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The three C's of leadership are Consideration,Caring,and Courtesy.Be polite to everyone.
— Brian Tracy
There is really no polite way to put it: Now is not the time to be pissing away the nation's largest aquifer.
— Julene Bair
When politeness is used to show up other people, it is reclassified as rudeness. Thus it is technically impossible to be too polite.
— Judith Martin
No one looks at us. We might as well be invisible; or clothing marks us as strangers, transients. They are polite, so polite; no one stares at us.
— Joanne Harris
Love thy enemies, it says in the scriptures. My foster mother always added, At the very least, you will be polite to them.
— Patricia Briggs
Normally it is not polite to go into somebody's room without knocking, but you can make an exception if the person is dead, or pretending to be dead.
— Daniel Handler
Dwarf mothers didn't handicap their young by teaching them to be polite. My neighbors were as short on manners as they were on stature.
— Erik Bundy
Share what you like and don't pretend to like things you don't. There are many ways to be honest but polite.
— Jay Woodman
When you don't know everything that you could know, it's a fine time to shut your fucking noisemaker and be polite.
— Scott Lynch
Man is the only animal that learns by being hypocritical. He pretends to be polite and then, eventually, he becomes polite.
— Jean Kerr
Be as polite to the custodian as you are to the chairman of the board.
— H. Jackson Brown Jr.
I do not see why I should be polite to tyrants, who slobber of humanitarianism and think only of their own petty interests.
— Paul Feyerabend
The English are busy folk; they have no time in which to be polite.
— Baron De Montesquieu
Ninety percent of the people in any group are nice, raised to be polite, and have more in common than not.
— Susan RoAne
I can be very polite, but I've found that doesn't always get a result. You have got to bang and thump tables.
— Joy Baluch
Try to be polite."
"I'm always polite."
"You're always eyeing people's valuables. That's hardly polite. — Jodi Meadows
"I'm always polite."
"You're always eyeing people's valuables. That's hardly polite. — Jodi Meadows
if you love to behave rude properly, you need to learn to be polite first, from the deep of your mind.
— Viplob Pratik
You said "Hi", I to be polite will say "Bye"!
— Deyth Banger
If you treat yourself well, you will be good to others,
— Lailah Gifty Akita
I can't tell you. I would say that if I did, I would have to kill you, but that wouldn't be polite.
— Sanjaya Malakar
There is a kind of courtesy in skepticism. It would be an offense against polite conventions to press our doubts too far.
— George Santayana
Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
— Otto Von Bismarck
Hence one meets in polite society few novelists, or poets, few of all those sublime creatures who speak of the things that are not to be mentioned.
— Marcel Proust
What a polite game tennis is. The chief word in it seems to be "sorry" and admiration of each other's play crosses the net as frequently as the ball.
— James M. Barrie
Sometimes when you start losing detail, whether it's in music or in life, something as small as failing to be polite, you start to lose substance.
— Benny Goodman
Give that mint Milano back, you bitch. If you can't at least be polite, you don't get a treat.
— Augusten Burroughs
You're thinking too hard about how to respond to my stupidity. Have to be polite don't you?
— Jodi Meadows
But it is the job of a revolution to shock, to provoke, and to upset, not to behave or to be polite.
— Mona Eltahawy
Under my leadership the Liberal Democrats would not be making polite interjections from the sidelines, we would be hammering on the doors of power.
— Menzies Campbell
Three circles. Perfect for asking. It was better to be gentle and polite. It was the worst sort of selfishness to force yourself upon the world.
— Patrick Rothfuss
I am an exceptional thief, Mrs. McClane. And since I'm moving up to kidnapping, you should be more polite.
— Hans Gruber
Even awful people can be polite for a few minutes," their father told them. "Any longer than that and they revert to the bastards they really are.
— Kevin Wilson
You know, it wouldn't kill you to be a little more polite." "Why take chances," I muttered,
— Jim Butcher
I speak and help some folks only because I believe they may be god in flesh, testing me for politeness.
— Darnell Lamont Walker
The best advice that was given to me was that I had to be 10 times smarter, braver and more polite to be equal. So I did.
— Samuel L. Jackson
Take a bite, but be polite! Not everyone enjoys the sight, Of food that's chewed, It looks quite crude! So close your mouth when you cheeeeew!
— Sheri McClure-Pitler
I'm teaching my daughters to be ladies by showing them how to dress appropriately when they leave the house, and how to be thoughtful and polite.
— Debi Mazar
But I don't want to be fine, not if it means she's going to let go of my hand; not if it means we're going to go back to being polite strangers.
— Tabitha Suzuma
Nobody thanks a witty man for politeness when he puts himself on a par with a society in which it would not be polite to show one's wit.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
His eyes were polite yet maleficent, as though he was making an effort to be civil to the photographer while plotting to murder his wife.
