Quotes About Etiquette

Vulgarity, in my mind, is not cool.

I don't think anyone in this country wants to hear anything about President Trump from below the waist, below the belt.

Hold the door for a lady. Wait until a lady is out of the elevator.

It's not like it's hard to be decent and respectful and well-behaved. I do wait in line, and I do take the subway, and I do do my own grocery shopping, and I do take the kids to school.

A man needs to be polite, not just to me but to everyone. I watch that. How does he treat the waiter? How does he treat the coat-check girl? How does he treat the driver?

If I ever own a restaurant, I will never allow the waiters to ask if the diners like their dishes. Particularly when they're talking.

I hate it when people are impolite to waiters or to the valet or the guy in the supermarket. There's no need for that; it doesn't cost anything to be polite.

If a guy treats me respectfully and the waiter demeaningly, I'm turned off.

When I go to hotels, sometimes I find waiters and people who do not address me as 'Mr.' or address me as a normal guest would have been addressed, simply because my name is Maddy. I find that slightly offending, but I don't react to it thinking that maybe the name is so casual that people think it's a buddy that you are talking to.

The battle between server and servee is as ancient as it is well disguised, and it follows, therefore, that waiters have developed a private lingo that allows them to mock, complain, or simply entertain themselves.

My mother was a waitress in a Lyons Corner House, but she married up. She was keen on bettering herself. She taught me how to use the right knives and forks and behave properly.

In fact, everybody should wake up smelling nice. I go further, there is not an excuse, ever, not to smell nice, particularly your feet.

I was brought up to be a gentleman. That means you know how to walk, talk and dress the part.

I've actually walked out on a girl for being rude to a waitress. I go in to that restaurant all the time and that waitress was a good friend of mine.

I've walked away in the middle of a conversation and had no idea that was wrong until someone told me I was being rude.

I've been brought up to be polite and I'm not very confrontational, but even I have walked away from situations and thought, 'If only I'd said or done that.' Well Mr Hyde says and does that.

If you're walking with your lady on the sidewalk, I still like to see a man walking street-side, to protect the lady from traffic. I grew up with that, and I hate to see something like that get lost. I still like to see that a man opens the door. I like those touches of chivalry that are fast disappearing.

An evening dress that reveals a woman's ankles while walking is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen.

If you're in a conversation with me, the last thing I'll probably say when I'm walking away is, 'Thank you and sorry.'

Well, they're Southern people, and if they know you are working at home they think nothing of walking right in for coffee. But they wouldn't dream of interrupting you at golf.

When someone walks into me, whether it's my fault or not, I say, 'Sorry.'

When a hot woman walks by, and we ask if she's your type, refrain from saying things like, 'Nah, I like a woman with a little meat on her bones' as you give us a squeeze.

I think you should dress nicely for airports. You're surrounded by people coming from all walks of life. You should look your best.

If a guy ever walks into a restaurant on a date wearing mandals, you need to leave immediately. It's just not necessary.