In England I am always madam; I arrived too late to ever be a miss. In New York I have only been madamed once, by the doorman at the Carlyle Hotel.
Anna QuindlenStichwörter: women politeness usa new-york-city london england miss form-of-address formality madam
Sick cultures show a complex of symptoms such as you have named...but a dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.
Robert A. HeinleinStichwörter: manners politeness culture cultural-decay
All my life I have placed great store in civility and good manners, practices I find scarce among the often hard-edged, badly socialized scientists with whom I associate. Tone of voice means a great deal to me in the course of debate. I despise the arrogance and doting self-regard so frequently found among the very bright.
Edward O. WilsonStichwörter: manners politeness rudeness arrogance etiquette good-manners bad-attitude ill-mannered-scientists impoliteness politesse poor-manners self-regard tone-of-voice
the veneer of civilization is exceedingly thin
Karin TansekStichwörter: politeness civilization barbarian civility
Acceptable hypocrisy is often called politeness.
Shannon L. AlderStichwörter: manners politeness hypocrisy irony mediocrity fake accepted
When I act tough they listen politely till the spasm passes. They know.
Frank McCourtStichwörter: politeness teaching listening teacher students spasm
In nothing do we fail more, as a Mission, than in lack of tact and politeness.
James Hudson TaylorStichwörter: politeness mission
When your family is twice as weird as normal, you have to be twice as polite to authority, because authority hates weird.
Rosemary Clement-MooreStichwörter: politeness authority
Manners,” I say. “It ain't polite to taste people. Shit.
Nenia CampbellStichwörter: humor manners politeness random funny
Piety is a discipline of the will through respect. It admits the right to exist of things larger than the ego, of things different from the ego.
Richard M. WeaverStichwörter: politeness discipline piety rectitude
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