Rude Quotes - Page 5

Crowded places, I shunned them as noises too rude / And flew to the silence of sweet solitude.

I'm a gentleman and I was always taught it's rude, to talk about a woman's age or weight unless you are breaking up with her.

No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy.

Prevention is the daughter of intelligence.

The natural progress of the works of men is from rudeness to convenience, from convenience to elegance, and from elegance to nicety.

Anytime anybody is rude, it makes me double-check my own behavior to make sure I don't do that to other people.

Frankness is usually a euphemism for rudeness.

I admit I have no forgiveness. If anyone is ever rude to me, however much they may try to make up, I can't bring myself to re-establish the old [connection]. And when they drop me, I have a sense of relief.

Like psychoanalysis, constitutional jurisprudence has become a game without rules. By defying the plain meaning of words, ignoring context and history, and using a little ingenuity, you can make the Constitution mean anything you like.

A letter is an unannounced visit, the postman the agent of rude surprises. One ought to reserve an hour a week for receiving letters and afterwards take a bath.

Comfort has its place, but it seems rude to visit another country dressed as if you’ve come to mow its lawns.

By citing the UN Charter I indicate that the defensive party to the conflict should use only proportionate force, try to avoid civilian casualties, and end combat operations as soon as possible. These are provisions recognized by almost all authorities on international jurisprudence.

Be prudent, diligent, temperate and discreet. Remember that every human being has a claim upon your kind offices.

It is more comfortable for me, in the long run, to be rude than polite.

The rude beginnings of every art acquire a greater celebrity than the art in perfection; he who first played the fiddle was looked upon as a demigod.

The prudent man does himself good; the virtuous one does it to other men.

I could be rude [with the media]. I could pull some of the [Bill] Parcells stuff, but I couldn’t get away with it. I wasn’t Parcells. They make light of it, but they’re not making light of it with me.

Imprudence gets us into more trouble than actual misdeeds do.

People are very nice to me, even though I'm known for saying rude things.

Unhappiness can be like a virus spreading from one person, to the next person, to the next one and so on. When someone is mean or rude to you, do not let their unhappiness infect your own life. If you are the unhappy one, please quarantine yourself so you do not infect others!

Is love a tender thing? It is too rough, too rude, too boisterous, and it pricks like thorn.

If people are rude in Moscow, at least it's in Russian.

I dislike Ted Cruz as much as the next everyone. But that's no reason to be rude to Ted's loving wife and possible hostage.

Whatever I have up till now accepted as most true and assured I have gotten either from the senses or through the senses. But from time to time I have found that the senses deceive, and it is prudent never to trust completely those who have deceived us even once.

I think our society is all about judgment, which is so rude and disrespectful.