Quotes About Manners

Only fools imply compliments. The wise man comes right out with it, point-blank. Imply criticism--unless the criticized isn't within earshot.

Learn us all the refinement and education that there's a better use for the mouth than running private opinions through it.

Not fair let me see your anal gland pretty please with a cherry on top!

14. Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgment to others with modesty.

Of all the skills necessary for her work, what she was perhaps worst at was being polite to inanimate things.

A filthy mouth will not utter decent language.

Those who have free seats at a play hiss first.

Politeness wins the confidence of princes

When a man fails to honour ladies, his own honour must be dead.

My mother taught me to treat a lady respectfully.

stand up straight. Don't lean or sit or cross your arms. Keep your hands off your hips and make eye contact with the guest at all times. A Walt Disney World Cast Member never points with a single finger—and he never uses a thumb.* Instead, use two fingers." Orville held out his index and middle fingers together. "Or, to be on the safe side, the whole hand in the style of a karate chop.

Well, then," Mrs. Byrne says. "Let's get back to work. Dorothy, your suitcase is in the foyer. We'll discuss sleeping arrangements at supper." She turns to leave, then adds, "We keep strict hours for mealtimes. Breakfast at eight, lunch at twelve, supper at six. There is no snacking between meals. Self-discipline is one of the most important qualities a young lady can possess.

This is our privy. Don't ever let Mrs. Byrne catch you using the one in the house." She pronounces catch "kitch.

Mikhail?...Try making suggestions next time, or just plain asking. You go do whatever it is you're doing, and I'll go search you extensive library for a book on manners. -You will not find it. -Why am I not surprised?

So tractable, so peaceable are these people that I swear to your Majesties there is not in the world a better nation. They love their neighbors as themselves, and their discourse is ever sweet and gentle and accompanied with a smile; and though it is true that they are naked, yet their manners are decorous and praiseworthy.

I take pride in never being rude to anyone on this earth, which contains a great number of unbearable villains who set upon you to recount their sufferings and even recite their poems.

Etiquette for phone solicitors: "Helen Michelle, the way you stop someone from calling again is by saying, 'Thank you so much for calling, but I've just murdered my husband and need to finish digging a hole in the backyard. Good-bye.

Southern Lady Code: a technique by which, if you don't have something nice to say, you say something not-so-nice in a nice way.

Don't say 'what,' say 'pardon,' darling, and do as your mother tells you.

One has to grow up with good talk in order to form the habit of it.

I don't think a tough question is disrespectful.

He was so excessively polite that Wallendar suspected he had endured many humiliations in his life.

Contrary to popular opinion, manners are not a luxury good that's interesting only to those who can afford to think about them. The essence of good manners is not exclusivity, nor exclusion of any kind, but sensitivity. To practice good manners is to confer upon others not just consideration but esteem; it's to bathe others in a commodity best described by noted speller Aretha Franklin.

Politeness has been defined as love in trifles. Courtesy is said to be love in little things. And the one secret of politeness is to love.