One of the more tiring aspects of hitchhiking is a need to be sociable and make conversation with whoever is driving you. It would be considered poor form to accept a ride, hop into the passenger seat and then simply to crash out until you reached your destination. How I longed to do just that, but instead I chatted merrily away, energy ebbing from me with each sentence, until Chris dropped me at the address of the lady who had offered me free B
Tony HawksTag: politeness hospitality hitchhiking
Lively, intelligent, and quite immature, [Emily] usually burst out with exactly the comment that summed up the situation beautifully and therefore could never in politeness be said.
Clare B. DunkleTag: intelligence honesty politeness insightfulness
There is an old German fable about porcupines who need to huddle together for warmth, but are in danger of hurting each other with their spines. When they find the optimum distance to share each other's warmth without putting each other's eyes out, their state of contrived cooperation is called good manners. Well, those old German fabulists certainly knew a thing or two. When you acknowledge other people politely, the signal goes out, "I'm here. You're there. I'm staying here. You're staying there. Aren't we both glad we sorted that out?" When people don't acknowledge each other politely, the lesson from the porcupine fable is unmistakeable. "Freeze or get stabbed, mate. It's your choice.
Lynne TrussTag: politeness good-manners fable porcupines
Preserve me from such cordiality! It is like handling briar-roses and may-blossoms - bright enough to the eye, and outwardly soft to the touch, but you know there are thorns beneath, and every now and then you feel them too; and perhaps resent the injury by crushing them in till you have destroyed their power, though somewhat to the detriment of your own fingers.
Anne BrontëTag: manners politeness rudeness humour socialising
E-mail has some magical ability to turn off the politeness gene in a human being.
Jeff BezosTag: manners politeness technology e-mail
As the head of an expedition, you can't pussyfoot around being polite to everyone. You have to show your teeth once in a while; a little growling goes a long way.
Tahir ShahTag: politeness adventure expedition
Politeness [is] a sign of dignity, not subservience.
Theodore RooseveltTag: manners politeness respect dignity
But Johannes had said, "Politeness is something you owe other people, because when you show a little courtesy, everything becomes easier and better. But first and foremost, it's something you owe yourself. You are David.
Anne HolmTag: wisdom life politeness wise smart anne-holm i-am-david
Oh, hon, it's the little courtesies that make life bearable, I find, wouldn't you agree?
Andrew AshlingTag: politeness courtesy thoughtfulness
A gentleman is someone who does not what he wants to do, but what he should do.
Haruki MurakamiTag: motivational inspirational manners politeness gentleman chivalry gentlemen
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