Quotes About Courtesy

Een misplaatst gevoel voor goede smaak weerhield hem ervan te zeggen dat hij haar had gemist en haar zou blijven missen. Maar er waren momenten dat de goede smaak maar even de andere kant op moest kijken. 'Ik jou ook,' antwoordde Lizzie.

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

But they bear the burden of being unpopular as proof of their importance - and these eminences turn the suspicion that less elevated customers are careful to disguise as courtesy into naked contempt and disdain. All the people one doesn't need right now are - for the person who will need them in a year's time - no more than air which he breathes but doesn't need to see.

Dangling Leaf tipped his head. "Do you know Micah's dead?" he asked Cow. Moth Flight flinched, but Cow returned his inquisitive gaze steadily. "Yes." Dusk Nose nudged her brother. "You can't ask questions like that, Shade Pelt. It's rude." "Raven Pelt says we can ask anything we like," Dangling Leaf

Berrynose." "Oh, thank you!

Do not adjust your sandals while passing through a melon-field, nor yet arrange your hat beneath an orange-tree.

You're welcome.

The guy had no sense of decorum.

It is so important to get respect for what you do and at the same time give it.

Forgive him, my lady Kat." The blond haired twin, Lock, swept Kat a courtly bow. "As you know, Deep tends to speak without thinking." Sophie looked at Olivia again and mouthed, "My lady?" but again Liv just shrugged. It was clear she was as much in the dark as Sophie. "Come

Feminists declare that men and women are equal in all respects. They petulantly decry any atavistic male courtesy towards females as a relic of a still oppressive patriarchal culture.

Good breeding differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the rights of others, rather than gracefully insists on its own rights.

I don't walk into a dinner party and say, 'You're an idiot; give me my coat.'

I never like to keep people waiting; it gives a wrong impression about my personality if I am late.

I really admire the fact that whenever Marc Singer gets a call from someone running late, he says he's running late, too. I don't admit that even when it's true. Small, unnoticeable acts of generosity are sometimes the most impressive.

La cortesia non e' superficiale, come altrove; ma non e' neppure una passionale offerta di sé, come qualcuno di voi vuol credere. Diciamo che e' una combinazione di intuizione (questo vuole el cliente), professionaita', (questo pare io debba fare), umanita' (vizia al prossimo tuo come te stesso)...

Outcomes rarely turn on grand gestures or the art of the deal, but on whether you've sent someone a thank-you note.

A bore is a man who, when you ask him how he is, tells you.

no jokes about my poo.

Neither am I. A grown man should be able to acknowledge a sincerely offered apology and converse in sentences consisting of more than five words. Good day, Dr. Lee.

The one behavior that talented people seldom tolerate for long is disrespect.

Good manners are just a way of showing other people that we have respect for them.

only in relatively recent times have people decided that "because I want to" is sufficient reason for annoying others.

People think because they employed you they're allowed to treat you like a dictator, or whatever the worse word for dictator is. And that's always been a problem for me. Opening the door for someone behind you is as important as designing a building.