— Arundhati Roy
How long is it polite to continue to be interested in what someone says after they reveal they've got a boyfriend?
— Russell Brand
Even demons can be polite.
— Mark Andrew Poe
I like to see things. I see a lot more art than I'd like to see. We have to be polite and see the art shows of people we know. We see a lot of art.
— Peter Saul
You're nonagoshabibble," Squid said. "Squid, be polite,
— Tui T. Sutherland
Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
— Francois De La Rochefoucauld
The toughest thing about being a celebrity, I suppose, is being polite when I don't want to be.
— Eric Clapton
Even a wolf knows how to be polite when animalistic humans have no clue about politeness
— Munia Khan
She felt free now. Free and empty. No need to talk to anyone, or be polite, or bother about anything.
— Joan G. Robinson
I'm an underdog person, so I align myself with those who seem to be not considered valuable in polite society.
— Jessica Hagedorn
At a certain point, it seems more polite to just become the person people assume you to be.
— Heidi Julavits
Women are taught that if you want to be a lady, keep your opinions to yourself and be polite.
— Judy Gold
Democracy isn't solely about polite conversations in parliaments. It needs to be continually refreshed with raw passions, anger and ideals.
— Geoff Mulgan
It is better to be polite than rude.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Always be polite to a dragon. It's harder than it sounds. Dragon etiquette is incredibly complicated, and if you make a mistake, the dragon eats you.
— Patricia C. Wrede
In Amos' experience the more dangerous any two people were, the more carefully polite their social interactions tended to be.
— James S.A. Corey
Call a jack a jack. Call a spade a spade. But always call a whore a lady. Their lives are hard enough, and it never hurts to be polite.
— Patrick Rothfuss
Chocolate is good for three things. Two of them can't be mentioned in polite company.
— Jill Shalvis
She wants to be polite and not hurt your feelings, so she's not going to laugh right now. But inside, inside she's laughing.
— Derek Landy
The English are busy; they don't have time to be polite.
— Baron De Montesquieu
You have to be polite with your friends and your family, but in your art, it's important to not be polite.
— Lisa Yuskavage
I ain't saying you're a liar, because that wouldn't be polite. But I'll tell you this, ma'am. If I loved liars, I'd hug you to death.
— Jim Thompson
Be polite to all, friendly to none. Be professional. Be ready to kill everyone and everything.
— Janet Morris
Never wear pride as the jersey of your dreams. You will miss the goal and lose your dreams if you put on pride!
— Israelmore Ayivor
I was raised to be polite, but not to suffer bullshit.
— Stephen King
Being politically correct means saying what's polite rather than what's accurate. I like to be accurate.
— Robert Kiyosaki
I am James Burlough, the Earl of Deerhurst.' The earl's pleasant smile capsized into not-quite-polite puzzlement. 'And who might you be, sir?
— Suzanne Enoch
Patience can be a good thing - but not necessarily. Sometimes it's not so bad to be impatient. I'm a little bit too polite.
— Helen Mirren
I tend to be the type who is overly polite and sort of ingratiating to other people.
— Daniel Clowes
His mother had often told Lock that he was much too polite to ever be a true intellectual.
— Shelly Laurenston
I think I've realized that business and being polite [don't] match. You can be fair, but me being polite was not me being fair to myself.
— Beyonce Knowles
Be polite, being well-mannered doesn't mean you're boring.
— Anuj Kr. Thakur
It was difficult to be polite when you wanted to run away.
— Marissa Meyer
How foolish to think that one can ever slam the door in the face of age. Much wiser to be polite and gracious and ask him to lunch in advance.
— Noel Coward
In my mind, I am bold and forthright, but what comes out always seems to be so meek and polite.
— Gayle Forman
When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite.
— Winston S. Churchill
I don't think being polite for polite's sake makes you a better person. I try to be as genuine as I can afford.
— Angela Richardson
You have to hold your audience in writing to the very end-much more than in talking, when people have to be polite and listen to you.
— Brenda Ueland
It is unpredictable for you to know which of the strangers you are about to meet that becomes your friend. Be polite to every stranger!
— Israelmore Ayivor
In England, art was much less likely to be mentioned in polite society than sexual perversions or methods of torture.
— Edward St. Aubyn
It is better to be too honest to be polite than to be too polite to be honest!
— Andre Comte-Sponville
Be polite to all, but intimate with few.
— Thomas Jefferson
That quality is what makes women great collaborators; we understand it's a team effort. Even if it comes from society telling us to be polite.
— Rachel Bloom
Sometimes it wasn't easy to be polite to someone who locked you in a mudpit
— Samantha Boyette