Quotes About Etiquette

Well I'm finding it harder to be a gentleman every day All the manners that I've been taught have slowly died away But if I held the door open for you It wouldn't make your day.

In Britain, you do your job. When you do an American TV show, there is a sense of being one with the crew, and there is a leadership element, which was a learning curve for me because it is very different culturally. In Britain, you just do it, leave and say, 'Thanks.'

Politeness [is] a sign of dignity, not subservience.

Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.

They spoke politely and with deference to the adults, whereas it went against my nature not to speak plainly. To many people speaking plainly is the same as speaking rudely. Whereas to me, if one was direct, it saved time and misunderstanding.

At a dinner which a wealthy Alderman gave to some of the leading members of the government, the Lord Treasurer and the Lord Chancellor were so drunk that they stripped themselves almost stark naked, and were with difficulty prevented from climbing up a signpost to drink His Majesty's health.

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.

I don't go to a lot of other directors' sets; directors don't come to mine. Directors are all very cordial with each other, but they're not necessarily friendly.

Crashing could not be more inconsiderate to a host. It is a negative act because hosts likely have a particular plan for the event, an intention to move guests' attitudes in a certain direction.

Salary stories are intrusive. Do you ask your neighbour what they earn for their job?

Children should neither be seen or heard from - ever again.

Nothing gets on other people's nerves at the office more than a whistler. And the sad part is, these whistlers don't know they're doing it. Someone should, tactfully, tell the whistler how much it disrupts the office environment.

People think I'm rude. I'm not rude; I'm just not networking. It's just honesty.

I was told that karate has a courtesy: 'Start with a bow and end with a bow.' This is something important we value in our lives, because we never forget courtesy and a feeling of gratitude wherever we go.

Never take a girl to the movies on a first date! That's basically like, 'We don't want to hear you talk.'

It's nice to be important, but it's important to always be nice.

If you're not a nice person, don't call.

Karl Lagerfeld looks very tough because of the glasses, and he has all these rings and the leather gloves, and he's so smart. But he's a very nice person... when he comes into a room or studio, he is going to say hello to each person, and the same when he leaves.

I've said nice things about the people I was with before, but that's what you do.

I like Frenchmen very much, because even when they insult you they do it so nicely.

Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way.

There's no excuse for rudeness.

I learned women never want to hear they have big feet. That's no fun.

Y'all have no idea how many times I say, 'Yes, ma'am.'