Quotes About Formality

polite with dignity, affable without formality, distant without haughtiness, grave without austerity

You look a little shy; let me introduce you to that leg of mutton,' said the Red Queen. 'Alice—Mutton; Mutton—Alice.' The leg of mutton got up in the dish and made a little bow to Alice; and Alice returned the bow, not knowing whether to be frightened or amused.

In proceeding to the dining-room, the gentleman gives one arm to the lady he escorts—it is unusual to offer both. In proceeding to the dining-room, the gentleman gives one arm to the lady he escorts—it is unusual to offer both.

Sam whistled. This is some fancy prison they got you in, Freddy. Or do I call you Sir Frederick now? You call me Jericho. For a change, Jericho said.

France is a very paternalistic society where people have to be introduced.

Even on the most solemn occasions I got away without wearing socks and hid that lack of civilization in high boots

Simmons ap?ru deodat? în bibliotec?, ducînd o tav?. De o vîrst? mijlocie, avea o atitudine demn?, de om de stat, obligat s?-È™i controleze vorbele È™i nervii, s? nu declare niciodat? ce gîndeÈ™te sincer, È™i s? respecte aparenÈ›ele, atitudine cum se putea întîlni la diplomaÈ›i, la membrii familiilor regale, la înalÈ›ii funcÈ›ionari guvernamentali È™i la majordomi.

In some cultures, "How do you do?" and "How are you?" are considered impolite and too personal.

Adding 'to you' after the word 'introduce' will help you maintain the order of an introduction. Never say 'I'd like you to meet...' when introducing someone, as it reverses the correct order of an introduction. 'You to' is nonstandard grammar, and the only time to say 'you to' is when referring to a certain Irish rock band.

They seem to be simple because they have formal heads and definite forms, councils, voting assemblies, and so forth, for arriving at decisions. But the formal heads, the kings, presidents, and so forth, are really not the directive heads. They are merely the figure heads. They do not decide. They merely make gestures of potent and dignified acquiescence when decisions are put to them.

I am not accustomed to protocol.

Instruction would be wasted on me. Just to give me the form and I'll sign on the dotted line.

Algernon Stitch was standing in the hall; his bowler hat was on his head; his right hand, grasping a crimson, royally emblazoned dispatch case, emerged from the left sleeve of his overcoat; his other hand burrowed petulantly in his breast pocket. An umbrella under his left arm further inconvenienced him. He spoke indistinctly, for he was holding a folded copy of the morning paper between his teeth. "Can't get it on," he seemed to say.

The formality that is left in the South now is quite dead and done for of course.

I am allergic to fancy dress. This is actual fact.

To have people to the White House and worry about the price of things is laughable.

Dressing up used to be more of a thing. My dad wore a suit always. Now you think, why bother?

She bowed. A long, slow, stiff bow from the waist. The bow of a Prussian officer in a social setting with civilians, feeling uncomfortable, waiting to leave.

To Amalfitano, Jordi seemed a shy and formal boy. Rosa liked his silence, which she mistook for thoughtfulness when it was really just a symptom of the confusion raging in his head.

there remained a strange formality between them, and her pleasure in his presence felt too much like missing him had felt during the last week.

Daum nodded slowly, "I see. And by what rank should I address you?" Miles nearly appointed himself admiral on the spot. Captain? Yeoman? he wondered wildly. "Let's just leave it at Mr. Naismith, for now," he suggested coolly.

My name is Mr. Sir," he said. "Whenever you speak to me you must call me by my name, is that clear?

that theatrical formality invented to heighten the effect of a comedy called the signature of the contract

When people related by blood were so careful with each other, when they were so very polite, there was soon nothing left to say. Only niceties that meant so little they might as well have been spoken to a complete stranger. Pass the butter, open the door, see you after school, there's rain again, it's sunny, it's cold. Has the dog eaten? Has the window been shut? Where are you going? Why is it I don't know you at all? Such statements did not add up to anything like a family...