Quotes About Manners

Stay or go. I really don't give a shit. But if you stay, I want you to continue your play upstairs in a bed, like civilized people. (Solin) Well, isn't he Mr. Happy Sunshine? (Geary)

Come on, where did you learn to fight? Miss Manners' School for Girls? My baby sister could hit harder than you when she was three years old. Damn, if you're going to turn Daimon, the least you could do is take a few fighting lessons so you can make my boring job more interesting. (Wulf)

Well, that's just a little hard, since I can't even talk her into sparing your life, huh? You haven't exactly endeared yourself to her. (Kat) Oh, excuse my utter lack of manners there. Should we call Mommy dearest and invite her over for tea? I promise to be on my best manners when I choke the life out of her. (Sin)

What? Was he raised in a barn? Didn't he ever learn how to close a door? Amateur shape-shifters…No manners whatsoever." – Sasha "Do we need to get you a Midol before we go?" – Sundown "I'm not that easy to soothe, cowboy. My peeves are on a cellular level." – Sasha

So long as you minded your manners and kept your weapons concealed, they let you enter and leave in peace. Those who broke the one house rule of "No Spill Blood" quickly found themselves leaving in pieces.' (Gallagher)

Of course, it would help if the manwould keep his shirt on whenever he came into her unconscious mind. What kind of person didn't have the decency to keep himself clothed while barging into her dreams. a little modesty went a long way. Yeah, but clothes on a body so fine was its own form of obscenity. shh, mind, have some decency yourself.

The most striking thing about the rich is the gracious democracy of their manners -- and the crude vulgarity of their way of life.

little life lesson 23: before making a snide comment about someone else's outfit, check to see if you're wearing knee boots with fringe. if you answer yes, drop it. just do.

Never laughing too loudly in a restaurant no matter how good the joke.

Never looking anyone in the eye when you're traveling on public transport, in case it's interpreted as a sign that you're trying to get off with them.

A man is not obliged honestly to answer a question which should not properly be put.

The only time making a fist around the fork helps is when you want to stab someone because he's stealing your food. Now I know stabbing people is really rude, so I hold my fork in the grown-up way all the time, and I rely on discreet snarls to protect my dinner from predators.)

When I act politely, I build a reserve of goodwill in others. That reserve allows those people to cut me some slack when I do something annoying.

Sit down, Will. There's a good fellow," he said. "Yes, sir," replied Will, and Halt's eyebrows shot up in surprise. "He's never called me sir," he said. "Probably trying to get on my good side," Crowley replied. Halt nodded savagely. "Probably.

S'mimasen," Alyss said repeatedly as they brushed against passerby. "What does that mean?" Will asked as they reached a stretch of street bare of any other pedestrians. He was impressed by Alyss's grasp of the local language. "It means 'pardon me,'" Alyss replied, but then a shadow of doubt crossed her face. "At least, I hope it does. Maybe I'm saying 'you have the manners of a fat, rancid sow.

The young gentleman is correct," he said. Halt raised an eyebrow. "He may be correct, and he is undoubtedly young. But he's no gentleman." ~Halt and General Sapristi speaking of Will

He rose, offering his hand to Evanlyn to assist her. Even though she was lithe and athletic as a cat, she took it, enjoying the contact. She saw Horace's slight frown as she did so and smiled to herself. A girl can never have too many admirers, she thought. Will seemed unperturbed by the fact that she retained hold of Selethen's hand a little longer than politeness dictated. But then, Ranger's were trained to look imperturbable. He was probably seething with jealousy, she thought.

Maddie mompelde een niet erg damesachtige verwensing. 'Zo, dat verwacht je niet te horen uit de mond van een prinses,' merkte Will op. 'Waar heb je die uitdrukking in 's hemelsnaam geleerd?' 'Van mijn moeder,' antwoordde ze kortaf. Will knikte. 'Aha, natuurlijk. Vandaar.

He showered those close to him with bread crumbs and fragments as he spoke. Thorn had never learned the finer points of eating politely—such as keeping one's mouth shut while doing so.

Even was zelfs heer Anton van zijn protocollaire à propos gebracht.

Lady Pauline arched an eyebrow. "It didn't stop you throwing people into moats.

Will looked up angrily, shaking his head in disbelief. Will you shut up? he said tautly. Horace shrugged in apology. 'I'm sorry' he said, I sneezed. A person can't help it when they sneeze. Perhaps not. But you could try to make it sound a little less like an elephant trumpeting in agony; Will told him.

And when a lady's in the case,You know all other things give place.

He had led a sheltered childhood and never learned to swear convincingly. He had long ago learned that swearing, like foreign languages, is best learned at an early age, but because he regarded it as a social grace he never gave up trying to master it.