Quotes About Etiquette

I am ashamed to run against a lady. It's demeaning, very degrading. I have always refused to argue with a lady.

Nothing ruins the flow of conversation more quickly than refusing a compliment you have just received. Never disagree with something nice that is said to you or about you.

House guests should be regarded as perishables: Leave them out too long and they go bad.

With any tween, you have issues, from what they are going to wear to school, to how do you get them to speak politely, to how regularly they lose their contact lenses.

I respect and understand that golf is enveloped in tradition and that certain rules and regulations must be upheld.

I pride myself on being courteous to people, and trying to fashion good relations.

In Asia, personal relationships are important, but you cannot personalise diplomacy.

Never stay with friends or relatives. You end up living on their schedules.

Make it clear that though you are happy to do anything the host likes, you are also perfectly fine exploring or relaxing by yourself. Give your host his or her space.

If a man holds a door open for me or pulls back a chair so that this old bag can sit down, I'm delighted.

Never, ever, ever show up to your office holiday party on time.

The locale does not determine the dress code; the host does.

I aspire to be a good dinner party host.

Women who are paid to look hot get hit on all the time, so don't roll up on a restaurant hostess with your non-iron Trump Collection shirt and expect anything to pop off.

I've been thanked a lot in Wendy's, Applebee's, and Marriot hotels, I've never been thanked in Le Cirque, for some reason. I try to spend as little time as possible in Le Cirque; that's not because the food isn't good... I'm not the kind of guy who likes to find his food under his parsley.

People do not use foul language in the House of Commons chamber. They just don't do it, and I don't, either.

I think I was brought up in a respectful household.

I think kids in France, and certainly in my household, don't necessarily stop interrupting when you tell them, but they gradually become more aware of other people, and that means that you can have the expectation of finishing a conversation.

Honestly, I'd rather hug than shake hands. I don't know where those hands have been!

As a human being, you know that there are some days when you'd rather not talk to anybody - but I can't really do that anymore without appearing rude.

I was taught to be respectful and humble as a boy, and especially not arrogant.

I would call her 'madam,' because I was the AD. I continued to do so even after she married my buddy, Boney Kapoor. I could never call her Sri, or Sridevi, even though she would often tell me to do so. She was humble, quiet and extremely dignified.

It's easy to laugh at etiquette, but in a hundred years, our children's grandchildren will almost certainly be laughing at us.

He was one of those guys who'd pronounce I'm a hugger as he came at you, neglecting to ask if the feeling was mutual.