Quotes About Polite

The winds of fortune tend to favour the sails of those who politely yell out to it, 'Nice to meet you!

She has always seemed to me the epitome of womankind: coldly suspicious, politely ill-tempered, and narrowly selfish.

You'd expect her to see reason,' he muttered. 'I don't see why. Most of us don't – we see habit. She'll oppose any modification, reasonable or not, that conflicts with her previously trained feelings of what is right and polite – and be quite honestly convinced that she's showing steadfast strength of character.

You'd expect her to see reason,' he muttered. I don't see why. Most of us don't - we see habit. She'll oppose any modification, reasonable or not, that conflicts with her previously trained feelings of what is right and polite - and be quite honestly convinced that she's showing steadfast strength of character. . .

People in France are very intrusive when they recognize you. In New York, they are very polite, with quick words, so it's great.

If I had my way I'd move everybody up to Canada. It's nice there. Very polite. We went for a weekend last fall and got a flat tire and these two farmers with bright-red faces insisted on fixing it, then springing for dinner, then starting a college fund for the babies.

These were all things which a youth chafing against the restrictions of a polite age admired: but when he met them in a rival he bitterly resented them, because he knew himself to be at a disadvantage, playing the Corsair's rôle in front of the Corsair himself. Had

Don Lorenzo and 'Master Eccari' fenced pleasantries for a few moments thereafter; Galdo eventually let himself be skewered with the politest possible version of 'Thanks, but piss off.

Kill the women? No – nobody ever saw anything in the books like that. You fetch them to the cave, and you're always as polite as pie to them; and by-and-by they fall in love with you and never want to go home any more.

Neither question nor answer was meant as anything more than a polite preamble to conversation.

His eyes were polite yet maleficent, as though he was making an effort to be civil to the photographer while plotting to murder his wife.

Give that mint Milano back, you bitch. If you can't at least be polite, you don't get a treat.

Can I offer you some tea while you ransack our place?' Lockwood asked politely.

Then, aware once more of her obligation, she asked politely: "You only wrriter, or your work also?" "I hope to teach English one day.

At the polite but firm request of the security team, I had not driven a car in seven months.

It's a very relaxed approach at Sporting in terms of football. They pride themselves on bringing you up as a polite and respectful person. They would never get angry with you if you missed a pass but they would do if you were disrespectful to someone. There was no shouting.

An excuse is a polite rejection. Men are not afraid of 'ruining the friendship.

Acting on the theory that sometimes luck is better than work, I randomly called several people named Dattilo in Kentucky. All were unfailingly polite, and none knew anything about a major with their last name who died in World War II. I also discovered that more Dattilos lived in Kentucky than I would have imagined.

You're a big boy, you ought to understand that punctual transport, public order and safe streets, polite people and good medical services are all the achievements of dictatorship.

I'm the most un-diva-ish person you'll meet. I'm never rude to people and I am always on time.

I tell Mark I'm glad to see some cup holders were left in place. I recognize the brief, polite silence that follows. It's Mark Roman rendered mute by the fullness of my ignorance. They're rifle holders.

not sure, but I tell her that it does because I'm Midwestern and agreeable. She

He looked a bit more confused by Stevie and David, but nodded politely. "I'm a watch ad," David said. "She's a hipster grandpa. Together, we solve crime.

Hans kone, dronning Victoria Eugenia, sa om ham: Han er munter som en latiner, høflig som en habsburger, sportslig som en engelskmann, stolt som en spanjol og like egoistisk som enhver annen mann.