#rudeness

The great accomplishment of Jobs's life is how effectively he put his idiosyncrasies - his petulance, his narcissism, and his rudeness - in the service of perfection. ↗

— Malcolm Gladwell

#effectively #great #his #how #idiosyncrasies

Rudeness can make me angry. ↗

— Clive Owen

#make #me #rudeness

Living en famille provides the strongest motives for rudeness combined with the maximum opportunity for displaying it. ↗

— Quentin Crisp

#displaying #famille #living #maximum #motives

The Japanese have perfected good manners and made them indistinguishable from rudeness. ↗

— Paul Theroux

#good manners #indistinguishable #japanese #made #manners

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

Livvy noted there seemed some communal feeling between the married: any wife could be faintly rude to anyone else's husband. ↗

— Elizabeth Bowen

#rudeness #marriage

There cannot be greater rudeness than to interrupt another in the current of his discourse. ↗

— John Locke

#cannot #current #discourse #greater #his

People are always insinuating that I’m rude. They say things like “Shh,” and “Careful what you say,” and “I think that guy’s listening in on our conversation. ↗

— Bauvard

#rudeness #funny

Our age not only does not have a very sharp eye for the almost imperceptible intrusions of grace, it no longer has much feeling for the nature of the violences which precede and follow them. ↗

— Flannery O'Connor

#grace #perspicacity #violence #writing #age

It is a wise thing to be polite; consequently, it is a stupid thing to be rude. To make enemies by unnecessary and willful incivility, is just as insane a proceeding as to set your house on fire. For politeness is like a counter--an avowedly false coin, with which it is foolish to be stingy. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#politeness #rudeness #life