Judith Martin Quotes

I'm polite.

To be rude to someone is not my nature.

I would hope I was raised polite and charming.

As long as those adjectives used to describe me - charming, affable, punctual - don't mean that I'm dull, then that's fine. And I am polite - I was brought up to be that way.

Ford was warm and friendly. He wouldn't embarrass a Cabinet member.

Johnny Depp was the most polite young actor I've ever worked with.

'Nice' means nothing. Is it someone who doesn't swear and shout? I swear and shout. 'Nice' sounds ineffectual.

I'm not an abrasive person. I do speak my mind, but my goal is never to offend. I don't intentionally want to strike a chord.

Don't confuse being stimulating with being blunt.

In life, if you have an enthusiasm for what they call 'good manners,' sometimes people don't quite believe you. I've had that once or twice before, where they assume you can't be for real.

My dad was a particularly polite kind of guy, very courteous.

He is every other inch a gentleman.

I'm too blunt, too matter-of-fact and not PC enough.

I believe you should always be polite when you ask a question. I totally believe that.

I am sweet and diplomatic in real life.

Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.

I love old-fashioned manners, as long as it's not forced. I can tell when it's natural or when someone is just trying to impress me.

In Japan, I was immensely impressed by the politeness, industrious nature and conscientiousness of the Japanese people.

I've always tried to walk a line between being incisive and acerbic, but not mean. Sometimes I'm going to tip over the line a little bit, but that's usually a line I try not to cross.

Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.

Not to be purple, but I've never been a 'bad boy' kind of girl. I like manners.

Canadians are very well behaved, they don't throw their food.

We don't have to be rude with each other; we have to be diplomatic.

Civility is a choice.

There is a difference between being straightforward and careless.