Quotes about Politeness

"Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts."
-Madame de Stael

"Politeness is the poison of collaboration."
-Edwin H. Land

"One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness."
-Josh Billings

"It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship."
-Colette

"Politeness, n. The most acceptable hypocrisy."
-Ambrose Bierce

"Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same."
-Oliver Goldsmith

"After spending my first half day with them, I was impressed by their politeness and respect to superiors even in the detention center and their intelligence."
-Dr. Melinda Bandalaria

"The chief prerequisite for a escort is to have a flexible conscience and an inflexible politeness."
-Marguerite Gardiner

"Politeness is one half good nature and the other half good lying."
-Mary Wilson Little

"He met me with politeness and dignity, ... Turning to the officers at the table, he remarked: 'General Wallace, it is not necessary to introduce you to these gentlemen; you are acquainted with them all.'"
-Lew Wallace

"Politeness and consideration for others is like investing pennies and getting dollars back."
-Thomas Sowell

"There is a certain challenge to directing an older play. In the '50s, there was a politeness that doesn't exist anymore. For instance, the language is more polite than we would perhaps have today. The challenge is to bring out the emotional depth that exists under that surface."
-Rick Snyder

"Politeness is half good manners and half good lying."
-Mary Wilson Little

"When suave politeness, tempering bigot zeal, corrected ''I believe'' to ''One does feel.''."
-Ronald Knox

"It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship."
-Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

"The only true source of politeness is consideration."
-William Gilmore Simms

"They have an emotional connection. It's not just out of curiosity or politeness. People feel passionate."
-Peter Horton

"I want minimum information given with maximum politeness."
-Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

"Politeness is the slow poison of collaboration."
-Edwin H. Land