Quotes About Manners

My sweet Harriet," he murmured. "I am delighted to see that you are still unpolished." She scowled up at him. "I assure you I am working very hard on that project, too, sir.

Ah, yes. The lovely Claudia. We certainly would not want the Angel to become concerned about her hoyden of a cousin, would we?" Augusta

Clearly no one knew the socially correct way to deal with a brawl in a ballroom that had been started by a lady.

I meant no offense." "Yet you offend so well.

Look here', he said, frowning, 'You shouldn't joke about matters related to food.

Politeness is the most acceptable hypocrisy

A lady is a woman who makes it easy for a man to be a gentleman.

Hold a bottle by the neck and a woman by the waist. Never the other way around".

TEXAN: "Where are you from?" HARVARD STUDENT: "I am from a place where we do not end our sentences with prepositions." TEXAN: "OK, where are you from, jackass?" —Variation on an old joke

I find that my view on what is polite behavior mirrors the view that former Supreme Court justice Potter Stewart had on pornography—I cannot define it but I know it when I see it.

Fine manners are the mantle of fair minds.

Whoever in a state knows how to form wisely the manners and men and to rule them at home and in war, by excellent institutions, him in the first place above all others I should esteem worthy of honor.

You should feel right at home here, Denise" Robbie says. Near the top, he sets my suitcase on the floor of the loft and continues to climb. As his foot clears the last step, he adds, "Judging from your manners, I'd guess you were raised in a barn.

My mother always said 'Don't bother other people.' I think that's good advice.

She could always go back to hostessing. She knew how to show someone a seat.

Do not smoke without asking permission or sit so near (as in a train) that the smoke might annoy.

Do not speak of repulsive matters at table.

I have no use for people who exhibit manners.

Good manners have much to do with the emotions. To make them ring true, one must feel them, not merely exhibit them.

Domestic Manners of the Americans was an enormous success in Great Britain because the book used every stereotype of cultural inferiority and crude materialism imputed to the New World as a way of making the Old World feel better about its own identity in relation to the United States.

One very good way to invite stares of disapproval in Japan is to walk and eat at the same time.

I had a sort of classic moment when a friend of mine rang up and said she'd just been to a funeral, and in the middle of the eulogy, this kid had taken out the phone and had a whole proper text conversation - while everyone was weeping!

I do have a problem with someone that just wants a picture. People who ask for a selfie and don't even say hello to you, it's a weird thing that's happened in the last few years.

I'm the weirdo that tells - asks - the Uber driver to please turn the radio down. I'm so polite about it, though.