Quotes About Manners

Perhaps for some, rudeness is the fear of being nice.

Good manners and graciousness pave the way for future favors. Bad manners crumble the road.

Don't needle the seamstress.

He started a sarcastic smile, but quenched it, according to the etiquette of his profession.

Cover your mouth when you cough. Never cover it when you smile.

In a gathering of two or more people, when a lighted cigarette is placed in an ashtray, the smoke will waft into the face of the non-smoker.

Please don't throw your cigarette butts in the urinal. It makes them soggy and hard to light.

Seu Tomás da bolandeira falava bem, estragava os olhos em cima de jornais e livros, mas não sabia mandar: pedia. Esquisitice um homem remediado ser cortês. Até o povo censurava aquelas maneiras. Mas todos obedeciam a ele. Ah! Quem disse que não obedeciam?

Now, nothing annoys an angry savage or an uneducated person so much as the perfect coolness of a civilized and cultivated man when he himself is boiling with indignation. He feels its superiority an affront to his barbarianism.

In the society of would-be-gods, a humble man is always polite.

Busy' is another word for 'asshole'. 'Asshole' is another word for the guy you're dating.

Always be classy. Never be crazy.

When she introduces me to her parentsback straightened, hair finally combed, strangled by a tie,should I sit knees together on their 3rd degree sofaand not ask Where's the bathroom?

Never start a sentence with the words 'No offense.

Most young women do not welcome promiscuous advances. (Either that, or my luck's terrible.)

When men give up saying what is charming," Oscar answered, "they give up thinking what is charming. I hope I'll never do that.

Gresham's law, extended: Bad manners drive out good manners.

Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.

Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.

When complimented, a sincere "thank you" is the only response required.

Miss Ponsonby, his old governess, had once adjured him: When people say "How are you?" the correct answer is "How are YOU?" If you tell them how you are, you show yourself a person of inferior breeding…

Sometimes your opinions will be ones they don't like. Sometimes your opinions won't be very nice. However, the worst time to give someone your opinion, is when no one has asked for it.

There's a thin line between being rude and being honest, if it's not your business to begin with and you were not asked for your opinion... likely it's rude. If it does concern you and or you were asked for your input that's just being honest

It doesn't matter how old you are or where you come from. Manners, kindness, respect and compassion will always be the signs of a good human being.