406 Quotes About Manners

A foreigner should consider practicing other countries' customs, manners, and etiquette before visiting the country.

What the devil are you doing here?” continued the earl, his customary good manners quite banished by the shock of seeing this girl whose treachery had not prevented her from haunting his dreams, sleeping and waking, ever since she had gone.

A proper table setting provides no place for a cell phone.

Now, Faith dear…” “Yes, cousin?” “Of course, you look absolutely ravishing, but perhaps no mention of rocks right away?” “Not a single sedimentary sequence shall pass my lips, I promise.” Faith attempted to look grave. “I don’t know what that means, dear, but thank you.

I didn't ask to see you. You sent for me. I don't mind your ritzing me or drinking your lunch out of a Scotch bottle. I don't mind your showing me your legs. They're very swell legs and it's a pleasure to make their acquaintance. I don't mind if you don't like my manners. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings. But don't waste your time trying to cross-examine me.

I should add, however, by way of justification of French politeness, that our fellow-countrymen are, when travelling, models of good manners in comparison with the abominable English, who seem to have been brought up in a stable, so careful are they not to discommode themselves in any way, while they always discommode their neighbors.

I reach into the abyss and find my manners.

Although circumstances of our lives have changed a great deal over the past few decades and look set to do so for some time to come, the basic tenets of good behaviour deserve to remain unaffected.

He must be aged to have good manners. Modern young men have to be angry, and that means plain rude.