Quotes About Manners

Miss Smith gave him a look that made him shut his mouth, except he begged her pardon first.

You certainly were a lady," Mother said firmly. "You handled yourself well in a crisis, just as every lady should. You're a farmer's daughter; you'll never have fancy dresses or an elegant life. That's not what makes a lady. A lady is how you behave.

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

Always respect your superiors, if you have any.

You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose, but you can't wipe your friends off on a saddle.

Well, they certainly didn't teach you any manners. (Lorelei) I'm a pirate. What, would you have me spout poetry? (Jack)

You, sir, have the manners of a stump. (Nora) Since I'm as tall as a tree, that would be rather fitting, don't you think? (Ewan)

Would you do me a favor milord? Be a boorish ass again. (Rowena)

Shouldn't you be asking for my name first?

You can catch more flies with honey than with sour milk

gelächelt, aber man konnte schon merken, dass sie nicht richtig freundlich war. Und ich finde, Maus darf doch du

Da hat Frau Voisin gesagt, dass sie keine Kinder hat und auch keinen Hund, und ob Maus denn nicht weiß, dass man zu erwachsenen Leuten nicht du sagen darf. Sie hat dabei gelächelt, aber man konnte schon merken, dass sie nicht richtig freundlich war. Und ich finde, Maus darf doch du sagen, weil er erst vier ist. Ich bin ja schon acht und ich vergesse das auch noch manchmal.

Clean up your acts, if you want the attention of good Women, start acting like good Men.

Such watering pots,' Lord Ragsdale commented as he handed each of them ahandkerchief, then pressed a third to his eye. 'See here, you have set me a bad example.' He grinned at Tim. 'But I will practice economy and cry out of only one eye.

A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little me

Right this way, ladies," the maître

When you go into a room, you knock first. If you start asking people questions and they start tilting back in their chairs, it means they don't want to talk about it. It means if you look at something on their computer screens, they're likely to knock your brains out with a baseball bat.

Gentlemen, for all their talk of honour, really had the oddest morals.

But West, like the rest of the Trevors, was endlessly polite. It gave them protection; they could stand neatly behind their courtesy.

Eye contact is what keeps us civilized.

You gotta ignore people until they get in line, especially spoiled rich kids.

in both bookstores and coffee shops, it's actually polite to leave browsers and readers alone. When you harass people and offer to help them too much, they feel like you're nudging them out the door.

As far as I'm concerned, whom is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler.' CALVIN TRILLIN

You," he said, "are a bluestocking." "Sir, I am not." "Anne, it's not an insult. I cannot long endure the company of a stupid woman." "Have you often found yourself on the horns of such a dilemma?