Quotes About Politeness

Do we still live in a world where being polite keeps order or does it leave you vulnerable?

Don't misunderstand good manners for passivity.

Another Spartan, when he saw men sitting on stools in a lavatory, declared: "May I never sit where it is impossible for me to get up and offer my seat to an older man.

Legatura dintre o fiinta si noi nu exista decat in gandul nostru. Amintirea, stergandu-se, legaturile slabesc si in ciuda iluziei cu care am vrea sa ne amagim si cu care din dragoste, din prietenie, din politete, din respect omenesc, din datorie ii amagim pe ceilalti, existam singuri. Omul este faptura ce nu poate iesi din sine, ce nu-i cunoaste pe ceilalti decat in sine; si, spunand contrariul, minte.

Hannah leaned against the wall. 'Mind if I call shotgun?' 'Since you're carrying one? Feel free.

Above all, I dislike vulgarity.

I don't do vulgarity, I prefer to talk about nice things.

Vulgarity, in my mind, is not cool.

Hold the door for a lady. Wait until a lady is out of the elevator.

A man needs to be polite, not just to me but to everyone. I watch that. How does he treat the waiter? How does he treat the coat-check girl? How does he treat the driver?

I hate it when people are impolite to waiters or to the valet or the guy in the supermarket. There's no need for that; it doesn't cost anything to be polite.

A lot of people ask me, 'How did you have the courage to walk up to record labels when you were 12 or 13 and jump right into the music industry?' It's because I knew I could never feel the kind of rejection that I felt in middle school. Because in the music industry, if they're gonna say no to you, at least they're gonna be polite about it.

I've been brought up to be polite and I'm not very confrontational, but even I have walked away from situations and thought, 'If only I'd said or done that.' Well Mr Hyde says and does that.

When someone walks into me, whether it's my fault or not, I say, 'Sorry.'

You have to mind your Ps and Qs a little bit.

I'm English. All we do is blush.

I was like one of those nauseatingly nice children. I was very, very well behaved and boring.

You can tell when someone recognizes you and they want to say something, but they don't want to bother you.

Do you mind if I sit back a little? Because your breath is very bad.

I don't like it when people don't hold the door. I don't know, that really bugs me... I guess I like manners.

I was raised in Duluth, Minnesota, where you never say that you're cold, or that you're suffering, and you listen politely to people, even if you disagree with them completely. Then you say passive-aggressive things later.

I seek constantly to improve my manners and graces, for they are the sugar to which all are attracted.

My mother is old-fashioned; she raised us like girls from a 19th-century book. My sisters and I are known for being the most polite girls in France. My mother wanted us to be like royalty: never ever will you be caught being rude, or superficial or being a star or whatever.

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.