Quotes About Manners

If people ask me, I always tell them: "Quite well, thank you, I'm very glad to say." If people ask me, I always answer, "Quite well, thank you, how are you today?" I always answer, I always tell them, If they ask me Politely... BUT SOMETIMES I wish That they wouldn't

La cortesia è la medicina delle donne, la cortesia è il massimo ornamento; bellezza senza cortesia è come un giardino senza fiori.

Her bone-white face lit up like she was at a surprise party. "Hear that, Dwyer? He called me ma'am! Stay forever if you want, big guy. Teach my son a thing or two about manners." "He's good people," Kyle said. "Always has been." It was the last thing I wanted to hear at that moment. "I'm not always good," I shot back. "Ooooo, polite and a bad boy," Gina cooed. "Watch out, ladies.

Politeness is the art of choosing among one's real thoughts.

If we expect to inherit the blessings of our Fathers, we should return a little more to their primitive Simplicity of Manners.

Your tits are bigger," Shiva said. "SHIVA!" Hema and Ghosh said at the same time. "Sorry," he said, surprised by their reaction. "I meant her breasts are bigger," he said. "SHIVA! That isn't the sort of thing you say to a woman," Hema said. "I can't say it to a man," Shiva said, looking impatient.

I pull alongside him," Hawk said. "And you roll down the window. Ask that motherfucker if he got any Grey Poupon." "I was thinking the exact same thing," I said. "Or perhaps we discreetly tail him hither and yon to find a good place for a proper introduction.

We say "please" to our children to model a socially acceptable way to make a small request. But "please" lends itself best to our more relaxed moments.

It's been my experience that only children never learn when to keep their fucking traps shut. An older brother would have beat that out of you.

Don't misunderstand good manners for passivity.

Observe decorum, and it will open a path to morality.

Compliments are very un-British, but when someone pays you one, you should take it.

I've met a lot of military men in my time. After they retire, they are still extremely game. They dress perfectly and have impeccable manners. They always end up as secretaries of golf clubs. I have great admiration for them.

At a formal dinner party, the person nearest death should always be seated closest to the bathroom.

Doubleday is used to my talking about manners because I am, after all, known for that, and that's my persona.

And, to say truly, the greatest benefit that learning bringeth unto men is this: that it teacheth men that be rough and rude of nature, by compass and rule of reason, to be civil and courteous, and to like better the mean state than the higher.

Another Spartan, when he saw men sitting on stools in a lavatory, declared: "May I never sit where it is impossible for me to get up and offer my seat to an older man.

Walau orang gunung kami tahu menghormat, tahu bagaimana sebaiknya menerima tamu. Ia akan mengambil celana untuk menghormati kami. (Orang-orang gunung ito bodo, tapi kase hormat. Yako punya hati ingin hormat) - Bambu, Seorang Alfuru Di Wai Loa

Father told me that if I ever met a lady in a dress like yours, I must look her straight in the eyes.

Verily, a man teaching his child manners is better than giving one bushel of grain in alms.

Don't be ever in court or a castle without a woman to make your excuse.

He is not an honest man who has burned his tongue and does not tell the company that the soup is hot.

A gentleman doesn't pounce he glides. If a woman sits on a piece of furniture which permits your sitting beside her, you are free to regard this as an invitation, though not an unequivocal one.

Manners are love in a cool climate.