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 QuindlenMots clés 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. HeinleinMots clés 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. WilsonMots clés 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 TansekMots clés politeness civilization barbarian civility
Acceptable hypocrisy is often called politeness.
Shannon L. AlderMots clés manners politeness hypocrisy irony mediocrity fake accepted
When I act tough they listen politely till the spasm passes. They know.
Frank McCourtMots clés politeness teaching listening teacher students spasm
In nothing do we fail more, as a Mission, than in lack of tact and politeness.
James Hudson TaylorMots clés 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-MooreMots clés politeness authority
Manners,” I say. “It ain't polite to taste people. Shit.
Nenia CampbellMots clés 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. WeaverMots clés politeness discipline piety rectitude
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