grace VanderWaal
It's nice to work with the same people. You don't have to be polite. You know each other's likes and dislikes, and you don't have to micromanage and look at what they're doing every moment.
~ Anna Boden