Quotes About Etiquette

In some cultures, "How do you do?" and "How are you?" are considered impolite and too personal.

DON'T gang up on the other person and enlist others to your side just to prove that you're right. DON'T raise your voice. DON'T respond sarcastically. DON'T take a difference of opinion personally.

Adding 'to you' after the word 'introduce' will help you maintain the order of an introduction. Never say 'I'd like you to meet...' when introducing someone, as it reverses the correct order of an introduction. 'You to' is nonstandard grammar, and the only time to say 'you to' is when referring to a certain Irish rock band.

It's best to take a potted plant or flowers already arranged in a vase. Avoid arriving with an unarranged bouquet of flowers, as the host will have to find a vase, trim the stems, and arrange the flowers. This unexpected chore, coupled with answering the door and checking on dinner, can be stressful for even the most seasoned host.

Lymond's behaviour, as always, went to the limits of polite usage and then hurtled off into space.

It is unwise to assume that just because someone has no manners, he is an inferior swordsman as well.

The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

I like to have a martini, Two at the very most. After three I'm under the table, after four I'm under my host.

Those who have mastered etiquette, who are entirely, impeccably right, would seem to arrive at a point of exquisite dullness.

I like to have a martini, Two at the very most. After three I'm under the table, after four I'm under my host.

Most people have no idea how to politely answer a phone. The English do, and it's been their only major business advantage for the past two centuries.

Good to know. Because proposing while we're both naked is pretty pathetic. Bad form.

Oscar Wilde once defined a gentleman as one who never insulted somebody else accidentally.

The boldness of his mind was sheathed in a scabbard of politeness.

All doors open to courtesy.

All my life, I've stayed at parties too long because I didn't know when to go.

Life is all about manners. Nothing else matters.

I know all the swear words. I just don't use them. There are worse things in life than being called a Lady.

Do not ever give a Queen a home appliance as a gift. Period. The end.

Lord Sedgecroft--" "Ssh. It isn't polite to interrupt me when I'm kissing you.

A society that once operated with some degree of sanity and politeness has become largely demented and rude.

Show me a man who is a good loser and I'll show you a man who is playing golf with his boss

We will all be known for a lifetime of polite, professional behavior or a few lapses in judgement and decorum.

Be nice to people on your way up because you meet them on your way down.