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Quotes About Courtesy

She pressed me to take some cream crackers also but I declined because I thought I would make too much noise eating them.
~ James Joyce
She never blows her nose. A form of speech: the lesser for the greater.
~ James Joyce
degree of civility I normally possess," he said. "What'd she say?
~ James Lee Burke
I texted back, thanking
~ James Patterson
No one cares what you ate for breakfast. Unless it's something really spectacular, don't tweet me your breakfast, I don't care.
~ Busy Philipps
Part of being an adult is treating women like women.
~ Jon Hamm
It is one of Miss Manners's great discoveries that one needn't contradict others in order to set them straight.
~ Judith Martin
He is every other inch a gentleman.
~ Rebecca West
My sisters and mom raised me to respect women and open doors for them.
~ Milo Ventimiglia
If a man holds a door open for me or pulls back a chair so that this old bag can sit down, I'm delighted. Women who moan and carp about that sort of thing are stupid
~ Diana Rigg
Women do a lot of uncomfortable things for men - and I appreciate it all. I appreciate high heels. I appreciate thongs.
~ Joe Manganiello
The underlying principles of manners- respect, fairness, and congeniality.
~ Judith Martin
Manners form the great charm of women.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment.
~ Dave Barry
The main trouble with women is that they will just not put the seat back up again.
~ Martin Clunes
From my perspective, probably women are won over by people who are sweet and respectful and courteous and kind and funny. I think those are the things that win women over.
~ Zooey Deschanel
Women especially as to be talked to as below men, and above children.
~ Lord Chesterfield
Never spit in front of women and children, and never insult the great state of Texas.
~ Henry Garza
Association with women is the basis of good manners.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The way one was brought up isn't an excuse for rude behavior.
~ Judith Martin
There are always proper responses, even to rude questions.
~ Judith Martin
Try not to annoy your relatives unnecessarily.
~ Judith Martin
I am a big believer in women's lib, but I love when a man holds a door for me.
~ Julianna Margulies
There's no reason to yell at anybody.
~ Laura Schlessinger