Quotes About Etiquette

The truth is I hate cocktail parties when the only person I know is my supposed date, and he abandons me the minute we come in the door.

Ciara, there are certain things a man does not ask of a lady." "You are not asking." "Aye.

The French have the right respect for dogs--in France we chiens get to go to lunch and dinner anytime, anywhere.

If a man isn't being nice when you're out, all you have to do is remain polite and then go home early.

There is no way to hold your own in a relationship and simultaneously accept rude behavior.

She glanced down at the muffin, as if debating whether to drench it with even more butter. The term Maximum Tolerable Chins popped into Mrs. Watson's head—it had come up the first time they sat down at the table together, the benchmark for whether Miss Holmes ate as she wished or gave in to the lamentable necessity to curb her appetite. With visible regret Miss Holmes set down her butter knife.

Leighton was used to letting women talk. Whether by temperament or by the requirement to be amiable, women talked, their speech the unguent that greased the gears of polite society.

During cocktails, Octavio Paz walked up to me with a champagne glass in hand and said, "Vous avez les seins très beaux

Japanese people have a funny habit of abbreviating names.

I learned that when people greeted me by saying, "Hi! How are you?" the correct response was not to elaborate on how I actually felt but to toss it right back at them with a "Fine. How are you?

Indians expect to be force-fed when they visit other homes, and they relish the attention. In fact, Indians of my grandmother's generation think it rude and walk away in a huff if the host doesn't entreat them to eat, eat, and eat some more.

It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship.

Your whole house smells of dog, says someone who comes to visit. I say I'll take care of it. Which I do by never inviting that person to visit again.

Relax,' said Gold. 'I know when to tip the butler, and which sleeve to blow my nose on.

One woman even disparaged Johnson for failing to include obscenities. "No, Madam, I hope I have not daubed my fingers," he replied, archly. "I find, however, that you have been looking for them.

If you sprinkle when you tinkle please be neat and wipe the seat.

The Professor doesn't have a problem being called Dick? If my name was Richard, I'd go by Richard or Rich . . . not Dick. Hell, I'd even settle for being called Chard.

Avoid asking a friend anything concerning their relationship, that is a two seats vehicle.

Our pride will lead us to perish, but our politeness keeps us alive.

The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth.

Better were it to be unborn than to be ill bred.

Bow, bow, ye lower middle classes!Bow, bow, ye tradesmen, bow, ye masses.

From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I shall not put.

I do not really care what people do as long as they do not do it in the street and frighten the horses.