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Quotes About Etiquette

Well, no one treats me like a full-fledged royal, said Lissa, turning back to the dresses. No reason to act like one now. Show me your straps and short-sleeves.
~ Richelle Mead
Hey Mason, wipe that drool off you face. If you're going to think about me naked, do it on your own time. -Rose to Mason
~ Richelle Mead
Rosemarie you are out of line
~ Richelle Mead
Nah. I helped when I ate everything on my plate. No mess that way." He paused. "And yes, you're welcome.
~ Richelle Mead
He can go to a boardroom meeting . . . he's very proper now." - Sydney Sage
~ Richelle Mead
You can't pee in front of little Lord Jesus, go back to the hills.
~ Rita Mae Brown
Good day, Sir.
~ Roald Dahl
Hey!' Bruno called out 'Give me the rest of that banana I was eating.
~ Roald Dahl
Showler here, Mr. President
~ Roald Dahl
She was talking very fast and very loudly to everyone, but it was not easy to hear all that she said because she was chewing so ferociously upon a piece of gum at the same time.
~ Roald Dahl
was about to have mine,' the Queen said, 'but Mary dropped it.
~ Roald Dahl
An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
An armed society is a polite society.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
The correct way to punctuate a sentence that states: Of course it is none of my business, but -- is to place a period after the word but. Don't use excessive force in supplying such a moron with a period. Cutting his throat is only a momentary pleasure and is bound to get you talked about.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
Certain types of loudmouthism should be a capital offense among decent people.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
Have you ever known me to be rude to a lady? I have seen you be intentionally rude to a woman. I have never seen you be rude to a lady.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never dealt with a cat.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
Formal courtesy between husband and wife is even more important than it is between strangers.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
You're not privileged to call me 'Boss'; you're not tax deductible.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
answered his telephone himself if he happened to be at hand when it signalled because each call offered good odds that he would be justified in being gratifyingly rude to some stranger for daring to invade his privacy without cause—"cause" by Harshaw's definition, not by the stranger's.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
Congratulations! A desire not to butt into other people's business is eighty percent of all human wisdom." "You
~ Robert A. Heinlein
Mother had the social restraint of an ambassador.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
Sick cultures show a complex of symptoms such as you have named…but a dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
Minnet, diÅŸ bilemenin edepli halidir.
~ Robert A. Heinlein