Quotes About Etiquette

Learn to see yourself as a pleasant person, courteous and respectful, and learn to do those things that a courteous and respectful person would do.

Decían demasiadas cortesías ridículas. Pase usted, a sus órdenes, en casa de usted, con su permiso, es propio, puta madre: todos los que según la clase media son los modales de la clase alta.

Was it the forgetfulness of old age or personal incapacity that made the man able to say please but not thank you?

I must go the washroom. I've shaken a lot of hands.

It is difficult to remember all, and ungracious to omit any.

"If you don't go to other men's funerals," he told Father stiffly, "they won't go to yours."

Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.

The one thing the English can't stand is someone getting above themselves.

Sorry is what the English say when they don't know what to say.

Learn how to bow. It is an old gesture of respect, honor and pride.

Nobody, and I mean Nobody... puts ketchup on a hot dog.

If you're wearing it to 'da club, you shouldn't be wearing it to 'da office.

It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.

When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers.

My mom taught me not to talk about money.

If a man spoke to you in that tone, you'd invite him to step outside and ask someone to hold your coat." 378

One of the French lords says, "To lose gracefully is an art that every gentleman cultivates." "I hope to cultivate it too," he says. "If you see an example I might follow, please point it out.

We shall have to develop a hand signal for "Back off, our prince is fucking this man's daughter." He is surprised the Italians have not done it.

He looks around at his guests. All are prepared. A Latin grace; English would be his choice, but he will suit his company. Who cross themselves ostentatiously, in papist style. Who look at him, expectant. He shouts for the waiters. The doors burst open. Sweating men heave the platters to the table. It seems the meat is fresh, in fact not slaughtered yet. It is just a minor breach of etiquette. The company must sit and salivate. The Boleyns are laid at his hand to be carved.

Well, you know the form,' Bedingfield says. 'She lives in that room and has her ladies – those ones – cook for her over the fire. You knock and go in, and if you call her Lady Katherine she kicks you out, and if you call her Your Highness she lets you stay. So I call her nothing. You, I call her. As if she were a girl that scrubs the steps.

Full bellies breed gentle manners. A pinch of famine makes monsters.(Bringing up the bodies,pg 36)

Full bellies breed gentle manners. The pinch of famine makes monsters. . .

You surely won't turn him into a frog?" asked the Queen. (For this had been known to happen in royal families before.) "Certainly not!" said the Dust Grey Fairy. "I'm sure he would enjoy it, lurking around the lily leaves waiting to be kissed, but he would learn no manners at all!" "Nor send him to sleep for a hundred years?" "That's for girls only," said the Dust Grey Fairy. "Boys are lazy enough as it is." "True, true," admitted the Queen.

Please restrain your commentary on the furniture.