Quotes About Courtesy

Humor is the politeness of despair.

There is a worldwide longing for civility.

chivalry demands that a man respect a woman's wishes. Needless to say, this does not mean that a compleat gentleman is his lady's lackey.

Esme Fong glanced at her watch and rose. "I only stopped by to say hello," she explained. "I really must be going." All three men stood. Norm bussed her cheek. "Take care, Esme, okay? I'll see you tomorrow morning.

Brutus was out of the car first. He opened the door for me. I thanked him. Brutus stuck with the stoic. He had the kind of cigar-store-Indian face you couldn't imagine—and probably wouldn't ever want to see—smiling. On

When in charge, take charge, but treat your subordinates with respect, dignity, and common courtesy.

Never take a subordinate to the woodshed in front of others; do that in private.

Atticus had said it was the polite thing to talk to people about what they were interested in, not about what you were interested in.

Hey, Mr. Cunningham. How's your entailment gettin' along?

There's some folks who don't eat like us, she whispered fiercely, but you ain't called on to contradict 'em at the table when they don't. That boy's yo' comp'ny and if he wants to eat up the table cloth you let him, you hear?

You like words like damn and hell now, don't you?" I said I reckoned so. "Well I don't," said Uncle Jack, "not unless there's extreme provocation connected with 'em. I'll be here a week, and I don't want to hear any words like that while I'm here. Scout, you'll get in trouble if you go around saying things like that. You want to grow up to be a lady, don't you?" I said not particularly.

Jem's face showed brief indecision on the ethics of withholding his own dime, but his innate courtesy won and he shifted his dime to his pocket. I did likewise with no qualms.

There's some folks who don't eat like us," she whispered fiercely, "but you ain't called on to contradict 'em at the table when they don't.

Atticus said it was the polite thing to talk to people about what they were interested in, not about what you were interested in. Mr. Cunningham displayed no interest in his son, so I tackled his entailment once more in a last-ditch effort to make him feel at home.

I wondered if anybody had ever called her "ma'am" or "Miss Mayella" in her life; probably not, as she took offense to routine courtesy. What on earth was her life like?

That doesn't mean you hafta talk that way when you know better," said Jem.

Atticus decía que para ser cortés había que hablar a las personas de lo que les interesaba, no de lo que pudiera interesarnos a nosotros

There are three ways you can get along with a girl: one, shut up and listen to what she has to say; two, tell her you like what she's wearing; and three, treat her to really good food...If you do all that and still don't get the results you want, better give up.

Sometimes, I imagine how great it would be if we could live our lives without bothering other people.

Some people are polite, and some are quick. Each one's a good quality to have, but most of the time quickness trumps politeness.

I turned to run, but I didn't actually take a step, even though I wanted to. That wasn't the way I was raised. My mother taught me that if you knock on a door, you have to wait there until someone answers.

Oh God. Why can't married people understand that this is no longer a polite question to ask? We wouldn't rush up to them and roar, "How's your marriage going? Still having sex?

I don't want to be that guy that's either arrogant or rubs people the wrong way.

You don't say hello to Mr. DeNiro? Show the respect, will ya?