Quotes about Etiquette
There is always a best way of doing everything, if it be only to boil an egg. Manners are the happy ways of doing things.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.
— Mark Twain
A true gentlemen is one who is never unintentionally rude.
— Oscar Wilde
If the announcer can produce the impression that he is a gentleman, he may pronounce as he pleases.
— George Bernard Shaw
When two Englishmen meet, their first talk is of the weather.
— Samuel Johnson
Tact is the ability to deal with people sensitively, to avoid giving offense, to have a "feel" for the proper words or responses to a delicate situation.
— J. Oswald Sanders
Once a gentleman, and always a gentleman.
— Charles Dickens
Etiquette is the stuff you gotta do just 'cause that's how everyone else does it. Like holding your fork in your left hand, or saying 'Bless you' if someone sneezes. Manners is treating people with respect.
— Tana French
Manners is treating people with respect.
— Tana French
The greater man the greater courtesy.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
When it comes to divide an estate, the politest men quarrel.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Manners make the world work. They're not only based on kindness but also efficiency. When people know what to do, the world is smoother. When no one knows what to do, it's chaos.
— Letitia Baldrige