Quotes About Manners

Girls will probably - if she's a lady - never do the No. 2 around you. If they're not a lady, she might poo. You might ask her, 'What's that smell?' And she'll be like 'I don't know!' But it really might be her. Because it happens.

As a guest who doesn't eat, drink or smoke, you leave much to be desired, but as a writer, you're my girl.

I hate, and I hate using that word, that's twice, but people that will do the old take the camera out and do the sneak pic. Like, the guys that are afraid to come up to you, so they'll like try to video you.

Be able to sneeze without sounding ridiculous. That means neither stifling yourself or spraying your immediate vicinity.

I do not mourn the death of the printed letter in a snobby, East Coast, patrician way - 'Where have our manners gone?' - but because I love objects, I love paper, and I love something that I can hold to my chest for a moment. Still, I bear no grudge against the e-mail form itself.

Courtesies cannot be borrowed like snow shovels; you must have some of your own.

I've had so many people say stuff to me. I meet them, have a chat for five minutes and they think they can say what they like. I used to laugh it off, but now I think 'why do you think you can say that to me? You don't know me.'

If you're in the so-called public eye you have to watch your P's and Q's.

A true gentleman has no vices, but he allows you your own.

Det er en kjedelig uvane som særlig går ut over damene, å måtte låne ut leppene til hvem som helst som har tre tjenere på slep, uansett hvor frastøtende han er.

MiÅ'o mi sÅ'ysze?, ?e siÄ™ pan tak uprzejmie zwraca do kota. Nie wiadomo, dlaczego wszyscy mówiÄ… do kotów "ty", cho? jako ?ywo ?aden kot nigdy z nikim nie piÅ' bruderszaftu.

Chewing a forkful of caviar, Styopa managed to squeeze out the words: And you?...have a bite? Thank you, I never do, answered the stranger and poured a second drink. They uncovered the saucepan and found that it contained sausages with tomato sauce. (86)

When you sit face to face with someone who is pleasant, respectful, and polite, you have hard time reminding yourself that nothing he says is true/sincere.

isn't beer the holy libation of sincerity? the potion that dispels all hypocrisy, any charade of fine manners? the drink that does nothing worse than incite its fans to urinate in all innocence, to gain weight in all frankness?

Allí donde habla el corazón es de mala educación que la razón lo contradiga

and even if she did find them ugly, she would never say so, because flattery had long since become second nature to her

When you sit face to face with someone who is pleasant, respectful, and polite, you have a hard time reminding yourself that nothing he says is true, that nothing is sincere. Maintaining nonbelief (constantly, systematically, without the slightest vacillation) requires a tremendous effort and the proper training-in other words, frequent police interrogations.

Un mundo en el que toda la gente se tutea no es el mundo de la amistad generalizada sino el mundo de la falta de respeto generealizada.

I love to say "please" and you have to accept me that way. If you don't, it's your problem.

Forget love. Try good manners.

My love's manners in bed are not to be discussed by me

She says I am not fair, that I lack manners; She calls me proud, and that she could not love me, Were man as rare as Phoenix.

what we need in the world is manners ... I think that if, instead of preaching brotherly love, we preached good manners, we might get a little further. It sounds less righteous and more practical.

Those whodisrespect youwith their mouthdon't deserveyour ear.