Civility Quotes

We see a decline of civility, and, sadly, it’s often modeled by the very people from whom we have the least right to expect it.

The highest proof of civility is that the whole public action of the State is directed on securing the greatest good of the greatest number.

I know no religion that destroys courtesy, civility, and kindness.

Congratulations is the civility of envy.

For a person who promised hope and civility in politics, Mr. Obama has shown a borderline obsessiveness in blaming Mr. Bush.

There can be no high civility without a deep morality, though it may not always call itself by that name.

Let's all commit ourselves to the basic civility of minding our own business. Failing that, let's go back to a time when we were nasty and judgmental, but only behind one another's backs.

Friendship cannot live with ceremony, nor without civility.

There is chaos behind the civility, of course.

Our relationship now thoroughly ruined, with even civility destroyed between us, all I wanted anymore was the door.

Comedy speaks for civilization; farce bears an ill-concealed, sometimes unconcealed animus against civilization. Often against civility too.

Civility is perhaps a quaint notion but civility in Parliament is something we should always strive to uphold.

I think making a pretense of civility toward Eric Alterman is like making a pretense of civility to a scorpion.

Women, who are a majority of the peoples of the earth, are indispensable to the accumulation of the kind of social capital that is conducive to development, peace, justice and civility.

You never see the old austerity That was the essence of civility; Young people hereabouts, unbridled, now Just want.

A careless shoe string, in whose tie I see a wilde civility.

Savages we call them, because their manners differ from ours, which we think the perfection of civility; they think the same of theirs.

I think almost every writer in the world would hope that books would be always talked about with respect and civility and depth and seriousness.

President Obama promised to usher in a new era of civility in our political discourse. We should make sure that, quote, "talk to each other in ways that heal, not in ways that wound," close quote.

Civility is a desire to receive civilities, and to be accounted well-bred.

Civility also requires relearning how to disagree without being disagreeable. Surely you can question my policies without questioning my faith or, for that matter, my citizenship.

Southerners have many fine qualities, charm and civility among them, and a sense of the tragic.

Enjoying praise is in some people merely a civility of the heart--and just the opposite of a vanity of the spirit.

There is nothing costs less than civility.

Being aloof, gruff, or stern never got anyone anywhere. Who wants to be treated like that? Certainly not you. And surely not the people you meet.

German civility, which often seems stiff to us, shows an attentive and touching respect for the person that I often prefer to our offhandedness.

If I were the commissioner of all sports media, the one change I would make is to sprinkle a little niceness and civility across our industry. Just a touch.

Just keep trying things, without really understanding the underlying fibers of well-being, or peace or civility, then you're just going to stumble from one disaster to another.

Martha Stewart contributes more to our civility than the Baptist Church.

Divorce is not easy, but if you genuinely put your kids first, that dictates the civility you should show each other. What example are you otherwise?

Civility, it is said, means obeying the unenforceable.

When you're going into an employment environment that looks pretty scary, it is easy to lose your moral compass, your decency, your sense of civility and your sense of community.

In religious matters a traveller loses nothing by civility.

Civility is not simply about manners.

Civility cost nothing.

Nothing costs less nor is cheaper than compliments of civility.

[T]he politically correct are above the rules of ordinary civility, once they have identified you as an unbeliever in their religion.

The civility of the world has reached that pitch that their more moral genius is becoming indispensable, and the quality of this race is to be honored for itself.

Besides the general infusion of wit to heighten civility, the direct splendor of intellectual power is ever welcome in fine society, as the costliest addition to its rule and its credit.

A winning wave, (deserving note.) In the tempestuous petticote, A careless shoe-string, in whose tye I see a wilde civility,-- Doe more bewitch me than when art Is too precise in every part.

There was no civility, there was no sophistication, there was nothing but raw resentment and anger on the part of the Hillary [Clinton] campaign staff.

The civilities of the great are never thrown away.

The reciprocal civility of authors is one of the most risible scenes in the farce of life.

I know it's sappy, but I bet there's a market for civility and niceness out there that, while probably not as titillating as a junkyard scrap between shirtless adversaries, it'd sure be healthier.

In my entire time in Washington, I treated everyone with respect, with civility.

I know it's very 'old media' of me to admit this, but I am often unnerved by the lack of civility on the Web.

I am worn out with civility. I have been talking incessantly all night, and with nothing to say. But with you there may be peace. You will not want to be talked to. Let us have the luxury of silence.

Politeness is the first thing people lose once they get the power.

When you know you can do something, and you feel good about yourself, you do not have to devalue others.

Leaving the group, he reclined on a couch, drank morosely, and watched people. He noticed the games they played with one another. They put on masks of civility, all while spewing their venom.