Quotes About Politeness

The Mad Hatter: Would you like some wine? Alice: Yes... The Mad Hatter: We haven't any and you're too young.

Curtsey while you're thinking what to say. It saves time.

The Hatter's remark seemed to her to have no sort of meaning in it, and yet it was certainly English. I don't quite understand you, she said, as politely as she could.

Please, Ma'am, is this New Zealand or Australia?—and she tried to curtsey

I want a clean cup,' interrupted the Hatter: 'let's all move one place on.

Alice felt dreadfully puzzled. The Hatter's remark seemed to have no sort of meaning in it, and yet it was certainly English. 'I don't quite understand you,' she said, as politely as she could.

I'm afraid I can't put it more clearly, Alice replied very politely, for I can't understand it myself, to begin with, and being so many different sizes in a day is very confusing.

We take such pains to be polite. We never say what we mean. For all it matters, we could greet each other and speak only of cheese - How was your Limburger, miss? Salty as a ripe Stinking Bishop, thank you. Ah, very cheddar, miss. I'll have your Stilton brought to your Camembert, then. - and no one would likely notice.

the caller might say abruptly, 'Whoozis?' In that case I would say grandly, '*Whom* are you calling, sir?' And he would hang up immediately without even an expletive. Of all the four-letter words I know, the speediest turn-off in such circumstances is *whom*.

Manners are the basic building blocks of civil society.

An armed society is a polite society.

You need people in a society to have reached a certain standard of living before they can be polite. You learn how to respect others because you don't have to fight as much, you have what you need.

Insincerity had never come easily to her, but good manners required it on occasion, even if a superhuman effort was needed.

I'm sure you're very nice, but you'd be even nicer if you went away.

Punctuality is the politness of kings p.154

I know the world is a drawing-room, from which we must retire politely and honestly; that is, with a bow, and our debts of honor paid.

good manners are the moisturizer of life.

In some cultures, "How do you do?" and "How are you?" are considered impolite and too personal.

Lymond's behaviour, as always, went to the limits of polite usage and then hurtled off into space.

Oscar Wilde once defined a gentleman as one who never insulted somebody else accidentally.

The boldness of his mind was sheathed in a scabbard of politeness.

I believe in life you need to always ask for everything politely and nicely, and then if they say no you do what you wanted to do anyway

All doors open to courtesy.

Life is all about manners. Nothing else matters.