Quotes About Manners

One of the rudest things you can do, food-wise, is to stare at someone in the act of eating. It draws attention to the unseemly fact that eating is a bodily function - like animals, we are trapped by our hungers, but we do our best to disguise them with such civilized props as menus and forks.

Let's be clear about what an oik is, it is somebody from humble circumstance who behaves like trash. I am friends with many people from humble circumstances.

It's amazing to me how people throw stuff on the ground right next to a trash can. That drives me crazy.

I don't think you should go around talking trash about people because I think that's how you get your hat handed to you.

Japan is the most intoxicating place for me. In Kyoto, there's an inn called the Tawaraya which is quite extraordinary. The Japanese culture fascinates me: the food, the dress, the manners and the traditions. It's the travel experience that has moved me the most.

Whenever I'm traveling, I see so many auto drivers spitting on the road, and it disgusts me to no end.

You treat a lady like a dame, and a dame like a lady.

People treat me nice 'cos I treat them nice.

Be very professional because it will get you a lot further. You have to treat people with the same respect whether they're signing your checks or cleaning up after you.

To the house of a friend if you're pleased to retire, You must all things admit, you must all things admire; You must pay with observance the price of your treat, You must eat what is praised, and must praise what you eat.

Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.

My philosophy is to treat people how you want to be treated.

I treat people the way I want to be treated, which makes me odd.

I've always treated women with dignity and respect.

I've always treated women well.

My friends hated going out with me because people think they can grab you and talk to you how they want. At the end of the day, you're still a human being, and I don't like being treated that way - I prefer to live a quiet life.

My parents raised me to treat people the way you would want to be treated and to be polite. Sometimes, when I get nervous or insecure, I might overcompensate and might not be totally true to what I am feeling inside. But I get nervous and maybe too smiley and polite.

Treating others with respect matters.

My dad, being a businessman, constantly talked to me about carrying myself in a certain way and treating people with respect. And I think that's something that's carried over throughout my life. It's how I deal with certain situations.

More young people are aware of the need for thank yous and aware of the tremendous impression they make.

Umgangsformen sind Formen, die zunehmend umgangen werden.

A gentleman is someone who does not what he wants to do, but what he should do.

Being polite and grateful will make people more inclined to help you. And if people are willing to help you, you may accidentally get something you want.

Frankness is not a license to say anything you want, wherever and whenever you want. It is not rudeness.