Etiquette Quotes

Etiquette Quote of the day

Those who have mastered etiquette, who are entirely, impeccably right, would seem to arrive at a point of exquisite dullness.

The rewards of golf, and of life too I expect, are worth very little if you don't play the game by the etiquette as well as by the rules.

To be of good quality, you have to excuse yourself from the presence of shallow and callow minded individuals.

Gratitude bestows reverence.....changing forever how we experience life and the world.

Every one of us is an artist, and as an artist, you really can stroll into any venue that you want, as long as you take your time to learn the etiquette of that venue.

The Australian Book of Etiquette is a very slim volume.

If it's against state law, it's generally considered a breach of Etiquette.

Good manners have much to do with the emotions. To make them ring true, one must feel them, not merely exhibit them.

Etiquette is the ceremonial code of polite life, more voluminous and minute in each portion of society according to its rank.

The lessons we learn from the wild become the etiquette of freedom.

People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy.

So they left the subject and played croquet, which is a very good game for people who are annoyed with one another, giving many opportunities for venting rancor.

Whenever two people come together and their behavior affects one another, you have etiquette.

In golf, the customs and etiquette and decorum are as important as the rules of play.

"Keep your hands to yourself!" might almost be put at the head of the first chapter of every book on etiquette.

He who observes etiquette but objects to lying is like someone who dresses fashionably but wears no vest.

I'm not shy about heated debate or passionate discourse, but when people get crazy or rude, that's a buzz kill. There's got to be a better code of conduct, some basic etiquette.

A hypocritical etiquette forces us to pretend that the Jews are powerless victims; and if you don't respect their victimhood, they'll destroy you.

If you can't be kind, at least be vague.

Etiquette requires us to admire the human race.

Manners are the ability to put someone else at their ease...by turning any answer into another question.

The purpose of etiquette is to provide an easy set of rules which we can follow when we are in a hurry and want to make sure that we do not give offense to anybody.

Marriage is survived just on the basis of ordinary etiquette, day in and day out. Also cooking together helps a lot.

Society cannot exist without etiquette ... It never has, and until our own century, everybody knew that.

Starch makes the gentleman, etiquette the lady.

Politeness, n: The most acceptable hypocrisy.

We are all born rude. No infant has ever appeared yet with the grace to understand how inconsiderate it is to disturb others in the middle of the night.

I am a journalist in the field of etiquette. I try to find out what the most genteel people regularly do, what traditions they have discarded, what compromises they have made.

... because lifestyles are changing constantly the rules of etiquette are changing too -- a little slower than lifestyles perhaps, but still changing.

Protocol may be defined as the code of etiquette which protects royalty from the competition of intellectual and social superiors.

To help someone in need is not charity it is proper etiquette.

We already know that anonymous letters are despicable. In etiquette, as well as in law, hiring a hit man to do the job does not relieve you of responsibility.

Etiquette can be at the same time a means of approaching people and of staying clear of them.

Protocol is etiquette with a government expense account.

Etiquette requires the presumption of good until the contrary is proved.

Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book on etiquette. There are so many trivial ways in which it is possible to commit some social sin.

In social matters, pointless conventions are not merely the bee sting of etiquette, but the snake bite of moral order.

The etiquette is higher consciousness, sensitivity, gentleness, gracefulness, intensity, power, and knowledge.

Fashion exists for women with no taste, etiquette for people with no breeding.

They couldn't keep Death out, but while she was in she had to act like a lady.

I begin to grow heartily tired of the etiquette and nonsense so fashionable in this city.

passion of any sort is seldom governed by the rules of etiquette.

In Buddhism we have a great deal of etiquette. Etiquette is simply ways of living to conserve energy. Etiquette allows people to live in harmony with their environment.

Etiquette has no regard for moral qualities.

A general rule of etiquette is that one apologizes for the unfortunate occurrence, but the unthinkable is unmentionable.

Etiquette is what you are doing and saying when people are looking and listening. What you are thinking is your business.

In society it is etiquette for ladies to have the best chairs and get handed things. In the home the reverse is the case. This is why ladies are more sociable than gentlemen.

Could I tell them I was sorry their loved one was dead, when he’d tried to kill me? There was no rule of etiquette for this; even my grandmother would have been stymied.

We show wisdom by a decent conformity to social etiquette; it is excess of neatness or display that creates dandyism in men, and coquetry in women.

Like life and people, it is full of paradoxes. Etiquette is based on tradition, and yet it can change. Its ramifications are trivialities, but its roots are in great principles.