Quotes About Etiquette

One lesson you better learn if you want to be in politics is that you never go out on a golf course and beat the President.

The old injunction 'Don't talk with your mouth full' is based on the presumption that, however multifunctional a mouth may be, it should only perform one job at a time. Humans have found a way around this limitation in the form of food writing.

The rules of Canadian engagement say that if we encounter a celebrity, we have to pretend we're not encountering a celebrity.

Always come to a conversation armed with two drinks. Then if it's dire you can pretend you were on the way to find someone else. And if it's interesting, you can stay and down both glasses without moving.

You won't ever hear me talk about whether my wife's prettier than your wife.

I never let them cough. They wouldn't dare.

It's bad enough on a first date trying not to say something dumb without having three Secret Service guys with you.

I shake hands on the first date.

Any guy I date has to have manners - you know, get the door. And he has to have confidence and be secure in who he is.

Chivalry is dead.

When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy, the only decent thing to do is die at once.

There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.

If Mr. Selwyn calls again, show him up; if I am alive I shall be delighted to see him; and if I am dead he would like to see me.

It's just like with people. You're going to get along better working with them - human or equine - if you ask politely rather than demand that they do things.

Patrons, don't berate bouncers for denying you entry.

I've always told my children that Americans will tell you pretty much anything, but that convention dictates that we don't like to talk money or politics.

I don't need to air any differences of opinion in public.

Taste is more to do with manners than appearances. Taste is both myth and reality; it is not a style.

I understand that some fans want to express their feelings with signs, and they should do so, as long as they stay within the boundaries of good taste and don't block the view of other fans.

From the time I was taught how to drive, I was taught how to behave when I'm stopped.

Coming from an Asian culture, I was always taught to respect my elders, to be a better listener than a talker.

I believe that if a guy doesn't offer to pay the whole thing when he asks you on a date, he wasn't taught right. But I also believe if a woman on a date allows him to pay for the whole thing without at least offering to pay half, she wasn't taught right.

They are at the end of the gallery; retired to their tea and scandal, according to their ancient custom.

You don't put milk in chamomile tea - that's disgusting behavior! That's not right.