Quotes About Manners

You see a lot of talented people, but you usually don't see talented people who, behind the scenes, know how to conduct themselves on a higher level.

Modern morality and manners suppress all natural instincts, keep people ignorant of the facts of nature and make them fighting drunk on bogey tales.

I like to take a long time over breakfast, and I can't bear to talk. If a guest is a breakfast talker it's very important to invite another so they can talk to each other. Otherwise they spoil the newspaper reading and everything else.

A gentleman never talks about his tailor.

My ego every day is more and more polite. I tame it.

All of my guy friends are pretty civil and tame.

Thanks for treating me like, you know, a person through all this shit. I know that isn't always easy. (Stark) You do have a habit of pissing on other people's welcome mats. But, when a gentleman gives you a booty call to a massacre, it's easy to forgive. Ciao. (Candy)

You can tell a lot about a man by watching how he treats those he doesn't have to be nice to.

wished he were better at this tact shit. "Mrs. Riles, I came to talk about your husband.

Anytime I see someone blocking the aisle in the supermarket while talking on a phone, I want to ram that person with my shopping cart.

Manners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man

Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument.

To be always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good; the very perfection of manners is not to think about yourself.

Blake smiled radiantly. ?May I call you Vasilisa?? ?You can call me Lissa.? ?You can also,? added Christian, ?let go of her hand now.

Propriety's never been Adrian's strong suit.

Hey Mason, wipe that drool off you face. If you're going to think about me naked, do it on your own time. -Rose to Mason

Nah. I helped when I ate everything on my plate. No mess that way." He paused. "And yes, you're welcome.

I forced the rest of the cup down out of respect to Dimitri, even though I had a feeling that if he were here, he'd be shaking his head at me.

Good day, Sir.

Hey!' Bruno called out 'Give me the rest of that banana I was eating.

Thank you so much for the tea.' The

mi querido muchacho, por favor, no discutas! –gritó el señor Wonka–. ¡Es una pérdida de tiempo precioso! Y bien

She was talking very fast and very loudly to everyone, but it was not easy to hear all that she said because she was chewing so ferociously upon a piece of gum at the same time.

An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.