Quotes about Manners

One of the things I was taught as a child, and which I taught my children also, is never to go to anyone's house without bringing something — never visit anyone without bringing them a gift.

At the end of the day, we can talk about anything but we have to be respectful.

I've always been a respectful kind of guy.

I try to be respectful.

Respect is not a feeling. It is how we treat another person.

Vulgarity, in my mind, is not cool.

Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.

I still, at hotel rooms, I do this one sort of not-so-cool thing: continually shoving my room service tray in front of someone else's door. Because I don't want the remnants. I don't want to be caught, like, being like the pig that I was at two in the morning.

If I walked into the kitchen without washing my hands as a kid, I'd hear a loud 'A-hem!' from my mother or grandmother. Now I count on other people to do the same.

Good breeding, a union of kindness and independence.

There is always a best way of doing everything, if it be to boil an egg. Manners are the happy ways of doing things.