#manners

That survival instinct, that will to live, that need to get back to life again, is more powerful than any consideration of taste, decency, politeness, manners, civility. Anything. It's such a powerful force. ↗

— Danny Boyle

#any #anything #back #civility #consideration

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#inspirational

A gentleman is someone who does not what he wants to do, but what he should do. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#gentleman #gentlemen #inspirational #manners #motivational

Everything in this room is edible. Even I'm edible. But, that would be called canibalism. It is looked down upon in most societies. ↗

— Tim Burton

#gluttony #humor #manners #humor

The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any. ↗

— Fred Astaire

#face #good #good manners #hardest #job

Evil communication corrupts good manners. I hope to live to hear that good communication corrects bad manners. ↗

— Benjamin Banneker

#bad manners #communication #corrects #corrupts #evil

Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument with them. ↗

— Thomas Hardy

#course #custom #manners #morals #own

There was no singles problem until singles got so single-minded that they stopped wasting time with anyone ineligible. Before that, it was understood that one of society's main tasks was matchmaking. People with lifelong friendships and ties to local nonprofessional organizations did not have to fear that isolation would accompany retirement, old age, or losing a spouse. Overburdened householders could count on the assistance not only of their own extended families, but of the American tradition of neighborliness. ↗

— Judith Martin

#community #family #miss-manners #relationships #age

As a Texan, I say ma'm and sir to my age contemporaries and open doors for anyone that I can. This goes for men, too, though it is appreciated when they beat me to it and disappointing when they don't. ↗

— Tiffany Madison

#chivalry #kindness #manners #men #men-and-women

Bedside manners are no substitute for the right diagnosis. ↗

— Alfred P. Sloan

#diagnosis #manners #right #substitute