Quotes About Politeness

Johnny Depp was the most polite young actor I've ever worked with.

It's so funny because when you're working with an acquaintance or someone else, you're being more polite. I find that I'm a little bit more of a brat when I'm in the studio with my dad, so I feel bad.

I married someone I didn't love. I was too polite to say no.

A lot of Wynonna is what I wish I could be. I don't like confrontation. I'm pretty polite. But I think she's the side of me that, if I could be free, that's who I'd be.

I always say that you can be polite and nice and still know what you want and still can see your path.

Sometimes people confuse that polite players aren't competitive.

I get into an awful lot of trouble for not being polite.

Politeness is half good manners and half good lying.

Politeness is organized indifference.

I don't think you should have to try to be nice, I think most people are nice. I think being cheerful and nice is just a politeness.

One of the things that hold together a human society is the existence of basic politeness among its members.

Courteousness is consideration for others; politeness is the method used to deliver such considerations.

True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can.

Politeness is only one half good manners and the other half good lying.

I'm big on manners. I'm big on politeness. I'm big on gratitude.

In Japan, I was immensely impressed by the politeness, industrious nature and conscientiousness of the Japanese people.

Politeness decrees that you must listen to be kind; intelligence decrees that you must listen to learn.

When I see someone for the first time in a while, and they ask, 'How have you been?' or 'What have you been up to?', it's politeness but a bit of a conversation stopper.

Companies make a big point of how their culture is all about 'bad news first,' but when it comes to people, they are suddenly scared to communicate bad news out of some mistaken feeling of politeness or political correctness.

I think this whole discussion about what is politically correct - sometimes you have to name the name. You can't hide it. Politeness is good if it's not hiding the truth.

In society, there is enormous pressure for us to try and look good, to be politically correct, to say the right things, to be polite and basically to sacrifice ourselves on the way.

Being politically correct means saying what's polite rather than what's accurate. I like to be accurate.

I realized I have to be politically correct and easy. I was taking myself too seriously, I had become rude.

If someone's being less than courteous to you, I don't think you need to pay any attention to them.