Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes

Shaking hands is meant as a sign of respect towards your opponent.

My dad would always tell me, 'When you meet a man, look him in his eye and shake his hand,' and that's just something I've been doing for a long time.

Etiquette is all human social behavior. If you're a hermit on a mountain, you don't have to worry about etiquette; if somebody comes up the mountain, then you've got a problem. It matters because we want to live in reasonably harmonious communities.

Gentlemen don't read each other's mail.

I forgot to shake hands and be friendly. It was an important lesson about leadership.

Be polite. Write diplomatically. Even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.

Protocol is everything.

Minimum information given with maximum politeness.

I think civility is important to getting things done.

Being polite, being respectful, having manners, and being a socialite - they're key life skills that people take for granted. Being able to communicate with all people on all levels is what's got me so far.

People think I'm rude. I'm not rude; I'm just not networking. It's just honesty.

While speaking in the NA, one must maintain respect.

American life is based on a reassurance that we like one another but won't violate one another's privacies. This makes it a land of small talk.

I'm known on the Hill for having respect, I think, on all sides of the House of Commons because I don't buy into treating people poorly.

If somebody, without knowing me, comes up to me and wants to upset or belittle me, I think that reflects badly on them, not me... if you're ever unsure of what to call me or someone like me, my name always does well.

I get a choice every time I have to open my mouth: that it can be with civility and dignity and grace - or not.

It's an unwritten rule that you respect people who've given you breaks. You see somebody's body of work before you take a tone with them. I will talk differently to someone with 18 years of experience and someone with 18 months.

Honestly, I feel like people don't look at other people when they're walking around.

We don't like offending anyone.

I don't know where, or by whom, Judge Wapner was raised, but my parents taught me, when you don't have something nice to say about someone, say nothing.

I am definitely a person who firmly believes in the human touch and in the importance of people.

My parents brought me up to speak the way I speak, to hold my head up high, to know wrong from right and to have manners.

I try to be warm to everyone I meet.

In Germany, it is normal, when games end, you shake hands with your players.

When the Quaker Penn kept his hat on in the royal presence, Charles (King Charles II) politely removed his, explaining that it was the custom in that place for only one person at a time to remain covered.