Quotes About Protocol

No one really does know how to have fun here at all. It is all etiquette.

We drove to the airport. On the way, Clay gave him the lecture, including all the do's and don'ts of meeting the Alpha, which was only slightly more complicated than an audience with the queen. Don't sit until you're invited to. Don't talk unless he asks you a question. Don't eat before he does. Don't make direct eye contact. Jeremy demanded none of this, but that wasn't the point.

Common courtesy dictates that we never drain the lifeblood of anyone to whom we've been formally introduced.

Even lords ought to follow the customs.

But you should go to bed." "With your ladyship's permission, I'd like to stay up until Lord Remarc telephones again.

They was no need to dress formally just for me, but all the same I appreciate the gesture.

She knew how to behave at ceremonies: move slowly, smile at everyone, do what you're told, and if no one tells you what to do, stand still.

O Kate! nice customs curtsy to great kings.

The difference between chirping out of turn and a faux pas depends on what kind of a bar you're in.

with good manners

Maybe a captain more obsessed with strict protocol and formality would have been stalwart in hiding his feelings, but Riker didn't subscribe to such emotionally stunted ideals of manhood.

It is seldom that a gentleman raises the subject of sewage so early in a conversation, I reflected.

Now before we get into anything, ladies, no scratching, no spitting and no tattling to mummy.

This is one rule about mixing boys and girls: that a date always comes first.

Martha Raye slipped up to the colonel and she said, 'Sir, where do we eat?' He said, 'You mess with the men.' 'I know that,' she said, 'but where do we eat?

The man is a perfect dragon for protocol.

often studiously understated language of the U.S. Navy's

Consulting de Gaulle whether he should be present at the flag-lowering ceremony or not, Fouchet after a pause of several seconds had been told simply: "Je crois que ça serait inutile....

Ancient Japanese protocol stipulated that the Emperor be addressed with "fear and trembling". I've always loved the expression, which so perfectly describes the way actors in Samurai films speak to their leader, their voices tremulous with almost superhuman reverence. So I put on the mask of terror and started to tremble.

Under this scientific and moral pressure, the Canadian government conceded publicly that the use of these weapons in Vietnam was, in their view, a contravention of the Geneva Protocol.

Any use of chemical weapons, by anyone, under any circumstances, is a grave violation of the 1925 Protocol and other relevant rules of customary international law.

Bollywood has a pretty chilled out approach. For instance, we don't wear shoes inside the studio. There is a strict behavioural protocol to be followed in the regional studios, while here in Bollywood, it is more informal.

There are times to be casual and times to be correct. It's all right to wear a sweater and slacks on a picnic, but they don't belong in the theater or the drawing room.

People wear shorts to the Broadway theater. There should be a law against that.