Etiquette Quotes

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

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

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

Etiquette requires us to admire the human race.

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.

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

Protocol is etiquette with a government expense account.

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

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

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

Every doctor will allow a colleague to decimate a whole countryside sooner than violate the bond of professional etiquette by giving him away.

Etiquette has no regard for moral qualities.

No matter how well you know the rules of netiquette, you will eventually offend someone who doesn't.

Being civilized means that one keeps one's words unrelated to one's thoughts, when necessary.

Survival has its own etiquette.

In general, I'm not much into etiquette and am a rule-breaker and rebel by nature.

Esquire's all about mommy issues now. Breastfeeding, vaccinations, playdate etiquette.

So there’s an . . . an etiquette to raking. Some seducer’s code of honor. Is this what you’re telling me?

Honestly, a lot of the human etiquette I learned in life I learned from, like, thank-you notes and dating Jimmy Kimmel.

Why were there so many barriers between us, always? Barriers of clothing, of etiquette, of time and age and reason.

Apparently you don't have to observe the Rules of Etiquette when reuniting with a muderous spouse.

If you respect it in others, you respect it in yourself.

There is no letter of the law to follow in Zen. There is a lot of etiquette, but there are no rules.