Quotes About Manners

comport yourself with more decorum in the future.

was no gentleman.

Por lo visto, en aquella parte de la ciudad hasta los demonios eran educados.

Barbarians have no woman to teach them civilization. Barbarians cannot learn." I

We're okay." I don't know why I say that. Sometimes good manners are a curse.

I wish I had the nerve not to tip.

If you speak, say little and speak low; don't shout. Truly, this is a most useful saying! — St. Bernardine of Siena,

Politeness is organized indifference.

You don't know what you feel, he said sharply. That's what manners are for--to keep things going when one doesn't know.

Haain-a? No. Absolutely not. No. No scalping. He lifted her up and swung her up over the ledges of stone and then followed. He said, It is considered very impolite.

Tatiana heard Alexander say, "Don't bother with shots. Pour mine straight into a glass." "Good man," said Papa, pouring him a glass.

Has any non-dipshit man ever used the word "ladies" not followed by the word "room"?

Celia, you sound like Mrs Bennett.' 'I hope not,' said Celia briskly, 'she was an excessively silly woman.

Hold the door for an old man. Old ladies can take care of themselves; they've been doing it long enough.

One almost expects one of the players to peer into the monitor and politely request viewers to refrain from munching so loudly on cheese and crackers while the golfers are trying to reach the greens.

Parents today are afraid to discipline their kids. Why, I once smeared Brian with steak sauce and threatened to feed him to a wolverine because he forgot to say please. That's why he's the man that he is today!

It helped that any sexual impulse he might have felt was effectively neutralized by her drinking. After the first hour of any evening, she was not a pleasant person to be around.