Quotes About Etiquette

Never congratulate a doctor for the fast recovery of a patient.

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Beer is not a good cocktail-party drink, especially in a home where you don't know where the bathroom is.

A youth, when at home, should be filial, and, abroad, respectful to his elders.

Unfriending me when I didn't even know we were friends? It's like breaking wind when you're home alone. If I can't smell you, knock yourself out.

Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is ethics. It is honor.

Honor has to say "please" and "thank you." Manners are really important.

I hope the terms of Excellency, Honor, Worship, Esquire, forever disappear from among us... I wish that of Mr. would follow them.

I am, I hope, never offensive by accident.

My only hope was to be polite.

Never ignore the elephant in the room. That's rude

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.

Saying, 'I'm sorry' is the same as saying, 'I apologize.' Except at a funeral.

Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.

Don't interrupt me while I'm interrupting.

Nobody ever says, "Can I have your beets?

It's very dangerous to wave to people you don't know because what if they don't have hands? They'll think you're cocky.

If an Englishman gets run down by a truck he apologizes to the truck.

When I give a lecture, I accept that people look at their watches, but what I do not tolerate is when they look at it and raise it to their ear to find out if it stopped.

Even on the most solemn occasions I got away without wearing socks and hid that lack of civilization in high boots

You can say, 'Can I use your bathroom?' and nobody cares. But if you ask, 'Can I use the plop-plop machine?' it always breaks the conversation.

Don't you DARE use party as a verb in my shop

Never accept a drink from a urologist.