Quotes About Manners

Dining is the privilege of civilization. . . . The nation which knows how to dine has learnt the leading lesson of progress.

The three C's of leadership are Consideration,Caring,and Courtesy.Be polite to everyone.

Learning is nothing without cultivated manners, but when the two are combined in a woman, you have one of the most exquisite products of civilization.

Well, I'm from the South originally. I grew up in South Carolina definitely learning about manners and being proper and having to go to cotillions.

Learning ballet is wonderful for children even if they never become dancers. It is wonderful because it teaches discipline, grace, and manners.

A close family member once offered his opinion that I exhibit the phone manners of a goat, then promptly withdrew the charge - out of fairness to goats.

You want to change? Lose the bitch. Be nicer to people. Stop telling them to "bite you" and threatening to kick them until they're dead.

Thou may leave the toilet seat up. But thou shalt not leave the toilet seat down and pee on it.

Mrs. Leigh-Waters looked even more distressed. "Oh, Louisa, you mustn't..." "Speak ill of the dead?" Daniel asked, before Louisa could answer. "It's not the done thing, no, but death doesn't change what a person was in life.

The courtesy was innate, based not simply on good manners, which could be taught, but on concern for other people, which was learned only by constant example.

One must always steer clear of men who sweat when it isn't warm.

Murder is not a suitable topic of conversation for a young lady.

Can you put your hands on my crotch?" "Why, hell no, I cannot." I didn't remember anything like this happening in Pride and Prejudice .

I'm not saying you shouldn't have made out with Everett. I'm saying you shouldn't have done it in his mother's scrapbooking room. Location, location, location. You might have disorganized her supplies. Some people are very particular about their chipboard getting mixed up with their cardstock.

Kind of like saying 'no offense' when you've just said something offensive?

Miss Hepplewhite looked pained. "Miss Peck," she said at last, "a young lady should never, ever, under any circumstances whatsoever, run. Should you find yourself in a situation where you are at risk, it is always preferable to faint.

You have no right to tell me-" "You do not want to finish that sentence, missy. You want to sit down, close your mouth, and eat." "How am I supposed to eat with my mouth closed?

You'll have to excuse Zo's manners. She was raised by a group of indigenous swamp wallabies and is at times uncomfortable conversing with civilized humans." "Look, it's like this-" Zo started to say, but then she interrupted herself. "Swamp wallabies?

He turned to me and extended a hand. "Since Lillian seems to have forgotten her manners, I suppose it's up to the two of us to introduce ourselves. I'm David Ames. And you are, young lady?" If my grandmother could have incinerated him with the power of her mind, I think she would have. "Right now," I replied, "I'm someone who is very concerned for your longevity.

Right." Thea dabbed at her lips with her napkin. "No feminism at the dinner table.

No feminism at the dinner table.

Hoffelijkheid is niet seksistisch,' zei Asher. 'Als je nu beweert dat vrouwen voorrang moeten krijgen omdát ze vrouw zijn, dan is dat weldegelijk seksistisch,' antwoordde ik.

If I were a boy," Thea told him with a Southern belle smile, "people would just call me driven." "Thea." Constantine frowned at her. "Right." Thea dabbed at her lips with her napkin. "No feminism at the dinner table." This time, I couldn't bite back the snort. Point, Thea.

He'll fight to grab the check, then tip like crap.