Quotes About Courtesy

Elizabeth received them with all the forbearance of civility

he sometimes took out a gun, but never killed; quite the gentleman.

my dear Sir Thomas! interrupted Mrs. Norris

She had received ideas which disposed her to be courteous and kind to all, and to pity every one, as being less happy than herself.

At his own ball he offended two or three young ladies, by not asking them to dance; and I spoke to him twice myself, without receiving an answer. Could there be finer symptoms? Is not general incivility the very essence of love?

Now, Kitty, you may cough as much as you choose

Al fin se separaron con mutua cortesía y también probablemente con el mutuo deseo de no volver a verse nunca.

These are the kind of little things which please her ladyship, and it is a sort of attention which I conceive myself peculiarly bound to pay.

do not cough for my own amusement

Silakan, pegang tangan saya. Betul, begitu. Rasanya tidak enak jika tidak ada perempuan yang menggamit tangan saya.

No, really, it's fine," says the woman, getting up to leave.

Perhaps the best guide is treat people, everyone you meet with, with the politeness and consideration with which you would wish them to treat you? - Georgiana Darcy

I'm usually only mentally rude to people.

Nice to see a pretty girl stopping by, even if it is just business. And look at you with all that curly red hair and big brown eyes. And you got a nose that's cute as a button. I bet you work out too.

Unless you're a salesman, or a bad guest on a talk show, you don't call someone by his name that often.

I think feminism's a bit misinterpreted. It was about casting off all gender roles. There's nothing wrong with a man holding a door open for a girl. But we sort of threw away all the rules, so everybody's confused. And dating becomes a sloppy, uncomfortable, unpleasant thing.

The unsaid rule for living in a trailer park is: 'If the door's shut, don't come a-knockin.' But if it's open and you're walkin' by, feel free to say, 'Hello.'

Unwanted honking not only irritates others, but may also end up causing accidents. Drivers lose cool and it may result in road rage.

If you're making a social call, don't call past 8 P.M. The evening is a time when people need a respite from their work - a time to unwind, uninterrupted.

It's rude to not try and look up-to-date. Is rude the right word? Yes! It's rude - rude to other people.

The idea that someone is going to write me, and I'm not going to answer - I was just raised not to do that. We are the result of our upbringing, and my upbringing was very much to meet obligations... You just didn't let things go.

I couldn't bring myself to call him by his first name, that wasn't my upbringing. So I suggested I call him 'Anandji.' He glared at me and said, 'Do I look like a schoolteacher to you?' The next day when I called him 'Dev Saab' he looked around as though he didn't know whom I was addressing.

That was my upbringing: you treat people with respect.

Wearing a baseball cap or sleeveless shirt in a white-tablecloth restaurant is rude and makes other diners upset, just like someone on a cellphone.