#polite

True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#being #consists #easy #every #making

Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#makes #outwardly #politeness #should #within

Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They're underused. ↗

— Tommy Lee Jones

#overrated #politeness

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#human nature #nature #politeness #warmth #wax

Being polite and grateful will make people more inclined to help you. And if people are willing to help you, you may accidentally get something you want. ↗

— Jason Sudeikis

#being #get #grateful #help #inclined

My mom always taught me to be sweet and polite and cross my legs because it's what the guys like. Actually, they like a raunchy girl once in a while. ↗

— Tiffani Amber Thiessen

#always #because #cross #girl #guys

This was our last night. We only had one curtain call, Bree. And I thought they were going to give us a standing ovation, but no-o-o-. Do you know why half the audience stood up?" "To get a head start on the traffic," Bree said. "To get a head start on the traffic," Antonia agreed in indignation. "I mean, here we are, dancing and singing our little guts out, and all those folks want to do is get to bed early. I ask you, whatever happened to common courtesy? Whatever happened to decent manners? Doesn't anyone care about craft anymore? And on top of that, it's not even nice. ↗

— Mary Stanton

#disappointment #expectations #humor #performance #play

Politeness, n. The most acceptable hypocrisy. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#devil

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

— Haruki Murakami

#gentleman #gentlemen #inspirational #manners #motivational

I had an interview once with some German journalist—some horrible, ugly woman. It was in the early days after the communists—maybe a week after—and she wore a yellow sweater that was kind of see-through. She had huge tits and a huge black bra, and she said to me, ‘It’s impolite; remove your glasses.’ I said, ‘Do I ask you to remove your bra? ↗

— Karl Lagerfeld

#chanel #communists #designer #fashion #glasses