Quotes About Etiquette

Una persona bien educada no tiene por costumbre citar a los clásicos en latín cada vez que acude a una reunión social. Tanto los hombres como las mujeres contienen su familiaridad con el humano Cicerón impidiendo que asome durante una conversación coloquial.

lest, to so delicate an article as a lady's temper, the slightest touch should do mischief.

Mrs. Stelling was not a loving, tender-hearted woman; she was a woman whose skirt sat well, who adjusted her waist and patted her curls with a preoccupied air when she inquired after your welfare.

Women are taught that if you want to be a lady, keep your opinions to yourself and be polite.

I never think it's right to chew gum in front of other people, but a lot of times I'll come in for a meeting chewing gum and I'll forget I'm chewing it. Then you don't want to swallow it because it stays in your system for seven years or something, so I've asked to throw it away. I've started to wonder if that's why I didn't get certain movies.

I have visited Japan several times and have always been shown wonderful hospitality.

The highest compliment I could ever receive about my kids - and I can say that this does happen frequently - is when the in-flight crew say to me, 'Your children are wonderful. They are so well-behaved.' Every time I am told that, I could weep.

Politeness is, you know, is a wonderful thing. Manners are in fact, really important thing. But remember, Jesus didn't have many manners as we now know.

As soon as you see 'Dame' in front of someone's name, you get nervous, but Dame Maggie Smith is the most wonderfully gentle woman I have ever met. She never had a bad word to say.

Avoid sarcasm. Don't insist on the last word.

As far as I'm concerned, 'whom' is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler.

I don't like going out on a date unless I know the broad a little bit beforehand. By the way, 'broad' to me is not a detrimental term for women; it's simply another word for female. Anyway, I don't really go out a whole lot, because there aren't many girls I like to take out and spend a whole evening with - at least not an evening in public.

I think the firmness in one's stance can be conveyed in a different manner without being indecent or using harsh words.

Go to any bookstore, and you'll see thousands of books on etiquette, which suggests there's a lot of self-help going on. There is hope.

The number of guests at dinner should not be less than the number of the Graces nor exceed that of the Muses, i.e., it should begin with three and stop at nine.

I was thrilled to work opposite Carl Reiner and Robert De Niro. Mr. Reiner was very chatty and delightful, but I learned that if you want Robert De Niro to like you, don't speak at all, and he'll be friendly to you.

In any country when you throw something in somebody's face, it's disrespectful.

Canadians are very well behaved, they don't throw their food.

Prince Charles is very relaxed at the table, throwing his salad around willy-nilly. I didn't find him stiff at all.

I do let the kids play on devices when we eat out - it's better than being thrown out of a restaurant.

Everyone has a temper, but in Sweden, no one throws a racquet or screams. We show more manners and common sense. This is a game, not war.

I would not take a girl to a club on a Thursday. I would not take her to a really noisy, swanky restaurant.

Just because someone isn't allowing you to pay for the date, it doesn't mean you can't contribute on some level. For example, if someone took you for dinner and a movie, they may have paid for the dinner, they may have paid for the movie tickets, but then you buy the popcorn.

I think with black tie, you can't really do too much. I think you have to pretty much stick to the rules on that.