Quotes About Etiquette

Gentle reader, allow me to introduce Kyle Murchison Booth. You will forgive him if he does not shake hands.

Why was it that people said "no offense" before going on to say something clearly offensive?

For example, if you're a guest it is not polite to ask to use the host's toilet, apparently: they might feel embarrassed because it isn't presentable for guests. And as a host, don't, whatever you do, pass the cheese platter more than once. It's considered ill-mannered, I read, after I'd done precisely that at least five hundred times.

Smile sweetly at a waiter as you sit down and chances are you'll be treated with contempt.

I would go down to the kitchen, saying 'How do you do?' to whoever I met there: ...'How are you, Mrs. Cakebread?' (That was the cook: that really was her name, it wasn't a joke and no-one laughed it it.)

The true lady treats the whole world as her dance floor,

I reminded myself I shouldn't knock the wig off her head. My betrothed might be here, and first impressions were important.

Do unto others as you would have done unto you. Manners aren't anything but a polite person being nice, no matter what everyone else is doing. But they make the world a better place, Sugar Honey, you can trust me on that.

Another reason why people take me seriously is because I never apologise even when - no, especially when I should,' he told her coolly. 'No pleases, thank yous or sorries - remember that and you might have that interesting year I was talking about.

But please eat at the table and use a coaster.

W]hen you find yourself face to face with one [Bondsmage], you bow and scrape and mind your 'sirs' and 'madams.'" ... 'Nice bird, asshole,' said Locke.

I'm surprised you agreed to let me pour the wine.

Manners that would keep you starving are no manners worth respecting.

When you don't know everything you could know, it's a fine time to shut your fucking noisemaker and be polite.

I assure you that in all matters of discretion not involving food, we make etiquette tutors look like slobbering barbarians.

Q: Why do men fart more frequently than women? A: Because women don't stay quiet long enough to build up the pressure.

A classy guy had manners. He said please and thank you, Mr. and Miss, and held open doors. Classy guys picked up checks. They left good tips. They dressed with respect. They kept their word. They sent flowers. They apologized personally. They tried to be kind and courteous, even if they sometimes had to be firm, and their best jokes were about themselves. My mother's friends

Where do you come from? And where are you going? Look up, speak nicely, and don't twiddle your fingers all the time.

No matter what time your guests arrive, pretend they're early, so naturally you're not ready.

Just make sure you're gone by the time we get to Miles's. It creeps me out to see you sitting in his lap without his permission.

I'm not extra sensitive to handshakes. I shake hands all the time.

The English are busy folk; they have no time in which to be polite.

We do not worry about being respected in towns through which we pass. But if we are going to remain in one for a certain time, we do worry. How long does this time have to be?

The thing that is uncomfortable is when people kind of stare for a long time and point. That gets weird. Id much prefer someone to come up to me and say something.