Quotes About Etiquette

Most of us are ready to greet our worst enemies like long-lost brothers if we think they can show us a good time, if we think they can do us any good or if we even reach the conclusion that being polite will get us just as far and help us live longer.

As a scientist Throckmorton knew that if he were ever to break wind in the echo chamber, he would never hear the end of it

Manners are of more importance than laws. The law can touch us here and there, now and then. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation like that of the air we breathe in.

There ought to be system of manners in every nation which a well-formed mind would be disposed to relish. To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.

Away, and bring us napkins!

As for Men-of-War, when they chance to meet at sea, they first go through such a string of silly bowings and scrapings, such a ducking of ensigns, that there does not seem to be much right-down hearty good-will and brotherly love about it at all. As

Amanda sat him next to ME at dinner because she said I could talk to anyone.' 'Well you can.' Jo looked wounded. 'That's not somthing you should PUNISH your friends for

The trouble with England, he thinks, is that it's so poor in gesture. We shall have to develop a hand signal for 'Back off, our prince is fucking this man's daughter.' He is surprised that the Italians have not done it. Though perhaps they have, and he just never caught on.

At New Year's he had given Anne a present of silver forks with handles of rock crystal. He hopes she will use them to eat with, not to stick in people.

A young man is embarrassed to question an older one.

Moderation is best in all things, and not letting a man go when he wants to do so is as bad as telling him to go if he would like to stay. One should treat a guest well as long as he is in the house and speed him when he wants to leave it.

It is equally offensive to speed a guest who would like to stay and to detain one who is anxious to leave.

In the cyclonic mess of Kyoto traffic, two cars scrape bumpers. Both drivers leap out. Each bows, apologizing profusely for his carelessness.

Political correctness is what right-wing bigots call what everybody else calls being polite

People are so damn sensitive about colour around here that you can't even ask a barman for a jigger of rum. You have to ask for a jegro.

He pulled out a chair and while they sat down he beckoned to a waiter and despite Mathis's expostulations insisted on ordering the drinks – a 'fine à l'eau' for Mathis and a 'bacardi' for the girl.

the) adjunct to a civilised existence.

But when I was an energetic self-important 10-year-old and found myself in a roomful of grownups, I felt guilty, and thought it only polite to conceal the fun I was having elsewhere. When an aged figure addressed me – they were all aged – I worried that what showed in my face was pity.

Hiroyuki Agawa describes a meeting in which an army officer seated next to the admiral rose to his feet "and began to harangue those assembled at interminable length." Yamamoto stealthily edged the man's chair back several feet. When he had finished speaking and tried to sit down, the officer missed the chair and fell sprawling on the floor. The admiral kept a straight face, looked straight ahead, and continued the meeting as if nothing had happened

I have had it up to here with my wedding, I said. The other day Andrea tried to explain to me that apparently I am supposed to have a new thing, an old thing, a blue thing, and something stolen. Borrowed, Kate, Barabas murmured. Who the hell even makes up those rules?

The Oracle rose. As one, the three witches bowed. See? Bran jerked his thumb at the three women. That's how a woman should treat a man. Next time you see me, I want you to do just like them.

The first rule of etiquette a boy learns when he's about to enter society is that civility is due to all women. No provocation, no matter how unjust and rudely delivered, can validate a man who fails to treat a woman with anything less than utmost courtesy. The boys hung on his every word. He glanced in her direction. I have met some incredibly unpleasant women, and I have never failed in this duty. But I must admit: your sister may prove my undoing.

One doesn't let her fiancé fight a horde of ghouls by himself. Some things were just not done.

Hello, Consort,'' Mauro boomed. He got to his feet, spread his arms, and curtsied.