FKA twigs Quotes

You get on an elevator with someone, you say hi to them, you speak to them. You give respect. That's just how I've always been.

I am a stickler for good manners, and I believe that treating other people well is a lost art. In the workplace, at the dinner table, and walking down the street--we are confronted with choices on how to treat people nearly every waking moment. Over time these choices define who we are and whether we have a lot of friends and allies or none.

Good manners are a part of good morals.

People are pretty respectful for the most part.

Grownups have to say 'please,' too.

Manners are the basic building blocks of civil society.

Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is ethics. It is honor.

Civility is not simply about manners.

Manners are love in a cool climate.

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

There's no chivalry in culture any more. Sometimes you meet someone who everyone says is polite and you're like, 'Wow,' but then it's like, 'Hang on, isn't everyone supposed to be polite?'

Just because you can say things that are uncivil does not mean that your should say things that are uncivil.

Men have always been gentlemen to me - responsible people with healthy attitudes.

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

Manners are really very important to me.

Manners make the world work. They're not only based on kindness but also efficiency. When people know what to do, the world is smoother. When no one knows what to do, it's chaos.

Civility, politeness, it's like a cement in a society: binds it together. And when we lose it, then I think we all feel lesser and slightly dirty because of it.

I think we need a rulebook saying that everyone should be lovely to each other. It doesn't cost anything to be nice.

I'm nice to everybody, I respect other people. If you respect me, I respect you.

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

Perhaps the summary of good-breeding may be reduced to this rule. "Behave unto all men as you would they should behave unto you." This will most certainly oblige us to treat all mankind with the utmost civility and respect, there being nothing that we desire more than to be treated so by them.

Custom is a mutable thing; yet we readily recognize the permanence of certain social values. Graciousness and courtesy are never old-fashioned.

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.

I believe in good, having morals, be a decent person.

Good manners can replace morals. It may be years before anyone knows if what you are doing is right. But if what you are doing is nice, it will be immediately evident.