Quotes About Etiquette

My own children wouldn't think of dropping in without calling to see if I'm busy.

One rule: Never let your husband see you exercising. No woman rolling around on the floor looks really adorable after she's passed her third birthday.

Thecla Haldane is a freelance photographer, […] flying around the world in jet aircraft covering news events and wars along with thousands male photographers. […] Her formula is, 'Conduct yourself like a lady, and you're always treated like one.' She's never 'one of the boys.

As for the other little amenities — yes, the lady lets the man light her cigarette, help her on with her coat, and open the door for her. Even if he's the boss. Manners are manners, and success doesn't mean that a woman has to forgo the courtesies that make life easy and pleasant.

The most famous courtesy book is Il Cortegiano by Baldassare Castiglione, published in 1528.

Drinking your milk and talking at the same time may result in your having to be patted on the back and dried for quite a long time afterwords.

I hate people who sneak into first class to use the bathroom. I'm sitting there, in 4F, sipping Cristal and admiring my new line of jewelry for QVC, and suddenly, busting through the curtain and rushing toward the bathroom is some doughy soccer mom holding her crotch and yelling, "Emergency, emergency!" No, it's not!!! Opening the main hatch and pushing you out at thirty thousand feet for disturbing me is an emergency.

Common politeness required that I find out; so did extreme nosiness.

So far as I knew, Hallmark didn't make a "Sorry I Interrupted Your Oral Sex" card.

Make sure you wear something appropriate, dear. You never know who you'll run into and it's always smart to look your best.

Luperón," Steve says one day early in our stay, "is the only place you have to wash your hands before you pee.

Keep your hands to yourself, keep out of other people's personal space, and keep your temper under control, no matter what happens.

Ils n'étaient pas bavards. Ils n'avaient plus l'habitude de partager leurs repas. Le protocole ne fut donc pas très au point et tous deux eurent du mal à se dépêtrer de leur solitude...Mais c'était des gens bien élevés et ils firent un effort pour porter beau. S'égayèrent, trinquèrent, évoquèrent le quartier.

On peut rater sa vie par politesse

I resent people who use phrases like "my first," so the person they're speaking to is practically obliged to imagine them having sex to complete the sentence. It's not nice.)

West Ukrainian men, like Poles, are addressed as 'Pan So-and-So'; central and eastern Ukrainians, like Russians, are 'Gospodin'. Most Ukrainians are Orthodox, but in the west a separate 'Uniate' church, founded at the end of the sixteenth century, combines Orthodox liturgy with obedience to the Pope.

caballero" to the waiters. The last guy I saw doing that was Manolito in the High Chaparral.

Jaenelle blushed. "No, none of them are my mate. I'm not old enough for a mate," she added hurriedly as Smoke gave them all a look of blatant disapproval. "This is Saetan, the High Lord. He's my sire. My brother, Prince Mephis, is the High Lord's pup. And this is my uncle, Prince Andulvar, and my cousin, Lord Prothvar. And that's Lord Beale. Everyone, this is Prince Smoke.

Vlad stared at Simon. "Meg told the Elders they were . . ." "Bad puppies," Simon finished. "Yeah." A minute passed before Vlad said, "Why?" "They didn't say 'please' when they asked for cookies." "I don't know what to say." Simon scratched behind an ear that was now Wolf-shaped and furry. "That's okay. Meg said plenty for all of us.

The last time I visited the Hall, Uncle Daemon said you weren't allowed to have broccoli, because it makes you fart," Daemonar said. Tagg whined and gave the grocer a pleading look. "I might risk Prince Yaslana's displeasure," the grocer said, "but I'm not going to do anything that could stink up Lady Marian's home.

She stumbled then and Geryon caught her other arm, it was like a handful of autumn. He felt huge and wrong. When is it polite to let go someone's arm after you grab it?

Excuse me, where is the library at? - At Harward we don't end the sentence with preposition - Excuse me, where is the library at, jerk!?

Guests stay where you've put them, and carry on doing whatever you suggested they do, until you suggest they stop and do something else. If you leave them drinking a cup of tea and looking through your holiday slides, they're supposed to sit tight till you ask them to come and string beans in your kitchen.

Guests stay where you've put them, and carry on doing whatever you suggested they do, until you suggest they stop and do something else. If you leave them drinking a cup of tea and looking through your holiday slides, they're supposed to sit tight till you ask them to come string and beans in your kitchen.