Quotes about Etiquette
It seems disrespectful to me to see ladies in church in very short skirts or skimpy, sleeveless tops. I would imagine that it could be distracting to men who are trying to keep their minds on God.
- Elisabeth Elliot
The whole of heraldry and of chivalry is in courtesy. A man of fine manners shall pronounce your name with all the ornament that titles of nobility could ever add.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Let thy carriage be such as becomes a man grave settled and attentive to that which is spoken. Contradict not, at every turn, what others say.
- George Washington
As the streets that lead from the Strand to the Embankment are very narrow, it is better not to walk down them arm-in-arm.
- Virginia Woolf
You send a girl to school in order to make friends - the right sort.
- Virginia Woolf
As for himself, when he went to go to a party, as one was sometimes obliged to, from a wish not to give offence, he walked into the middle of the room, said 'Ha! Ha!' as loud as ever he could, considered he had done his duty, and went home.
- Virginia Woolf
Gran was just being polite. Southern people are supposed to be polite and gracious. She's trying to show me how to be the same way.
- Lauraine Snelling
Keep up appearances whatever you do.
- Charles Dickens
Once a gentleman, and always a gentleman.
- Charles Dickens
On this matter I'm inclined to agree with the French, who gaze upon any personal dietary prohibition as bad manners.
- Charles Dickens
I ain't took so many year to make a gentleman, not without knowing what's due to him.
- Charles Dickens
When complimented, a sincere "thank you" is the only response required.
- H Jackson Brown, Jr.