Trenton Lee Stewart Quotes

I have always felt that if a man gives you a solid gold key to his door he is entitled to the courtesy of a visit.

If I go to your home, and you're cooking me a meal, I will eat whatever you put in front of me.

I think if you've been invited to someone's house, you eat what they serve you. Even if you leave hungry, you be gracious enough to eat what they've prepared.

Great grace and small gifts are better than great gifts and no grace.

So, you are very welcome to our house. It must appear in other ways than words, Therefore, I scant this breathing courtesy.

it is bad manners to contradict a guest. You must never insult people in your own house - always go to theirs.

A guest is a jewel on the cushion of hospitality

The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.

No one who is at all acquainted with the Indian in his home can deny that we are a polite people.

On the road we're somebody else's guests - and we play in a way that they're not going to forget we visited them.

I think it's most important for children to understand the concept of respect and manners and also work ethic. I have a responsibility to those who came before me.

It is boorish to live ungraciously: the giving is the hardest part; what does it cost to add a smile?

I don't have some sort of moral dilemma with coming as a guest to an event or a fashion show.

The test of a man or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel.

It is not polite to receive a favor without returning it.

The test of a man or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel. Anybody can behave well when things are going smoothly.

If a man holds a door open for me or pulls back a chair so that this old bag can sit down, I'm delighted.

When writing a thank-you if you've had lunch with someone downtown, send an e-mail. If somebody is giving you a dinner party in his or her home and all the work that takes, that person deserves a written thank-you.

A man can give me a steak, and he's got my attention.

'Granted' is about a lively young woman who does a fairy godmother a good turn and is given a wish as her reward.

My father John taught me about hard work and the importance of manners.

When away from home always be like the kind of man you would care to take into your own home.

He was so generally civil, that nobody thanked him for it.