Manners Quotes

Much of our poetry has the very best manners, but no character.

And where does she find them?

Never buy anything with a handle on it. It means work.

He bought me so many orchids that I looked like a well-kept grave.

It ain't what a man don't know that makes him a fool, but what he does know that ain't so.

Don't solicit for your sister, it's not nice. Unless you get a good percentage of her price.

The fact is there hasn't been a thrilling new erogenous zone discovered since de Sade.

In America, writers are afforded the freedom to express themselves in unlimited manners. Creative liberty is a privilege.

Our manners have been corrupted by communication with the saints.

Oh, but I think that thoughtfulness and manners are everything.

The talent of a meat packer, the morals of a money changer, and the manners of an undertaker.

Laws are always unstable unless they are founded on the manners of a nation; and manners are the only durable and resisting power in a people.

The two oldest professions in the world — ruined by amateurs.

Sculpture and painting have the effect of teaching us manners and abolishing hurry.

Manners. Manners will get you through anything.

In my limited experience, shows are like children. You can teach them manners and dress them in little sailor suits, but in the end, they're going to be who they're going to be.

Manners, boy. I'll beat them into you if I have to.

I got more than I bargained for with him, too. Much more. I know he’s completely different now, but he was really nice and funny when he was human. But apparently his manners didn’t survive the transition.” Marc smiled. “Yeah, well , yours didn’t survive puberty, so you can’t really talk.

Truth is without flourishes or manners and runs with a logic all its own.

-Mikhail?...Try making suggestions next time, or just plain asking. You go do whatever it is you're doing, and I'll go search you extensive library for a book on manners. -You will not find it. -Why am I not surprised?

I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness, without reference to you, or to any person so wholly unconnected with me.

High rank and soft manners may not always belong to a true heart.

Writers of novels and romance in general bring a double loss to their readers; robbing them of their time and money; representing men, manners, and things, that never have been, or are likely to be.

I believe that there's a way to question authority with manners, with dignity. There's no reason to be rude about it.

The most important of all revolutions, a revolution in sentiments, manners and moral opinions.

I think it's most important for children to understand the concept of respect and manners and also work ethic. I have a responsibility to those who came before me.

I think the sort of person you want at a party is someone who is self-aware, polite and has a basic knowledge of table manners. And that goes for both men and women.

To use bad taste, you have to know the rules of good taste. I've always thanked my mother for that. She taught how to eat with proper table manners and all that stuff, to the point of rebellion. But I couldn't have rebelled from it if I didn't know it.

I think that one not only has to make demands on the established group, but one also has to make demands on the outsider group. One has to make clear: if you want to leave, please do so. But if you want to stay here, a degree of accommodation to the Dutch outlook, Dutch manners, and a degree of identification with the Netherlands will be expected of you. There is no reason why there cannot be Dutch Turks or Dutch Moroccans. But one can expect from them a degree of identification, some change of their own social identity.

Nothing, except what flows from the heart, can render even external manners truly pleasing.

Honor has to say "please" and "thank you." Manners are really important.

A company attitude is rarely anybody's best.

Better too much form than too little.

I could start a war in 30 seconds. But some countries spend 100 years trying to find peace. Just like good manners, peace has to be learned.

The '90s were a time when not just the movie business, but every aspect of American life, became a lot more corporate. There's a line in Jonathan Franzen's essay "Perchance to Dream" about how "the rich lateral dramas of local manners have been replaced by a single vertical drama, that of commercial generality." I wanted to examine that great homogenizing force that came in during the '90s, since Hollywood seemed a place where it was particularly active.

In a state therefore of great equality and virtue, where pure and simple manners prevailed, the increase of the human species would evidently be much greater than any increase that has been hitherto known.

A lot of people would be embarrassed to admit that they were on 'Barney', but I embrace the fact. I just had such a wonderful time doing that show. I learned what a camera and prop is, and all that. I learned my manners too, so I guess that's a good thing!

The most striking thing about the rich is the gracious democracy of their manners -- and the crude vulgarity of their way of life.

Political correctness is tyranny with manners.

Man's Reason is in such deep insolvency to sense,that tho' she guide his highest flight heav'nward, and teach himdignity morals manners and human comfort,she can delicatly and dangerously bedizenthe rioting joys that fringe the sad pathways of Hell.

Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.

I spent thirty years learning manners, and I spent twenty years learning knowledge.

The basis of good manners is self-reliance. Necessity is the law of all who are not self-possessed.

I can be very polite, but I've found that doesn't always get a result. You have got to bang and thump tables.

Under bad manners, as under graver faults, lies very commonly an overestimate of our special individuality, as distinguished from our generic humanity.

It is always a practical difficulty with clubs to regulate the laws of election so as to exclude peremptorily every social nuisance. Nobody wishes bad manners. We must have loyalty and character.

My heart rushes into the garden, joyfully tasting all the delights. But reason frowns, disapproving of the heart's bad manners.

Young people nowadays love luxury; they have bad manners and contempt for authority. They show disrespect for old people... contradict their parents, talk constantly in front of company, gobble their food and tyrannize their teachers.

Unfortunately, manipulation and defamation are part of the bad manners that have been prevailing in Poland's politics for ten years now.

Prepare yourself for the world, as athletes used to do for their exercises; oil your mind and your manners, to give them the necessary suppleness and flexibility; strength alone will not do.