Quotes About Courtesy

unfailing courtesy and willingness to be of service.

Indeed,' he said, tapping his fingers very rapidly on the desk. 'Indeed. I'm very pleased to know you, sir. Do me the honour of sitting down.' Blinking reproachfully at Fen, Cadogan obeyed, though as to what honour he could be doing Mr Rosseter in lowering his behind on to a leather chair he was not entirely clear.

Don't grab people. Would you like it if I grabbed you? If you would like to offer assistance, ask if the person needs it.

In the occult, good manners matter, as they do in life, and perhaps even more so.

Manners are the basic building blocks of civil society.

For God's sake, stop sniffing me," she gritted. "It is rude.

We all have neighbors. Greet them on the sidewalk or in the elevator, but try not to peer through their windows. Windows are to look out from, not into.

Some people write a thank you note for a gift, and it's three pages long, and some people write a thank you note, and it's five sentences - that's me. I like to pare away words because I don't want to waste anyone's time.

Something that really irritates me is when I come to a four-way stop, and I clearly have the right of way, and the other person who doesn't have the right of way waves for me to go. I'm like, 'Yeah, I know I can go.'

I think the thing I miss most in our age is our manners. It sounds so old-fashioned in a way. But even bad people had good manners in the old days, and manners hold a community together, and manners hold a family together; in a way, they hold the world together.

I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don't agree with or like.

It's so important to have manners and treat people from all walks of life the way they should be treated.

You have to have respect on the pitch.

After I hit a home run I had a habit of running the bases with my head down. I figured the pitcher already felt bad enough without me showing him up rounding the bases.

If you are someone's guest on a corporate jet, the most important thing to remember is not just to be on time, but to be early. If you hold up the departure of the jet by as much as 10 minutes, you may cause the plane to wait in line for another hour or two before obtaining new clearance.

I've become one of those annoying people who brings their own food on to planes.

My father would get up with his plate after dinner and keep it where it was supposed to be kept. He wouldn't leave the plate for my mom to pick up.

Grownups have to say 'please,' too.

We are all pleased when our names are pronounced and spelled correctly.

I like a clever guy, a real gent.

I can't stand cocky, rude people.

I've been around comedians that try their bits around you. I hate that.

I don't comment on other people's opinion.

I don't want to comment on other film stars.