Quotes About Etiquette

Miss Smith gave him a look that made him shut his mouth, except he begged her pardon first.

It's pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious.

Always respect your superiors, if you have any.

You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose, but you can't wipe your friends off on a saddle.

Well, they certainly didn't teach you any manners. (Lorelei) I'm a pirate. What, would you have me spout poetry? (Jack)

Would you do me a favor milord? Be a boorish ass again. (Rowena)

Shouldn't you be asking for my name first?

zu erwachsenen Leuten nicht du sagen darf. Sie hat dabei

Da hat Frau Voisin gesagt, dass sie keine Kinder hat und auch keinen Hund, und ob Maus denn nicht weiß, dass man zu erwachsenen Leuten nicht du sagen darf. Sie hat dabei gelächelt, aber man konnte schon merken, dass sie nicht richtig freundlich war. Und ich finde, Maus darf doch du sagen, weil er erst vier ist. Ich bin ja schon acht und ich vergesse das auch noch manchmal.

At home we're the hosts, and I never liked the idea of being embarrased in front of our friends.

When you go into a room, you knock first. If you start asking people questions and they start tilting back in their chairs, it means they don't want to talk about it. It means if you look at something on their computer screens, they're likely to knock your brains out with a baseball bat.

But West, like the rest of the Trevors, was endlessly polite. It gave them protection; they could stand neatly behind their courtesy.

Eye contact is what keeps us civilized.

in both bookstores and coffee shops, it's actually polite to leave browsers and readers alone. When you harass people and offer to help them too much, they feel like you're nudging them out the door.

And you didn't have to go out and get it. You didn't have to make eye contact with the guy at the store who now knows you like watching girls get spanked. Eye contact is what keeps us civilized.

As far as I'm concerned, whom is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler.' CALVIN TRILLIN

from her earliest days at Versailles, Marie Antoinette staged a revolt against entrenched court etiquette by turning her clothes and other accoutrements into defiant expressions of autonomy and prestige . . . it is my belief that she identified fashion as a key weapon in her struggle for personal prestige, authority, and sometimes mere survival.

Not showing up to a wedding post-RSVP guarantees expulsion from the couple's A list in the future.

about a year after that, I was invited to go to a mental hospital. And, you know, you don't want to be rude, so you go.

I was invited to go to a mental hospital. And you know, you don't want to be rude, so you go.

I give a little wave back because it's more mature then giving him the finger.

Diplomat: A person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip.

A diplomat... is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip.

Come in. And try not to murder any of my guests." Jace edged into the doorway, sizing up Magnus with his eyes. "Even if one of them spills a drink on my new shoes?" "Even then.