Quotes About Protocol

Learn the rules. And play by the rules.

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I have absolutely no difficulty myself with the playing of God Save the Queen in the presence of Her Majesty.

Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.

Good manners consist of doing precisely what everyone thinks should be done, especially when no one knows quite what that is.

Good manners: The noise you don't make when you're eating soup.

Good manners are very important, particularly in the morning.

Good manners and bad breath will get you nowhere.

Protocol is etiquette with a government expense account.

Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is ethics. It is honor.

The trouble with dead people today is they have no sense of decorum

An excess of courtesy is discourtesy.

Despite being programmed for etiquette and protocol, C-3PO had a singularly awful sense of diplomacy.

Julian Singh," he said, extending his hand. No one (a) introduces himself and then (b) extends his hand to be shaken while (c) wearing shorts and (d) knee socks and (e) holding a genuine leather book bag on (f) the first day of school.

In the occult, good manners matter, as they do in life, and perhaps even more so.

Like the rhizome, each node in a distributed network may establish direct communication with another node, without having to appeal to a hierarchical intermediary. Yet in order to initiate communication, the two nodes must speak the same language. This is why protocol is important. Shared

I hope to show in this book that it is through protocol that one must guide one's efforts, not against it.

Having no diplomatic representation in Washington, China has no sources which allow her to check the character of applicants and therefore makes the practice of refusing everybody from the United States.

In very few situations is there only one test that could work or one protocol that must be followed. If your doctor says you need to do this one set of tests, ask what your other options are. Often, watchful waiting is a perfectly acceptable alternative. Discussing options helps remind your doctor to tailor the treatment to you.

If you are someone's guest on a corporate jet, the most important thing to remember is not just to be on time, but to be early. If you hold up the departure of the jet by as much as 10 minutes, you may cause the plane to wait in line for another hour or two before obtaining new clearance.

Where I'm from, we don't do the kiss-on-the-cheek thing. Sometimes we can feel a bit awkward in England. Someone needs to let me know what the rules are because I don't want to be rude. I need a little more etiquette coaching.

Commerce and politics do not go with royalty, full stop.

Enforced courtesy is worse than none.

If you wanted to greet him or get his attention, you had to say: "Oh, Mr. Forest-Ranger-who-stands-in-the-tower-watching-out-for-forest fires!" If you abbreviated it, or, heaven help us, addressed him simply as "David," you would get no response.