Quotes About Etiquette

He politely breathed up my nose. I had learned many years ago that this is the preferred greeting of most horses. They like to breathe up your nose. Especially when you're first introduced. And then, to be polite, you must breathe back up theirs.

On a larger cultural level, where we live also determines our timeliness. For example, in Australia, you can be assured that your guests will show up thirty minutes late, often with friends in tow that they haven't told you about. In Switzerland, guests are always on time, and if they plan on being five minutes late, they will let you know. Japanese guests will show up a half hour before they are supposed to, and in Israel, they will be forty-five minutes late. Our

Americans' reputation for friendliness is the absence of physicality. In the United States, no one ever touches anyone else and if they do so by accident, most apologize immediately. Physical contact is seen by many as analogous to trespassing on posted land,

I've always thought that a little judicious hospitality was an essential lubricant in most human affairs.

It was a pleasure when a person remembered that good manners cost fuck-all, and it went a long way.

No one, no matter who they are, is above common courtesy. Remember that,

Tardiness was the greatest insult of them all; arrangements were made to suit those concerned – it was the height of rudeness to overlook other people's needs.

My guest was not the sort to whom you would say, "Please drop by again when you are next around". Once is enough.

No, Grace, it's not 'Miss Calhoun.'" Daniel had heard her say those words many times. They'd always set his teeth on edge. "It's Mrs. Reeves." Daniel added with angry triumph, "And guess what? I'm calling you Grace and the boys are calling you Ma.

It's probably not a good idea to be chewing on a toothpick if you're talking to the president, because what if he tells a funny joke and you laugh so hard you spit the toothpick out and it hits him in the face or something.

The best way will be to avoid each other without appearing to do so -- or if we jostle, at any rate not to bite.

The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest.

She must not swing her arms as though they were dangling ropes; she must not switch herself this way and that; she must not shout; and she must not, while wearing her bridal veil, smoke a cigarette

You can't sass me when you're holding your mouth closed.

Yes, royals know how to do things beyond counting our twelve toes.

Never read anything that you wouldn't want to read out loud - - to your mother.

Prince Albert was gazing out of the window into the dark streets. Grace's eyes locked with Prince Albert's and she immediately sank into curtsey. On rising, she blushed to see that he was nodding in acknowledgment and smiling. Not knowing what else to do, she curtseyed again, and while her knee was still bent, the traffic eased and the royal carriage moved off.

Never, ever ask a former clergyman to say the blessing over a holiday dinner. Not if you like your dinner warm, anyway.

Never trust a man who hollers at the help

You don't have to be Southern to have good manners. And you don't have to be a Yankee to make a total ass of yourself.

Close your mouth, Michael; we are not a codfish.

Politeness is half good manners and half good lying.

Politeness is one half good nature and the other half good lying.

Civility costs nothing and buys everything