Quotes About Etiquette

Oh my God, what is going on? Did you just curtsy at someone?

She talked too much, and evidently not in the right ways or about the right things.

At restaurants and bars, they sometimes slip Bengali phrases into their conversation in order to comment with impunity on another diner's unfortunate hair or shoes.

There's simply no way you can tell a woman you work with that you disapprove of her relationship with her adult child, no matter how much you think it would be better for him to move out.

We're supposed to be civilized. We're supposed to go to work every day. We're supposed to be nice to our friends and send Christmas cards to our parents.

As far as I can tell, dumping soda on people is the equivalent of 'Hi, it's nice to meet you' in this part of the world. Frankly, I think standard greetings work better, but what do I know?

It would be nice if everybody who had something interesting to say about my work could say it politely and civilly, but it doesn't work that way... Sometimes people are just really nasty.

Never, never, you must never either of you remind a man at work on a political job that he may be President.

Do not take the advantage of all the little luxuries a house of a stranger may offer you.

The idea of being stuck in a plane with dozens of people chatting over each other on their phones might feel like Dante's 10th circle of hell.

Always carry a handkerchief. Especially in television studios.

Her old Grannie and subject must be the first to kiss her hand.

Writers on etiquette receive a continuous flow of questions on subjects such as 'When is it too early in the season to wear white accessories?' and 'What is the proper gift to send to a family in mourning?'

Few enjoy noisy overcrowded functions. But they are a gesture of goodwill on the part of host or hostess, and also on the part of guests who submit to them.

Etiquette does not render you defenseless. If it did, even I wouldn't subscribe to it. But rudeness in retaliation for rudeness just doubles the amount of rudeness in the world.

I try to behave myself, and I succeed.

We live in different times. I would not have described London as a city of gun-toters but that was when Londoners still said sorry when you knock them over and called cappuccinos fluffy coffees & policemen, bobbies!

Don't argue at the dinner table. The one who is not hungry always wins the argument.

Golf is a game in which the slowest people in the world are those in front of you, and the fastest are those behind

A yawn may not be polite, but at least it is an honest opinion

A gentleman is a man who can play the accordion but doesn't.

Teach children to be polite and courteous in the home, and, when he grows up, he will never be able to edge his car onto a freeway.

Manners is the key thing. Say, for instance, when you're growing up, you're walking down the street, you've got to tell everybody good morning. Everybody. You can't pass one person.

Appearance is something you should definitely consider when you're going out. Have your girlfriend clip your nails or something like that.