Quotes About Etiquette

I was taught to show respect to old people," she said sweetly, adding, "no matter how little they may deserve it.

But Johannes had said, "Politeness is something you owe other people, because when you show a little courtesy, everything becomes easier and better. But first and foremost, it's something you owe yourself. You are David.

But what can I do? I can—she leapt into the abyss—join a ladies' club. There! That's respectable! That's something I can do! I can be ladylike. Why, I can be more ladylike than anyone, as long as I can keep myself from saying the first thing that pops into my mind.

It's embarrassing when someone tells you that you have something stuck in your teeth. It's more embarrassing when that stuff stays stuck in your teeth because no one told you. By "being kind" and keeping what they see from you, they inadvertently deny you the chance to get the spinach out of your teeth.

Conviction profonde que le savoir et les bonnes manières étaient la marque d'une excellence intérieure, innée.

Larmes, silence et dignité, tel est le comportement qu'on doit avoir à la mort d'un proche, dans une vision distinguée du monde.

An engineer is someone who washes his hands before going to the toilet.

Why do people say "no offense" right before they're about to offend you?

Although they are unfailingly gracious, evangelicals are not so good at respecting professional boundaries.

If your Facebook page has turned into a shrine to your relationship, pet, or newborn, no one will say anything, but all who are subjected to your news feed are totally annoyed. Super fans who turn their profiles into mausoleums dedicated to their teams are equally insufferable and one hundred times more pathetic.

I am a chilled-out person. But if people call me by my name, I hope they pronounce it right. I get called Baron, sometimes Varun, and my surname is often changed to Sobit.

When I was growing up, my family was serious about manners. I always wanted to put my elbow on the table to prop my head up. I didn't understand how other people looked awake. My head felt so heavy after the whole day.

It was considered oh, not proper for children to go to the movies.

Especially these days where everything is so polite and so proper, I think that rites of passage are good.

I was brought up with considerable discipline, and I was taught it wasn't proper to display certain very private emotions in public.

My family is really proper.

Oh, I love ladies in hats! One rule of restaurants: never take a hat from a lady; wait for her to offer you the hat because she might not want to take it off - she might not have had time to do her hair properly.

I'm not against profanity. It's an important part of the language when used properly.

There are major CEOs who do not know how to hold a knife and fork properly, but I don't worry about that as much as the lack of kindness.

My mum won't speak to me unless I speak properly on the phone. I have to speak 'American' for work, so often the accent comes through when I'm not at work.

You can be assured that I need no one's guidance in anything concerning propriety.

I'm a gentleman, if nothing else. It's taken me years to become one, but finally I have a sense of propriety.

I am not accustomed to protocol.

Someone did once bow to me, and my mother immediately told them off. Although whether she was prompted by the breach of protocol or the fact I enjoyed it a little too much, I really couldn't say.