Jack Dorsey Quotes

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.

My family trained me to be polite to people I had just met, and that included strangers. You speak when you're spoken to. You look people in the eye when they address you and when you address them back.

When you've been brought up in variety, I think timing is always important in your life. If I'm ever late for anything, whether it's personal or business, I always apologise. 'I'm sorry I'm late,' and all that. And if somebody is late meeting me, I expect them to say 'I'm sorry I'm late.' It's just, shall we say, showbiz etiquette of my day.

A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.

Politeness is as much concerned in answering letters within a reasonable time, as it is in returning a bow, immediately.

Curtsey while you're thinking what to say. It saves time.

Good manners do more for a man that good looks.

Never be late. When you're late, what you're saying is that your time is more important than the other person's time. That's pretty egotistical.

Wouldn't he know without being asked?' said Polly. 'I've no doubt he would,' said the Horse (still with his mouth full). 'But I've a sort of an idea he likes to be asked.

Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes.

Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.

If we accept being talked to any kind of a way, then we are telling ourselves we are not quite worth the best. And if we have the effrontery to talk to anybody with less than courtesy, we tell ourselves and the world we are not very intelligent.

Don't be late. Learn your lines. Be good to people. Treat people nice.

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

But my father was also the one who told me I needed to clean up my mouth or I'd never find a man. What's very important to him is manners. Show up on time. Always send thank-you letters. He is one of the more thoughtful humans I've ever met. He's a great man and a very good dad.

There cannot be greater rudeness than to interrupt another in the current of his discourse.

Father told me that if I ever met a lady in a dress like yours, I must look her straight in the eyes.

I find it upsetting to see the erosion of manners. It's very scary. Where are the 'pleases' and 'thank yous?'

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

In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue.

Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.

It is more comfortable for me, in the long run, to be rude than polite.

If someone's being less than courteous to you, I don't think you need to pay any attention to them.

In a day when, if you insulted a man it might cost you your life, you were probably more civil.