Quotes About Courtesy

There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.

We aim to please Miss Steele

I believe in courtesy. It is the way we avoid hurting people's feelings. She thought that maybe, just maybe, western civilization was in decline because people did not take time to take tea at four o'clock.

He was not as courteous as the average rich man, nor as intelligent, nor as healthy, nor as lovable. His mind and his body had been alike underfed, because he was poor, and because he was modern they were always craving better food.

He did not kiss her, for the hour was half-past twelve, and the car was passing by the stables of Buckingham Palace.

The betrayal I now felt was greater because it had been perpetrated with the greatest of charm and courtesy.

Telling is only an investment if you know for sure that what you are telling is of value to the other person. That is why it is safest to tell only if you have been asked, rather than arrogantly deciding on your own to tell somebody something.

Civilization...is a matter of imponderables, of delight in the thins of the mind, of love of beauty, of honor, grace, courtesy, delicate feeling. Where imponderables, are things of first importance, there is the height of civilization, and, if at the same time, the power of art exists unimpaired, human life has reached a level seldom attained and very seldom surpassed.

Rivas estuvo bien, justo es decirlo. Nos hizo sentar, nos sirvió té, nos explicó sin prisa, y hasta nos hizo un dibujito en un recetario.

Set not thy foot too often in thy neighbor's house, lest he grow weary of thee and hate thee.

Recall the Proverb: "Set not thy foot too often in thy neighbor's house, lest he grow weary of thee and hate thee.

I soon discovered that all civility is but the mask of design.

I'm all about sharing the road with other drivers—as long as they use the part that's behind me.

The only good thing about punctuality is that it usually gets you an apology.

Do not speak ill of the dead.

Though I be rude in speech.

Mr. Evans beamed. "Could I get you a drink?" he said. The words were ordinary; the phrase was one that Maureen had heard and often welcomed at endless dozens of parties. But Mr. Evans managed to invest it with such a delightful Edwardian gallantry that you almost thought he had said, "May I bring an ice to you in the conservatory?

For him, politeness was a surgical mask, something he slipped on before he took out his scalpel.

It would upset me to have to be discourteous to you, so I would be obliged if you did not communicate with me again except, of course, in the most urgent circumstances. I wish you a good evening.' It

you saw her coming, your first instinct would be to step aside and let her pass.

It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.

People don't know how to behave in public anymore.

I like when they open the door and pull out a chair. I'm really into a man's man.

Just don't pull out your phone at all on the first date.