Polite Quotes

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The path of Martial Arts begins and ends with courtesy. So be genuinely polite on every occasion.

Women have got to stop being polite. If I ever had children, which I don't, the first thing I'd teach a girl of mine is the words 'f - off.'

There’s simply no polite way to tell people they’ve dedicated their lives to an illusion.

I'm brash and abrasive but that's because I've noticed when people are nice and polite they never get anywhere.

Everyone Is God speaking. Why not be polite and Listen to Him?

I don't write polite letters. I don't like to plea-bargain. I like to fight.

A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect.

Tequila. Straight. There's a real polite drink. You keep drinking until you finally take one more and it just won't go down. Then you know you've reached your limit.

Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.

We must recall the most important of humanity guidelines: Be polite. Being polite is possibly the greatest daily contribution everyone can make to life on Earth.

Being polite and grateful will make people more inclined to help you. And if people are willing to help you, you may accidentally get something you want.

Discretion is the polite word for hypocrisy.

The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth.

'Tis happy for him that his Father was born before him.

I think if anything I am perhaps more inclined than most people are to be polite and considerate because I am aware that human relationships are innately fragile and kind of dangerous.

It’s time for women to stop being politely angry.

I can’t remember how many times I advised students to stop writing the sunny hours and write from where it hurts: No one wants to read polite. It puts them to sleep.

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

Those who have accomplished the greatest results are those...who never grow excited or lose self-control, but are always calm, self-possessed, patient and polite.

There is no polite way to suggest to someone that they have devoted their life to a folly.

A good apprentice cook must be as polite with the dishwasher as with the chef.

I love polite people, late September, weeping mortar, and my fantastic fands (fans/friends)

Most magicians consider the palm an easy move to make. They are inclined to believe that they are 'getting away with it,' when they are in fact fortunate enough to have a polite audience.

Elegance is like manners. You can’t be polite only on Wednesday or Thursday. If you are elegant, you should be every day of the week. If you are not, then it’s another matter.

Sometimes we are too polite with our suffering and allow it to dominate our life.

The best advice that was given to me was that I had to be 10 times smarter, braver and more polite to be equal. So I did.

Politics is the polite way of telling somone else they’re stupid.

People pretend to be nice, people pretend to be smooth, and polite and everything, but this is only an appearance, because the way we're built as human beings is only in paradox and contradictions.

In polite society, we call our obsessions hobbies.

It is always well to accept your own shortcomings with candor but to regard those of your friends with polite incredulity.

I wish my nose was smaller and that I was a little taller. I also had this perennial pimple problem, so I felt people were just being polite when they said I was beautiful.

It's not considered polite in Russia to count the money in someone else's pocket.

Our society finds truth too strong a medicine to digest undiluted. In its purest form, truth is not a polite tap on the shoulder; it is a howling reproach.

Sometimes when you start losing detail, whether it's in music or in life, something as small as failing to be polite, you start to lose substance.

I am a very frank person and that's how I hope to remain. I don't like to pretend to be polite. What you see is what you get.

When we are polite to children, we show in the most simple and direct way possible that we value them as people and care about their feelings.

I'm more attracted to the bad guys. Why? Because in real life, I don't know any good guys. I know okay guys. I know polite guys. I know people who can control themselves.

When thanksgiving is filled with true meaning and is not just the formality of a polite 'thank you,' it is the recognition of dependence.

Polite conversation is rarely either.

For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.

Balanced is probably what I am, although that's just a polite way to say that you don't do anything very well.

I find it very eerie when somebody is being really polite.

Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.

A man needs to be polite, not just to me but to everyone. I watch that. How does he treat the waiter? How does he treat the coat-check girl? How does he treat the driver?

If you're going to kill the animal it seems only polite to use the whole thing.

Sometimes if you have very confident people, you have to tell them please, be polite, there are other players are good enough as you and you should never speak out of an orchestra.

Just because I'm flaunting it doesn't mean you can stare for hours on end. A polite ogle is appreciated and suitable for a flaunt. Slobbering is not.

I think the first prerequisite to civilization is an ability to make polite conversation.

Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.

A community where everyone is a ruthless murderer, with handy access to death-dealing devices, is a very polite community.