Quotes About Etiquette

I praise loudly. I blame softly.

You only had to choose which me to talk to, for, you know, we all change our manners, depending on who has come to chat. One doesn't behave at all the same way to a grandfather as to a bosom friend, to a professor as to a curious niece.

One doesn't behave at all the same way to a grandfather as to a bosom friend, to a professor as to a curious niece.

Don't meddle in Politicks with your mouth full, dear," said the Vicereine gently.

the man who has been wealthy is dunned more civilly than the fellow who has ever been poor.

Never give advice unless asked.

A lot of people lacked that gift: knowing when to fuck off.

It's like, if you can't focus on a movie for 90 minutes without looking at your phone, then don't go to the movies! You've got some issues, so you should probably stay home and work on those issues, and not distract everyone with lights, and sounds, oh my gosh, the tapping on the screens, it makes me crazy!

Nothing is so indecent that it cannot be said to another person if the proper words are used to convey it.

replaced the cigarette, took a plate of kidneys and bacon from the maid, and accepted a piece of bread from a plate proffered by Hilary.

Plus there was the standard French insult of ignoring your French and answering in English.

Similarly it is possible that the system itself is sick, even though the actors within the organization are behaving in accord with organizational etiquette and respecting the internal bonds of trust. That

I soon learned there was a very Indian habit of asking personal questions. It

The habit of saying thank you is the mark of a cultivated mind.

Do you mind if I'm naked?" "I hardly expected you in full evening dress.

To walk into an office and have your 'good morning' returned with a grunt and no eye contact is not my idea of a happy house. There is always time to acknowledge that Someone is more important than Something, even if it takes a couple of precious minutes.

The only good thing about punctuality is that it usually gets you an apology.

BORE, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.

You must be careful about giving any drink whatsoever to a bore. A lit-up bore is the worst in the world.

The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animals. Some of their most esteemed inventions have no other apparent purpose, for example, the dinner party of more than two, the epic poem, and the science of metaphysics.

Charming people live up to the very edge of their charm, and behave as outrageously as the world will let them.

'T is a rule of manners to avoid exaggeration.

Your letter of excuses has arrived. I receive the letter, but do not admit the excuses, except in courtesy; as when a man treads on your toes and begs your pardon, the pardon is granted, but the joint aches, especially if there is a corn upon it.

Man 1: Where are you from? Man 2: From a place where we do not end sentences with prepositions. Man 1: Okay, where are you from, jackass?