Mario Testino Quotes

Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.

Manners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man.

My mom would still be mad if I didn't say 'please' and 'thank you.'

Nothing can constitute good-breeding that has not good-nature for its foundation.

My manners, abominable at times, can be sweet.

Manners are the basic building blocks of civil society.

If you're not a nice person, don't call.

I have never really encountered anybody that was rude to me. Well, not to my face anyway.

Don't keep your good manners to the end another time, but begin with them.

I would hope I was raised polite and charming.

It's so important to have manners and treat people from all walks of life the way they should be treated.

Manners are really very important to me.

My parents always taught me not to be a good tennis player or the best in what I'm doing, but to be polite.

I don't accept bad manners, so all my grandchildren are very well behaved, just like my kids.

My parents were very strict about manners and being polite to others. I brought my own children up that way, too.

The sign of a person who has had an education is good manners.

It seldom pays to be rude. It never pays to be only half-rude.

I pride myself on being the nicest person in the room. My grandmother always told me, 'Manners will take you where money won't.' When I walk into a room, I say "hello" to everyone I don't care who the person is or what they do, it's simply being respectful.

There is nothing costs less than civility.

Good manners do more for a man that good looks.

Being polite to a person is not a sign of respect for them. It is merely a sign of a good upbringing and a balanced nature.

One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.

I seek constantly to improve my manners and graces, for they are the sugar to which all are attracted.

The only true source of politeness is consideration.

Etiquette does not render you defenseless. If it did, even I wouldn't subscribe to it. But rudeness in retaliation for rudeness just doubles the amount of rudeness in the world.