Quotes about Manners

Rocky Mountain etiquette required of a spectator was, that he should help the gentleman bury his game—otherwise his churlishness would surely be remembered against him the first time he killed a man himself and needed a neighborly turn in interring him.

No real gentleman will tell the naked truth in the presence of ladies.

With the unreasonable petulance of mankind I rang the bell and gave a curt intimation that I was ready.

Karl Bonhoeffer taught his children to speak only when they had something to say. He did not tolerate sloppiness of expression any more than he tolerated self-pity or selfishness or boastful pride. His children loved and respected him in a way that made them eager to gain his approval; he hardly had to say anything to communicate his feelings on a subject. Often a cocked eyebrow was all it took.

The suppression of the Slave Trade and the reformation of manners.

That survival instinct, that will to live, that need to get back to life again, is more powerful than any consideration of taste, decency, politeness, manners, civility. Anything. It's such a powerful force.

it is easier to behave nicely when you have your good clothes on.

Now, don't be looking I-told-you-so, Matthew. That's bad enough in a woman, but it isn't to be endured in a man.

Miss Barry, who was sitting behind them, leaned forward and poked Marilla in the back with her parasol.

No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.

Involvement in public life provides the opportunity to shape our manners in accordance with civil justice.

If you brought up Joyce twice, you would not be invited back.