Quotes About Manners

It's rude to not try and look up-to-date. Is rude the right word? Yes! It's rude - rude to other people.

The idea that someone is going to write me, and I'm not going to answer - I was just raised not to do that. We are the result of our upbringing, and my upbringing was very much to meet obligations... You just didn't let things go.

I couldn't bring myself to call him by his first name, that wasn't my upbringing. So I suggested I call him 'Anandji.' He glared at me and said, 'Do I look like a schoolteacher to you?' The next day when I called him 'Dev Saab' he looked around as though he didn't know whom I was addressing.

That was my upbringing: you treat people with respect.

Mr. Romney is quick to uphold rules great and small. During primary debates, when his rivals spoke out of turn or exceeded their allotted time, he would sometimes lecture them. When supporters ask Mr. Romney to sign dollar bills or American flags, he refuses and often gives them a little lesson about why doing so is against the law.

'Downton Abbey' about upper-class posh people: of course it is.

Wearing a baseball cap or sleeveless shirt in a white-tablecloth restaurant is rude and makes other diners upset, just like someone on a cellphone.

Going to a party uninvited always has been a negative action. It never has been acceptable. At the very least, it upsets kitchen preparations, parking arrangements, and even details such as space for hanging coats and depositing dripping umbrellas.

At a music hall, I'll get upset if someone coughs or if someone's cellphone goes off.

Women do not find it difficult nowadays to behave like men but they often find it extremely difficult to behave like gentlemen.

The society of women is the foundation of good manners.

No man who is in a hurry is quite civilized.

With men he can be rational and unaffected, but when he has ladies to please, every feature works.

I was raised not to be rude, but I also try to get the best work out of people.

Learn young about hard work and manners - and you'll be through the whole dirty mess and nicely dead again before you know it.

In his heart, he knew that there was no reason to be impolite to someone, even if they did work for you. There was such a thing as manners after all.

I see you're a man with ideals. I better be going before you've still got them.

One of the few things I like about Bill Clinton is that he has very good manners. If his momma were still alive, I would congratulate her.

I made a bit of a stink. At the time, it was considered very bad form.

Just because you have a mouth and nobody is stopping you, you can't say whatever you want.

Some people are really nice about it. I get Saudi princes and famous people stopping me in L.A. and saying, 'You're Stifler's mom. Can I take a picture with you?' But then you get people like her putting their camera in your face without asking. They think they can do whatever they like.

It's one thing, holding open the door for someone at a grocery store, or the library, or just about anyplace else. But the doughnut shop is a different thing altogether. This is a get-in-and-out-as-fast-as-you-can operation. There's no room for courtesy or chivalry here.

You don't need a rope to pinch a stranger's butt.

To be a good houseguest, you should be as independent as possible. You should buy groceries or take your hosts out for dinner. Pick up after yourself. Pretend to have a good time even if you're not. Say, 'I'd like to make a dinner reservation tonight. What's your favorite restaurant?' Try not to break anything. Be quiet.