Quotes About Etiquette

There are two guiding principles in the choice of words,—good use and good taste. Good use tells us whether a word is right or wrong; good taste, whether it is adapted to our purpose or not.

beggars were permitted to enter great houses and solicit directly from the table, but now they are restricted to the doorstep.

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

Dangling Leaf tipped his head. "Do you know Micah's dead?" he asked Cow. Moth Flight flinched, but Cow returned his inquisitive gaze steadily. "Yes." Dusk Nose nudged her brother. "You can't ask questions like that, Shade Pelt. It's rude." "Raven Pelt says we can ask anything we like," Dangling Leaf

The rule is, don't speak of the dead, not don't speak ill of the dead's terrible relatives.

Do not adjust your sandals while passing through a melon-field, nor yet arrange your hat beneath an orange-tree.

The guy had no sense of decorum.

The game of golf would lose a great deal if croquet mallets and billiard cues were allowed on the putting green.

Pagò il suo vino, non quello della donna, se no l'oste ne avrebbe parlato per l'inverno. In un villaggio bisogna saperci stare. In un posto dove ci si saluta tutti chiamandosi per nome, ci sono usanze sconosciute alla città.

Stephen Weatherby, still filling in for Nick, clears his throat at the podium. "Hey, good to see all of you," he says, which is church-speak for "Please shut up and sit down.

There are clear rules governing the relationship between the homeless and the average person on the street: speak to each other politely; don't look each other in the eye; don't ask for names; and don't give more than twenty dollars.

We were taught firmly as children that whenever any member of the family appeared on the stage we were never to applaud. Never! It just wasn't done, either when they came on the stage or at the end of the performance. To do so would have been to break one of the firmest family rules of etiquette.

So many things were considered impertinence in our family. I was made aware of this at a very early age. Nothing was ever said ... you simply knew.

Remember the [burnt] gooseberry tart: the polite comment tells the host nothing about the pudding, but a lot about the guest.

Forgive him, my lady Kat." The blond haired twin, Lock, swept Kat a courtly bow. "As you know, Deep tends to speak without thinking." Sophie looked at Olivia again and mouthed, "My lady?" but again Liv just shrugged. It was clear she was as much in the dark as Sophie. "Come

I don't think it is given to any of us to be impertinent to great religions with impunity.

I think being able to teach your children manners and to be respectful is one thing that you can do regardless to what class you come from or what religious belief you have.

I'm reluctant to use the word class so much.

I remember when I was younger, older folks would say to me, 'There are three things you don't talk about at a dinner party: religion, politics, and money.' But I think the truth is quite the opposite.

Good breeding differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the rights of others, rather than gracefully insists on its own rights.

Repeat after me. 'Robocall' is not a bad word.

When you fight on set, you try to not hurt anybody.

I don't walk into a dinner party and say, 'You're an idiot; give me my coat.'

When you meet your idols, I'm not one of those people - like if I saw Prince on the street, I wouldn't say anything. Because I'd want him to meet me. You want to meet people on the right terms or if there's a reason for you to meet.