Quotes About Rudeness

I think you're extremely rude! And you're doing it on purpose!" "Of course. One should never be rude except on purpose." …"Why?" …"Because one should never appear to anything without intent. It's the secret of poise.

It was the casual rudeness that spoke of a long, long British male friendship.

Children are bad enough--children are rude, selfish, greedy, and unthinking individuals who are unable to distinguish between their own selfish wants and needs and the wants and needs of others. And adults are children with money, alcohol, and power.

If you're thinking of coming to America, this is what it's like: you've got your Comfort Inn, you've got your Best Western, and you've got your Red Lobster where you eat. Everybody's very fat, everybody's very stupid and everybody's very rude - it's not a holiday programme, it's the truth.

You know, it's almost impressive," he said after a moment, sounding less wobbly. "You're nearly dead and you're still the rudest person I've ever met. You're welcome again, by the way." "Given that you're at least half responsible for this situation, I refuse to thank you," I said.

I was reasonably sure that my one tried-and-true method of being aggressively rude wasn't actually how normal people made their friends.

This must be the legendary Yankee rudeness

A woman may be treated with a bitterness which is sweet to her, and with a rudeness which is not offensive.

Discourtesy is unspeakably ugly to me.

It was as though committing murders had purged him of lesser rudeness.

Virginia, forgive me. I didn't mean to be so rude. It's just my cycle coming on. Once a month I get very irrational and angry, and I want to pick a fight with anyone who comes near me.

Rudeness, abruptness, gory tales of blood and thunder, and coarse language usually show up the greenhorn or counterfeit, and certainly the ill-bred. "The bravest are the tenderest; the gentlest are the daring.

You cannot turn a decent man into a violent one by being momentarily rude, but you can present yourself as an ideal target by appearing too timid.

Safety is the preeminent concern of all creatures and it clearly justifies a seemingly abrupt and rejecting response from time to time. Anyway, rudeness is relative.

New York is the one place in the world that actively encourages rudeness, because that's the only way to get past the fake bag carriers, homeless people, newspaper thieves, Jesus freaks, and everyone else who wants something and isn't afraid to ask for it, repeatedly, at close range.

Arrogance is a mixture of impertinence, disobedience, indiscipline, rudeness, harshness, and a self-assertive nature.

I'm not trying to be rude," he said, so effortlessly rude that he didn't have to try.

It seldom pays to be rude. It never pays to be only half-rude.

Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.

Oh, the shrewdness of their shrewdness when they're shrewd. And the rudeness of their rudeness when they're rude; But the shrewdness of their shrewdness and the rudeness of their rudeness, Are nothing to their goodness when they're good.

Now, the two of you remember: People who act like assholes get treated like assholes.

People moan about Twitter, people being rude and trolling. Just turn it off. Life goes on.

Bad acting is the ultimate inconsideration.

Yet, sadly, accidental rudeness occurs alarmingly often. Best to say nothing at all, my dear man.