Quotes About Etiquette

Queen Elizabeth is reserved when she meets strangers - but with friends and family she can be very witty.

As a general rule, when you comment on a blog, make it knowledgeable or witty and, most of all, relevant to that post - then, simply sign it with your name and your book title. Resist the urge to brag or sell your book.

Male writers don't want to be judged in the room. They want to be able to scarf an entire bag of potato chips while cracking fart jokes and making lewd comments without fear of feminine disapproval. But we're your co-workers, not your wives.

Never guess a woman's age. Never guess a woman's weight. Never even talk about weight in front of a woman. And never, ever ask a woman when she's due.

When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers.

A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals.

I always open doors for women. It's just good manners.

I think, so many times in society, women are expected to behave a certain way. You are raised to say 'sorry' and 'excuse me', and get out of the way.

One of the most telling things about a person is how they say hello, handshakes.

Sex is a bad thing because it rumples the clothes.

To be always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good; the very perfection of manners is not to think about yourself.

I don't ever remember seeing a base runner who was all the way to third base run back across the mound. It was kind of a respectful thing.

It is better not to sit on the grass after thirty when sprawling at all is difficult, let alone sprawling gracefully.

I believe in Ronald Reagan's 11th commandment, thou shall not speak unfavorably of another Republican.

I'm teaching my daughters to be ladies by showing them how to dress appropriately when they leave the house, and how to be thoughtful and polite.

If I'm receiving an email from a stranger, I usually like it to be properly thoughtful and explanatory, and not just hitting someone up for a casual favor out of the blue who you've never met before. I really believe in manners.

Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.

Although there exist many thousand subjects for elegant conversation, there are persons who cannot meet a cripple without talking about feet.

Parties are not built up by deportment, or by ladies' magazines, or gush.

When your family is twice as weird as normal, you have to be twice as polite to authority, because authority hates weird.

Does one refuse to ride with an Emperor?' 'If one is wise, one does not.

Never praise a sister to a sister, in the hope of your compliments reaching the proper ears.

Dalam berargumentasi jangan mengeluarkan ejekan mau pun sindiran tajam.

Come along, Mr. Iverson, you must be starved to death," said the dean. He saw my startled look and added dryly, "That's an observation, by the way. Not a decree.