Quotes About Etiquette

In my book, all manners are is thinking of somebody else.

Manners are really very important to me.

Manners are nothing more than thinking about somebody else.

American manners are different than British manners.

There's a real intense thing about manners in the South, a real prescribed way to be a woman.

When I started training martial arts, I learned about respect.

He held out his hand to Sophie, just like Mrs. Pentstemmon, but a little less royally. Sophie levered herself up, wondering if she was meant to kiss this hand or not. But since she felt more like raising her stick and beating the King over the head with it, she shook the King's hand and gave a creaking little curtsy.

He lied about that. He didn't want to annoy you. He's a slitherer-outer, if you know what I mean, Your Majesty.

It was a very powerful politeness.

Politeness. Being nice is what's left when you've failed at everything else.

Your email greetings should warm readers up—not put them off.

Greenberg cites the example of a planter who was challenged to a duel because he told a fellow planter that he smelled bad. "When the man of honor is told that he smells," Greenberg writes, "he does not draw a bath—he draws his pistol.

Nearly seventy Democratic lawmakers refused to attend Trump's inauguration, an unprecedented violation of democratic etiquette that would have provoked massive media outrage had Republicans done it to, say, Bill Clinton or Barack Obama.

Violate conventions and you are marked as an outsider. A rude outsider, at that.

The frequent traveler is continually confronted with this kind of situation: the behavior that is appropriate in one place is inappropriate in another, even in situations that appear to be identical. Known cultural norms can create comfort and harmony. Unknown norms can lead to discomfort and confusion.

Violation of cultural conventions can completely disrupt an interaction.

You can leave a server a bad tip only when you've worked in a restaurant and know what it's like.

When a butler or doorman or usher would enter the room, the Trumans would introduce him to whoever happened to be sitting in the room, even if it were a King or a Prime Minister. They introduced all the staff to their visitors—something I'd never seen the Roosevelts do.

ask the President and then tell the usher how many there will be. In the winter months,

We always accompany guests to a formal appointment with the President and First Lady. We simply announce their names. The rest of the time, we run the place. I have a budget of $152,000 a year, a staff of 62, and a free hand to furnish and direct the mansion as I see fit.

Tower of the Elephant in my third novel, Savage Son: "Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.

Robert E. Howard from The Tower of the Elephant in my third novel, Savage Son: "Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.

If I'm pushed, I'd also have to admit I don't like people with allergies. They just annoy me. There seems to be something far too self-centred about it. 'No thanks, I'm allergic.' Why not just say 'No thanks'? I wasn't asking for your medical history, I was just passing around the nuts. Trying to be friendly, that's all.

Well, don't fart or you'll scare the deer," he continued seriously. "They have very sensitive noses and ears.