Manners Quotes

It strikes me as bad manners for a magazine to accept one of my advertisements and then attack it editorially - like inviting a man to dinner then spitting in his eye.

At any rate, girls are differently situated. Having no need of deep scientific knowledge, their education is confined more to the ordinary things of the world, the study of the fine arts, and of the manners and dispositions of people.

The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.

Liberty cannot be preserved, if the manners of the people are corrupted.

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!

Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity.

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.

Arles is certainly one of the most interesting towns I have ever seen, whether viewed as a place remarkable for the objects of antiquity it contains, or for the primitive manners of its inhabitants and its picturesque appearance.

Manners are love in a cool climate.

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.

Bedside manners are no substitute for the right diagnosis.

Politeness is only one half good manners and the other half good lying.

I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species.

Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the needs of all human beings.

Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.

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.

Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance.

On the Continent people have good food; in England people have good table manners.

Nations are equal in respect to each other, and entitled to claim equal consideration for their rights, whatever may be their relative dimensions or strength or however greatly they may differ in government, religion or manners.

I loathe hecklers. I haven't got a good syllable to say. When you come out of the club circuit and into the concert hall, they should be gone. There's an element of manners that should tell you that the ticket is dear and it's a different venue.

Beware of a man with manners.

Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.

A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Sitting down for dinner not only helps you learn, but also teaches you how to listen - which I feel is the most important skill to have. I remember as a kid going around the table listening to everyone's day. It was hard to have the manners not to interrupt back then.

Frequent and loud laughter is the characteristic of folly and ill manners.

A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.

You can get through life with bad manners, but it's easier with good manners.

You come before me this morning with clean hands and clean collars. I want you to have clean tongues, clean manners, clean morals and clean characters.

I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don't agree with or like.