Quotes About Decorum

Well I don't want to talk about myself, that's so rude and egotistical.

I don't like revealing skin for the sake of revealing skin.

I nrver make the front pages or the gossip columns.

It is important that the decorum and dignity of the House is upheld at all times. The image of Parliament in the public mind should be one where proceedings, debates and discussions take place with a view to resolve issues through a constructive and co-operative approach.

Parliament is supposed to be serious. It's not a place for jingoistic cheering.

Stay away from other people's partners.

If anyone had appeared in just a pair of boxer shorts or swimming trunks, the womenfolk would have had "an attack of the vapors" and the menfolk would have exploded in a rage at the indecency of it. What exactly "an attack of the vapors" was is unclear, because there is no such thing as womenfolk anymore, and there is certainly no such thing as an attack of the vapors.

Break any of these rules sooner than saying anything outright barbarous.

I don't like showboating. I was never a fan of showing off.

Never mind what's going on underneath. As long as we're all 'civil.

La cortesia è la medicina delle donne, la cortesia è il massimo ornamento; bellezza senza cortesia è come un giardino senza fiori.

Meyer summarizes his code of honor as "(1) Show up, (2) Work hard. (3) Be kind. (4) Take the high road.

Observe decorum, and it will open a path to morality.

After giving marriage such traits of reserve and decorum, he none the less freed men from the empty and womanish passion of jealous possession, by making it honourable for them, while keeping the marriage relation free from all wanton irregularities, to share with other worthy men in the begetting of children

Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.

I don't do any vulgar movements.

Over the years, the idea seems to have grown up that brightly coloured flowers are vulgar, and that the only flowers to be admitted to the walled garden of good taste are discreet and pastel-hued.

It's a very thin line between looking sensual and vulgar.

Above all, I dislike vulgarity.

With a woman around, there's a tendency to eliminate vulgarity and profanity and create a more businesslike attitude.

Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of life.

I don't think anyone in this country wants to hear anything about President Trump from below the waist, below the belt.

I hate it when people are impolite to waiters or to the valet or the guy in the supermarket. There's no need for that; it doesn't cost anything to be polite.

An evening dress that reveals a woman's ankles while walking is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen.