Polite Quotes

You can do a lot more with weapons and politeness than just politeness.

The only true source of politeness is consideration.

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

He is the very pineapple of politeness.

Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.

Discretion is the polite word for hypocrisy.

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

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

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

Don't mistake politeness for lack of strength.

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

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

Punctuality is the politeness of kings.

I wasn't entirely sure, but a polite John Pritkin might be a sign of the apocalypse.

Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They're underused.

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

In polite society, we call our obsessions hobbies.

True power and true politeness are above vanity.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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