Quotes About Etiquette

have not earned the right to call him a more casual name.

How he handles names plays a leading role in this process.

Si no oía claramente el nombre, decía: "Lo siento. No oí bien". Después, si el nombre era poco común, preguntaba cómo se escribía.

Siempre que Roosevelt esperaba a un visitante se quedaba hasta muy tarde, la noche anterior a su llegada, instruyéndose en el tema sobre el cual sabía que se interesaba particularmente el huésped esperado.

One does not go to Vatican City with one's ass hanging out.

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But he had once told Watson that the "less or fewer" issue, along with the use of "I" in such sentences as "He gave the money to Sheila and I", inflicted on the public by people who considered themselves well-educated, could be drastically reduced in frequency—if not actually abolished—by a few well-aimed pistol shots and an explanatory note that would be pinned to the victims' chests.

Belay that!" cries the first mate. "No fucking profanity. Speak when you're fucking spoken to, Crispe.

I immediately called Abe Bronstein to share the good news. Abe, who was as well known for never rising before ten-thirty in the morning as he was for his sense of good prose, congratulated me and gently pointed out that I had called at 5:45 A.M.

In Japan, I learned the hard way that the moment of exchanging business cards signals an important ritual. We Americans are prone to casually pocketing the card without looking, which there indicates disrespect. I was told you should take the card carefully, hold it in both hands, and study it for a while before putting it away in a special case

Oh, this age! How tasteless and ill bred it is!

[After she and Clare Boothe Luce met in a doorway and the latter said, 'Age before beauty':] Pearls before swine.

I'm a gentleman and I was always taught it's rude, to talk about a woman's age or weight unless you are breaking up with her.

Always remember this: If you don't attend the funerals of your friends, they will certainly not attend yours.

A vampire, like a lady, never reveals his true age.

Anger is something you should only vent in front of intimates, and friends and relations. Never be angry in front of strangers because you lose face.

You might be thinking by now that I had a lot of aunts and uncles, but that was just the courtesy of those days; children were not allowed to go around first-naming older people.

Typical conduct guides described how to stand (with feet turned out and one hand inside the waistcoat), to bow (with hat in hand, one knee bent and eyes downcast) and to walk (with head high and arms free) along with helpful pictures of the ideal poses, as well as detailed instructions on table manners and how to dance the minue

The little that he had said, thus far, had been sufficient to convince me that I was speaking to a gentleman. He had what I may venture to describe as the unsought self-possession, which is a sure sign of good breeding, not in England only, but everywhere else in the civilized world.

There are three things that none of the young men of the present generation can do. They can't sit over their wine, they can't play at whist, and they can't pay a lady a compliment.

How can you expect four women to dine together alone every day, and not quarrel?

Its title was, A Word With You On Your Cap-Ribbons. My

First of all, the Captain rates the honorific 'sir.' You will render that honorific or I will plant my foot in your ass.

All well bred persons lie – Besides, you are a woman; you must never speak what you think…