Quotes About Courtesy

A lady is a woman who makes it easy for a man to be a gentleman.

Hold a bottle by the neck and a woman by the waist. Never the other way around".

Charientism (n.) A rhetorical term to describe saying a disagreeable thing in an agreeable way. If I knew how to say disagreeable things in an agreeable fashion I most likely would not be spending most of my time siting alone in a room, reading the dictionary.

I'm just asking for the mail," he said apologetically. "It's not like we

She liked Tucker; he was handsome in a very unassuming manner. He was tall and a bit lanky, but not in that now popular junkie look kind of way. He had a head full of not-too-closely-cropped black curls and lovely blue eyes. He was originally from North Carolina and had that Southern gentleman charm going for him. Every time Ellie asked Tucker a question, he answered with a "Yes, ma'am!" that always unhinged her spine momentarily. But it wasn't like she thought about him seriously.

My mother always said 'Don't bother other people.' I think that's good advice.

Do not smoke without asking permission or sit so near (as in a train) that the smoke might annoy.

I have no use for people who exhibit manners.

Good manners have much to do with the emotions. To make them ring true, one must feel them, not merely exhibit them.

Monsieur," said Madame des Aubels, "go away, I beg you." But the Angel hearkened not, and continued: "Saint Augustine, in his True Religion, Chapter XIII; Saint Gregory, in his Morals, Chapter XXIV; Isidore——" "Monsieur, let me get my things on; I am in a hurry." "In his treatise on The Greatest Good, Book I, Chapter XII; Bede on Job——" "Oh, please, Monsieur ...

One very good way to invite stares of disapproval in Japan is to walk and eat at the same time.

I do have a problem with someone that just wants a picture. People who ask for a selfie and don't even say hello to you, it's a weird thing that's happened in the last few years.

I'm the weirdo that tells - asks - the Uber driver to please turn the radio down. I'm so polite about it, though.

The English, the plain English, of the politest address of a gentleman to a lady is, I am now, dear Madam, your humble servant: Pray be so good as to let me be your Lord and Master.

I'm not going out of my way to eat something that's not prepared for me.

I think if you've been invited to someone's house, you eat what they serve you. Even if you leave hungry, you be gracious enough to eat what they've prepared.

The chief prerequisite for a escort is to have a flexible conscience and an inflexible politeness.

You won't ever hear me talk about whether my wife's prettier than your wife.

If a really, really pretty girl needs a ride home, I'm your guy.

I shake hands on the first date.

Any guy I date has to have manners - you know, get the door. And he has to have confidence and be secure in who he is.

Chivalry is dead.

There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.

It's just like with people. You're going to get along better working with them - human or equine - if you ask politely rather than demand that they do things.