Kelley Armstrong Quotes

Good manners, to those one does not love, are no more a breach of truth, than "your humble servant," at the bottom of a challengeis; they are universally agreed upon, and understand to be things of course. They are necessary guards of the decency and peace of society.

The civilities of the great are never thrown away.

Civility is a choice.

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

It's not like it's hard to be decent and respectful and well-behaved. I do wait in line, and I do take the subway, and I do do my own grocery shopping, and I do take the kids to school.

People don't know how to behave in public anymore.

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.

A woman comes to a table, and you're supposed to get up. Period. But I don't always do it. In general, you're supposed to do it every time. But sometimes you're seated against the wall, and it's awkward.

Manners are love in a cool climate.

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

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.

Britons are very respectful - if they want to take a photo, they ask politely.

Nothing costs less nor is cheaper than compliments of civility.

When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.

There is reason in the distinction of civil and uncivil. The manners are sometimes so rough a rind that we doubt whether they cover any core or sap-wood at all.

Manners, really good ones, make it possible to live with almost anyone, gracefully and pleasantly.

Politeness is the result of good sense and good nature.

Politeness is one of those advantages which we never estimate rightly but by the inconvenience of its loss.

Manners are just a formal expression of how you treat people.

Good behavior is everybody's business, and good taste can be everyone's goal.

Familiarity is a suspension of almost all the laws of civility, which libertinism has introduced into society under the notion of ease.

That bad manners are so prevalent in the world is the fault of good manners.

It starts when you begin to overlook good manners. Any time you quit hearing Sir and Mam the end is pretty much in sight.

We must recall the most important of humanity guidelines: Be polite. Being polite is possibly the greatest daily contribution everyone can make to life on Earth.

Civility is a desire to receive civilities, and to be accounted well-bred.