Quotes About Etiquette

I really think the more talent people have, the more polite they are: Laurence Olivier and Alec Guinness always arrived on time and were impeccably behaved. It's only the gutter snipes who leave their lipstick on the studio floor - and that's just the men.

In polite society one laughs at all the jokes, including the ones one has heard before.

I want my kids to be polite and respectful, stand on their own two feet.

It is more comfortable for me, in the long run, to be rude than polite.

No one who is at all acquainted with the Indian in his home can deny that we are a polite people.

It's important to be courteous; it has to be. I was raised very well by my parents, so it's about being polite and courteous.

Obviously I'm going to be polite, so nobody has anything to fear from me.

Being polite does not mean being mummified.

I'm not disrespectful, I try to be polite.

I tend to be the type who is overly polite and sort of ingratiating to other people.

I would say L.A. is more polite than London - it's a very careful place. People talk a lot in code.

I'm big on my kids being conventionally polite, and it works really well for them.

When telemarketers call me now, I won't get the blow-horn. I'm more polite than the average person.

My fans are pretty normal, they are always really nice and polite, and they don't interrupt my meals.

There's something very polite about the British accents. It's sort of sanitizing.

People are not as nice as they used to be. There used to be a time when we conversed. You don't get a lot of real responses now. They used to be more polite and well-mannered people, generally. It's minimal now.

The last thing I want to do is get togged up, go out and be polite.

If somebody is mean or rude, I just, I don't engage - just block and say, 'Well, that's not very polite.'

Johnny Depp was the most polite young actor I've ever worked with.

I am perfectly capable of writing things about myself that one doesn't discuss in polite company, but I was raised by people who said you don't discuss politics, you don't discuss religion, and you certainly don't discuss people's sex lives.

I'm very Asian, and also my mom raised me to be polite and to eat whatever is put in front of me. I actually enjoy snails a lot. And I've eaten sea urchin and that shebang.

It's so funny because when you're working with an acquaintance or someone else, you're being more polite. I find that I'm a little bit more of a brat when I'm in the studio with my dad, so I feel bad.

When I sit down to do an interview, I try to be polite and answer the questions that I'm asked.

If you are being interviewed, just be polite, have fun.