Quotes About Politeness

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But when I was an energetic self-important 10-year-old and found myself in a roomful of grownups, I felt guilty, and thought it only polite to conceal the fun I was having elsewhere. When an aged figure addressed me – they were all aged – I worried that what showed in my face was pity.

We stared at each other. The level of politeness had risen to dangerous levels.

What used to be called 'good manners' is now regarded as mere affectation. Open a door for a young woman, and she's likely to call security.

Master your craft, be nice and stay humble.

Bragging about yourself violates norms of modesty and politeness - and if you were really competent, your work would speak for itself.

When suave politeness, tempering bigot zeal, corrected 'I believe' to 'one does feel'.

Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.

Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business. Large stores, gilt signs, flaming advertisements, will all prove unavailing if you or your employees treat your patrons abruptly. The truth is, the more kind and liberal a man is, the more generous will be the patronage bestowed upon him.

It's not easy to writing thank-you notes for the stuff you didn't want in the first place.

I feel very uncomfortable when I eat in restaurants. I'm obnoxiously polite with the waiters: 'I just want a tuna sandwich. I'll go get it. You sit here - I'll get it, I'll make it.

He who reflects on another man's want of breeding, shows he wants it as much himself

In the society of ladies, want of sense is not so unpardonable as want of manners.

I always say people can call me anything they want as long as they don't call me late for supper.

Americans are incredibly polite as long as they get what they want.

As in smooth oil the razor best is whet, So wit is by politeness sharpest set; Their want of edge from their offence is seen, Both pain us least when exquisitely keen.

The toughest thing about being a celebrity, I suppose, is being polite when I don't want to be.

The good four. Honest with ourselves and with whatever is friend to us; courageous toward the enemy; generous toward the vanquished; polite-always that is how the four cardinal virtues want us.

It was the kind of politeness Varencienne had often seen at court; insincere and concealing snarls.

He had way mixed feelings about Fineas Rigg; in some ways he was interesting, and attractive as a pesonality, in others he was seriously unpleasant, although Ays could never specify how exactly. Fineas was always polite and friendly.

appreciate it if you'd call him

If someone offers you a breath mint, accept it.

Polite? I said, less than radiant with joy. She smiled. I don't mean it that way, she said. Not being polite. Respectful polite. You give people their space. I really like that. It's unusual

Perhaps she loved me, in her own way, as I loved her, in mine. But we didn't know one another. Perhaps because I never allowed her to know me, or I never took any steps towards getting to know her. We spent our lives like two strangers who see each other every single day and greet one another out of politeness.