Fawad Khan Quotes

Persian social manners are well known, and there is no other society that can compete with them.

I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don't agree with or like.

Among well-bred people a mutual deference is affected, contempt for others is disguised; authority concealed; attention given to each in his turn; and an easy stream of conversation maintained without vehemence, without interruption, without eagerness for victory, and without any airs of superiority

People in England have a lot of respect. It is relaxed here.

I'd rather be a good guest in someone's home than tell them I don't like their food or make fun of them.

The whole country wants civility. Why don't we have it? It doesn't cost anything. No federal funding, no legislation is involved. One answer is the unwillingness to restrain oneself. Everybody wants other people to be polite to them, but they want the freedom of not having to be polite to others.

Intolerance, discourtesy and harshness..... are taboo in all good society and are surely contrary to the spirit of democracy.

Curiosity in Rome is a form of courtesy.

The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

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

Manners are of such great consequence to the novelist that any kind will do. Bad manners are better than no manners at all, and because we are losing our customary manners, we are probably overly conscious of them; this seems to be a condition that produces writers.

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

Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They're underused.

To the house of a friend if you're pleased to retire, You must all things admit, you must all things admire; You must pay with observance the price of your treat, You must eat what is praised, and must praise what you eat.

Great men show politeness in a particular way; a smile suffices to assure you that you are welcome, and keep about their avocations as if you were a member of the family.

Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.

The Japanese have perfected good manners and made them indistinguishable from rudeness.

When people talk about political correctness, the only element of any value is good manners.

Tell people you're a Canadian or a Kiwi when you travel and they'll adore you.

For the most part, I think of PC as meaning Plain Civil. You treat people the way you'd like to be treated yourself, and that means not using language that is demeaning.

Occasionally, family members treat each other with less courtesy and kindness than they do acquaintances or even strangers.

In Khazak culture, historically, if any traveller comes riding from a long way, there is an obligation to take him into your home. For the first three days, the host doesn't even have the right to ask his name, his destination or his business.

The test of good manners is to be able to put up pleasantly with bad ones.

I almost felt that I should offer to serve coffee.