Larry McMurtry Quotes

Honor has to say "please" and "thank you." Manners are really important.

People are pretty respectful for the most part.

You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.

Gentlemen don't do that.

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

Except in streetcars one should never be unnecessarily rude to a lady.

I have no use for people who exhibit manners.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

The more you act like a lady, the more he'll act like a gentleman.

There's no excuse for rudeness.

Civility is not simply about manners.

I hate the irreverent rabble and keep them far from me.

Good manners are appreciated as much as bad manners are abhorred.

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

Manners are really very important to me.

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'm not disrespectful, I try to be polite.

I'm just not going around disrespecting people.

With a woman around, there's a tendency to eliminate vulgarity and profanity and create a more businesslike attitude.

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

The underlying principles of manners- respect, fairness, and congeniality.

It seldom pays to be rude. It never pays to be only half-rude.

Politeness is the chief sign of culture.

Good manners are a sign of strength.

This piece of rudeness was more than Alice could bear: she got up in great disgust, and walked off; the Dormouse fell asleep instantly, and neither of the others took the least notice of her going, though she looked back once or twice, half hoping that they would call after her: the last time she saw them, they were trying to put the Dormouse into the teapot. At any rate I'll never go THERE again!' said Alice as she picked her way through the wood. "It's the stupidest tea-party I ever was at in all my life!