Quotes About Manners

I believe that if a guy doesn't offer to pay the whole thing when he asks you on a date, he wasn't taught right. But I also believe if a woman on a date allows him to pay for the whole thing without at least offering to pay half, she wasn't taught right.

Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal.

They are at the end of the gallery; retired to their tea and scandal, according to their ancient custom.

My grandparents were far more English in their manners than they were Chinese. For example, we spoke English at home, had afternoon tea every day, and my grandfather, who attended university in Scotland, would smoke his pipe after dinner.

I always found it strange, when I went round to other people's houses for tea and that, how strict their parents were.

My grandmother used to teach me that it's bad manners to invite yourself to somebody's house.

I think the biggest reason I was able to express myself and not be intimidated was by not having a mother. For example, mothers teach you manners. And I absolutely did not learn any of those rules and regulations.

Kids nowadays, I remember when I was in school, they were just rude, even to the teachers and stuff.

Sitting down for dinner not only helps you learn, but also teaches you how to listen - which I feel is the most important skill to have. I remember as a kid going around the table listening to everyone's day. It was hard to have the manners not to interrupt back then.

I'm for anything that teaches consideration and kindness. If one can teach one's son to dance with the ugliest little girl in the room, that's the best lesson they can ever learn.

Teaching civility is an obligation of the family.

We're a nation of latchkey children. Manners start at home, and no one is at home teaching manners so that children have respect for others.

I believe in teaching manners without causing fisticuffs.

in a great show of self-control, I stopped myself from telling him to fuck off.

He paused. "You're welcome.

You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.

Saying "please" without saying it to someone you don't want to say "please" to in the first place tops the list of hard.

How many times have we encountered a person that states, "can I ask a question," and proceeds to ask the question before you can respond. In these cases, they've given us a choice and then take it away. What they're really doing here, is making a statement and not asking you to decide.

The person who comes up to you and makes the most noise and is the most intrusive is invariably the person in the room who has no respect for you at all, and it's really all about them.

A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.

One thing you learn in a long marriage is how many sneezes to wait before saying, "Bless you."

The most common of all antagonisms arises from a man's taking a seat beside you on the train, a seat to which he is completely entitled.

Hence politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

When the great lord passes, the wise peasant bows deeply and silently farts. Ethiophan proverb