Quotes About Etiquette

You must never call it the Shetlands. Islanders are proud and can be prickly about the name: it's either Shetland or the Shetland Islands.

It is possible to have good manners and be funny at the same time. Ronnie Barker and I proved that.

Vigorous public ball scratching is common in the combat-arms side of the Marine Corps, even among high-level officers in the midst of briefings.

Manners are especially the need of the plain. The pretty can get away with anything.

Miss Runcible wore trousers and Miles touched up his eye-lashes in the dining-room of the hotel where they stopped for luncheon. So they were asked to leave.

They are a very decent, generous lot of people out here and they don't expect you to listen. Always remember that, dear boy. It's the secret of social ease in this country. They talk entirely for their own pleasure. Nothing they say is designed to be heard.

A wonderfully congenial group who live by a unique set of social standards. According to their rules, any sin is acceptable provided it is carried off in good taste.

adore having you. It's only Ian; he was saying tonight he wondered if you wouldn't feel more comfortable if you paid something…

The Grace of God is in courtesy';

Ned, he said, there is one thing I must beg of you. Always wear a tall hat on Sundays during term. It is by that, more than anything, that a man is judged.

Algernon Stitch was standing in the hall; his bowler hat was on his head; his right hand, grasping a crimson, royally emblazoned dispatch case, emerged from the left sleeve of his overcoat; his other hand burrowed petulantly in his breast pocket. An umbrella under his left arm further inconvenienced him. He spoke indistinctly, for he was holding a folded copy of the morning paper between his teeth. "Can't get it on," he seemed to say.

They conducted themselves according to the rules of behavior associated with an amusement park.

You're very polite, but I belong to another generation

None of the Victorian mothers--and most of the mothers were Victorian--had any idea how casually their daughters were accustomed to be kissed.

Maggie was the only person she knew with genuine class. "Damn it to hell!" she yelled to the cats. "What ever happened to people behaving like ladies and gentlemen?" The cats had no clue, and got up and left the room. As she sat

Alla gente non piacciono questi fatti, ma non so che cosa farci. Se qualcuno ti chiede come stai, si aspetta che tu risponda BENE. Non devi dire che la sera prima ti sei addormentata piangendo perché erano due giorni di fila che non parlavi con un'altra persona. Devi dire: BENE.

Sookie realized she really should have put her foot down when Ce Ce and James invited all their friends to bring their pets to the reception

I don't mean to be rude, but

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Hablar es tener demasiada consideración por los demás. Por la boca mueren los peces y Oscar Wilde.

I believe firmly in mystery and manners.

One thing about the fantasy dinner party idea that no one considers is whether these people are going to get on. I would say John McEnroe and Ian McEwan, but what would they have to say to each other?

Girls don't poop, so don't claim you do. You can fart - because farting is funny - but we don't want to know that you poop.

When someone is wearing a dress that makes her look fat, don't say 'That's a great dress.' It always comes off badly.