Quotes About Courtesy

I say 'sorry' all the time. I just throw it into sentences.

You've gotta be very careful that grace and politeness do not merge into a banality of behavior, where we're just nice, sort of 'death by cupcake.'

Every human being is entitled to courtesy and consideration. Constructive criticism is not only to be expected but sought.

I'm a southern gentleman.

I was always the Southern gentleman.

I formally proposed. I'm a good Southern gentleman.

Southerners pride themselves on being polite. This is why we always use euphemisms to express ourselves.

You should just keep your mouth shout! It gets very tedious having you make a snarky comment about everything that someone says in this group.

Actually, there is no way of making vomiting courteous. You have to do the next best thing, which is to vomit in such a way that the story you tell about it later will be amusing.

Courtesy" and "Service" are the watchwords of merchandising today, and apply to the person who is marketing personal services even more directly than to the employer whom he serves, because, in the final analysis, both the employer and his employees are EMPLOYED BY THE PUBLIC THEY SERVE.

Take time to be Courteous. Courtesy lightens the burdens of toil. Courtesy demands respect. Courtesy is a little brother to Opportunity and follows her around through the hours of the busy day. Courtesy always leads a man higher up.

politeness without warmth

never ask a man if he is from Sparta: If he were, he would have let you know such an important fact—and if he were not, you could hurt his feelings.

No, it's my rule," he told them. "It's called 'common decency.

There was no compassion or courtesy: fender jammed against fender, they drove on. I understood it: anybody who gave an inch would cause a traffic jam, a disturbance, a murder. Traffic flowed endlessly like turds in a sewer. It was marvelous to see, and none of the drivers were angry, they were simply resigned to the facts.

It's like a code, you know, a code of courtesy…because if the poor aren't decent to one another nobody else is going to be.

Travel Etiquette: When dealing with foreigners, pretend you are Canadian.

Why do people show up—if not out of decency, and tradition?

Even when there was strong disagreement, one had to remember to be discordant with respect.

But I know well that no good ever comes from mistaking manners for kindness.

When actress Shirley Maclaine arrived 30 minutes late for a class, I asked her to leave.

I have heard women complain about men holding doors for them,, as if it is inherently offensive and implies that they are weak. ... I would hold a door for anyone. ... It has to do with noticing our fellow human beings and saying, I recognize that you're on this planet, and I don't want a door hitting you in the face.

I believe that treating other people well is a lost art.

I am a stickler for good manners, and I believe that treating other people well is a lost art. In the workplace, at the dinner table, and walking down the street--we are confronted with choices on how to treat people nearly every waking moment. Over time these choices define who we are and whether we have a lot of friends and allies or none.