Quotes About Etiquette

How come adults got away with saying things that would sound rude coming out of her mouth?

Now the etiquette of war required that on such occasions no blood should be spilt, unless the weaker party proved to be a man of rank or ability equal to that of the stronger.

What separates or unites people is not their language, their laws, their customs, their principles, but the way they hold their knife and fork.

Diplomacy is to do and say, The nastiest thing in the nicest way.

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

Diplomasi adalah mengatakan hal yang paling buruk dengan cara yang paling manis.

Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.

I am always saying "Glad to've met you" to somebody I'm not at all glad I met. If you want to stay alive, you have to say that stuff, though.

So why in the name of Merlin's saggy left —" Don't talk to your mother like that.

Visitors should behave in such a way that the host and hostess feel at home.

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Andrea was right. "Dumb" is not a nice word. In fact, there's only one word in the English language that's worse than dumb. "Dumbhead.

Miss Daisy, if I can go to the bathroom even though I don't really have

But it's not cool to laugh at your parents' jokes, as you well know.

Toker Etiquette was moving along, they had been studying advanced problems like where to pass a joint in a moving crowd.

He tsked. "No tits, no manners." He shook his head. "You should try to have at least one or the other. A pair of great tits covers a multitude of sins.

You can't just walk up to a stand of unsuspecting oaks and start touching. They'd think you're getting fresh with them.

It's really cool when a guy tips 20 per cent quickly and effortlessly so that when the check comes, he opens it and signs his name and done.

Tradition demands that we not speak poorly of the dead.

Stop saying no offense," I said, "when you say offensive things. It's not a free pass.

My telephone manners were, well, offensive to some. As I lugged my cell around, yammering away, I noticed cold stares from passersby who viewed me as a kind of techno-terrorist, or at least incredibly rude.

I believe you leave opinions and views with your hat and coat at the door.

An elaborate system of etiquette and social standards flowered around the home phone: how long a child might be allowed to stay on the phone, how late one could call without being impolite, and of course, the dread implications of a late night call which violated that norm.