Quotes About Courtesy

If we can only speak to slander our betters, let us hold our tongues.

What a tiresome custom that is, by the by - one among the many sources of factitious annoyance of this ultra civilised life. If the gentlemen must lead the ladies into the dining-room, why cannot they take those they like best?

Only the language of civilized people may be spoken, thus no German.

It is not appropriate for ladies to speak too much at table," she explained. "They should listen, respond appropriately, and ask after interests, welfare, and so on. If a gentleman wishes to talk, and usually they do, you listen as if fascinated, and never ask questions to which you suspect he does not know the answer.

He was appropriately horrified and gave me a reproving glance, as if to say you needn't have told me that! But he was far too polite to say a word.

some good," Randall said, opening the door for Holly. "We'll meet you in an hour. Call and order something from room service. You look

You know why I like to talk to you, Delia? You never interrupt with your experiences. Not jiggling your foot till you get a chance to jump in with your life history.

Because if you're going to do someone a favor, her father used to tell her, you might as well do it graciously.

If you can't say something nice,' " Jason mumbled, " 'don't say nothing at all.'

And Saturday night they come over and he's polite as can be all evening. And Sunday morning he walks out, and him and her move in together.

Willa made sure to keep a rapt expression on her face so the stewardess wouldn't feel ignored.

It doesn't hurt to ask Actually, it does hurt. It does hurt to ask the wrong way, to ask without preparation, to ask without permission. It hurts because you never get another chance to ask right.

If you appreciate a gift, consider saying, "thank you and . . .

Jethri had lately formed the theory that this reluctance to offer information was not what a Terran would call spitefulness, but courtesy. It would be—an insult, if his reading of the tapes was right, to assume that another person was ignorant of any particular something.

Dude! Put a bell on. You don't walk up on a brother like that and scare the crap out of him. (Nick) Sorry. Didn't realize you scared like a little girl. (Acheron)

Have you ever heard of the expression, ladies first Yes Well, it's truer in bed than it is anywhere else.

Never laughing too loudly in a restaurant no matter how good the joke.

Never looking anyone in the eye when you're traveling on public transport, in case it's interpreted as a sign that you're trying to get off with them.

A man is not obliged honestly to answer a question which should not properly be put.

Fish and guests in three days are stale.

When I act politely, I build a reserve of goodwill in others. That reserve allows those people to cut me some slack when I do something annoying.

Horace felt an overwhelming need to sneeze. He tried to smother the sound, but only succeeded in making it louder. Will looked up angrily, shaking his head in disbelief. "Will you shut up?" he said tautly. Horace shrugged in apology. "I'm sorry," he said. "I sneezed. A person can't help it when they sneeze." "Perhaps not. But you could try to make it sound a little less like an elephant trumpeting in agony," Will told him.

He showered those close to him with bread crumbs and fragments as he spoke. Thorn had never learned the finer points of eating politely—such as keeping one's mouth shut while doing so.

Even was zelfs heer Anton van zijn protocollaire à propos gebracht.