Quotes About Manners

And do stop sneezing. It annoys me so much when people sneeze.

Still, everyone appeared to be extremely nice, except that that Dr Greenfield man was a trifle rebarbative. (This was a word which Toby had recently learnt at school and could not now conceive of doing without.)

Prawdziwy d?entelmen nigdy nie d??y do wyruchania dziewczyny na pierwszej randce (chyba, ?e nie planuje drugiej).

Ah nivir bother asking ma father who ah kin shag, ah idly observe. - Glad tae hear it, Sylvia says in clipped tones as Ali stifles a giggle. - Me neither... groans Matty, -...unless it's muh ma. - That's only good manners, ah shrugs.

nunca cometía la equivocación de ser demasiado educado con un hombre de la Fundación. Él podía ser un extranjero, pero un hombre siempre es un hombre.

Wienis tekintete fagyossá vált, mint a jégcsap. – Felségednek szólítsalak? – Igen. – Rendben van. Felséged hülye!

Politeness on Earth is like dryness in the ocean

not only serve the meal, they offer to cut the meat.

nothing surprises me, I can anticipate others' reactions, I understand what gestures mean, silences, formulas of courtesy, ambiguous responses. Only there do I feel comfortable socially—despite the fact I rarely behave as I'm expected to—because there I know how to behave and my good manners rarely fail me.

In Chile it is bad manners to acknowledge that you're overly satisfied, because that can irritate the less fortunate, which is why for us the correct answer to the question "How are you?" is "So-so." That is an opening for sympathizing with the other speaker's situation.

Sus modales eran impecables, requisito esencial en la clase alta, dónde el uso debido del tenedor era más importante que las condiciones morales de un sujeto.

y con buenos modales para ir a restaurantes y al cine.

the national sport is to talk about the person who just left the room. In this, too, we are different from our idols, the English, whose principles forbid them from making personal remarks.

It never crosses your mind to praise something another person is wearing, because they're certain to whip it off and give it to you. If there is food left from a meal, the genteel thing is to give it to the guests to take home, just as you never arrive at someone's house with empty hands.

The first thing we offer a visitor is a tecito, an agüita, or a vinito, a "nice little drink" of tea, water, or wine. We always add the diminutive -ito to our words, almost as an apology for offering, in accord with our desire not to be noticed and our horror of putting on airs, even with words.

He had calling cards with his family crest on them and respected all the known rules of urbanity as well as some of his own invention, such as eating artichokes with tongs, which provoked general stupefaction.

I hate how old people get in my way when I'm swimming. You're trying to get into the zone and normally, if there's someone faster than you, you get out of the way, but old people don't; they're like, you can go round me. I give a little tut when I pass them.

Even if you can't afford to travel the world, you can take your children to the museum, zoo or local park. And don't be afraid to take them to grown-up spots. Eating out in a restaurant teaches children how to be quiet and polite and gives them the pleasure of knowing you trust them to behave.

It's pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious.

The test of a man or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel.

Children should be seen and not heard.

There is such a thing as too much couth.

Conscience is thoroughly well-bred, and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it.

John Wesley's conversation is good, but he is never at leisure. He is always obliged to go at a certain hour. This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have his talk out as I do.