Quotes About Civility

Politeness goes far, yet costs nothing.

It is better to be polite than rude.

Never consider yourself smart when you don't know how to treat people correctly.

It wouldn't be very ladylike to punch a guy in the balls, but it isn't very manlike to harass a woman because she has different parts and a sweet face.

In Charles Dickens's books I had to admire the way the meanest enemies spoke to each other, with what seemed to me to be the greatest civility.

Z—ds! damn the lock! 'fore Gad, you must be civil!   Plague on't!'t is past a jest—nay prithee, pox!   Give her the hair"—he spoke, and rapp'd his box.

While it's true that Washington would benefit from more civility, the Senate, behind the scenes, is an extraordinarily collegial institution.

Donald Trump's election was a watershed moment. Even those like me, who had previously pulled levers for candidates of both parties, felt that Mr. Trump had not only violated all sense of common decency, but, alarmingly, that he seemed to have no idea that there even existed such an unspoken code of civility and dignity.

I moved to a city and joined a sort of fast crowd. A lot of people who grew up in the city sort of aren't aware of manners and other ways of life and 'common decency.'

In a functioning liberal democracy, we cannot normalize political violence.

We agreed that we cannot let personal political attacks get in the way of doing the very best we can for California's children.

I was quite pleased that Prince Philip didn't say anything like, I hate queers! He was quite well behaved.

Let's end the political games. Stop the finger pointing and do the work the American people sent us here to do.

I have tried to treat people on the other side civilly and look for common ground.

There's always a better word than a swear word.

I have to remember if I'm at some charitable event where kids are... I try to remember don't swear in front of the kids!

It's a sin to swear.

I never heckle. I never swear.

I was brought up in the Boys' Brigade and grew up not swearing. It's so lovely to behave decently, civilly.

The guy is looney,' Belle said thoughtfully, 'but also generally polite. Polite is always worth something.

Women like this exploited a person's natural civility, marching through the gaps left by a inability to speak the naked truth.

MY rule is never to be rude to anyone unless you mean it.

Enforced courtesy is worse than none.

You can't go around killing people who insult you or disagree with you or society would be a highly dangerous place.