Quotes About Manners

My manners also came from when I was in college and began participating in critiques. You have to speak with someone respectfully about their work and be honest and open, without hurting them.

In my day, there were things that were done, and things that were not done, and there was even a way of doing things that were not done.

In his opinion, working was vastly overrated. Particularly as a way to build character, for everyone who engaged in it was far too snappish and fussy, and seemed to have no manners at all.

I think it's most important for children to understand the concept of respect and manners and also work ethic. I have a responsibility to those who came before me.

It was good, too, to remember how hard a lot of people had to work to keep a kingdom running well, and that it was simply good manners to let them know, from time to time, how valued they were.

I've never given my phone number to someone on the street, but when someone is a gentleman, I appreciate the compliments.

In New York, as long as you're not peeing in someone's doorway, everyone thinks you're a gentleman. I feel like my behavior goes over better on the streets of New York.

My parents were relaxed, but very strict on manners. They encouraged us to follow our instincts and desires, so they were quite bohemian in that sense, but we had to work hard and that included chores.

My parents were very strict about manners and being polite to others. I brought my own children up that way, too.

In some ways I'm quite strict - in terms of morality, honesty, things like that. And manners.

And strictly forbid that any quarrelling be at your meals.

Living en famille provides the strongest motives for rudeness combined with the maximum opportunity for displaying it.

I'm struck these days by how often people come up to me and ask to take a photograph instead of shaking hands, meeting one's eyes, and having an actual conversation.

It's one of these things that I've been struck by for so long about America. You know, this amazing politeness of American life that's not at all class specific. It's not like people get more polite as ascend the hierarchy of society. Just incredible good manners. It's always been something that I've noticed.

Shaking hands is meant as a sign of respect towards your opponent.

Orange County is a place where you can ask people if that's their real hair color; you can ask them if that diamond is real; you can ask if that car is a lease. But you cannot ask if someone is a Democrat.

Manners are the lubricating oil of an organization. It is a law of nature that two moving bodies in contact with each other create friction. This is as true for human beings as it is for inanimate objects.

You can have a certain arrogance, and I think that's fine, but what you should never lose is the respect for the others.

The best compliment is when other parents invite your children to come over, or stay overnight. Afterward, I hear how well-behaved and respectful they were. I think that's one of the most wonderful compliments you can get as a parent.

A man should never wear shorts in the city. Flip-flops and shorts in the city are never appropriate. Shorts should only be worn on the tennis court or on the beach.

So long as a man appeared to be respectable he could do as he pleased.

A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn't.

My dad taught us that being late is really rude. It tells the other person you think you're more important than they are.

Jane Austen's profound concern with good manners was thus not simply a reflection of a cloistered gentility: it was a form of politics -- an involvement with a widespread attempt to save the nation by correcting, monitoring, and elevating its morals.