Quotes About Manners

It's not a slam at you when people are rude — it's a slam at the people they've met before.

Not quite so fast, sir, if you please,' she said

The line between the public life and the private life has been erased, due to the rapid decline of manners and courtesy. There is a certain crudeness and crassness that has suddenly become accepted behavior, even desirable.

Few enjoy noisy overcrowded functions. But they are a gesture of goodwill on the part of host or hostess, and also on the part of guests who submit to them.

He has no more manners than a bear.

Of course men can't know you when you're unclean,' said Hilda. 'It says so in the Bible. That's why it's called the curse. It's God's punishment.' 'For what?' 'Giving Adam the apple, I suppose.' 'He didn't have to eat it.' 'Yes he did. If someone offers you food, it's only manners to take it. Why are you always so argumentative?

If you can´t say something nice, don´t say nothing at all. (Thumper from the Disney movie Bambi)

Granpa always said that if you was spoken to, treat such with proper respect and give full attention to what was being said.

Polite conversation is rarely either.

No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation.

Don't sneeze, don't point at anybody with your little finger, don't scratch your left eyebrow, don't angle your knife so that it reflects light in somebody's eyes unless you're challenging them to a duel...

Let no one who wishes to receive agreeable impressions of American manners, commence their travels in a Mississippi steamboat.

A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.

We have glamorized vice and minimized virtue. We have played down gentleness, manners, and morals—while we have played up rudeness, savagery, and vice . . . and the philosophy of "might is right.

A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to their parents will no have true respect from anyone

The Scripture warns about evil communications that corrupt good manners. Off-color jokes and dirty stories have no place in the Christian life. Thousands of people are engaging in immorality by the way they talk. Keep your talk pure. Ask God to purify your tongue.

Kyoya: I don't like this food. But do you think I'd be so inhuman as to complain after you treated me? That's a rude assumption.

Politeness is the hallmark of the gentleman and the gentlewoman. No single, positive characteristic

Thank you, Sal," said Pindar. Sal bowed to Pindar and winked at Joe. It struck Joe that Pindar was exceedingly gracious to everyone they encountered, and, as they took their seats, Joe asked Pindar about that. "It never hurts to be kind to people," Pindar replied.

To put it another way, Donald Trump was not having an impact on the culture but simply reflecting a culture that has grown more impolite and vulgar.

Co kilka dni widywa? pann? Izabel? w licznych towarzystwach, otoczon? m?odszymi i starszymi lud?mi. Ale ju? nie razi?y go ani umizgi m??czyzn, ani jej spojrzenia i u?miechy.

What you call extravagance is really comfort, pleasure and polish, which the lower orders learn from the aristocracy, and so grow civilised themselves. I have heard from very liberal people that there must be classes in society that cultivate science, art and refined manners — first, so that others may take living examples from them, and then to provide encouragement for noble actions.

it takes no more time to be polite to every one than it does to be rude.

C'est drôle comme les gens qui se croient instruits éprouvent le besoin de faire chier le monde.