Miriam Margolyes Quotes

You don't want to be nasty for the sake of being nasty.

If you're not a nice person, don't call.

I'm not mean to fans because I'm a bad guy. I'm mean to them because they're rude.

As youngsters, my mother taught her children that while we might not be the smartest people around, we could be courteous, polite and considerate of others.

It's nice to be important, but it's important to always be nice.

I can be nice - I don't need to be rude for no reason.

If someone is nice to you, how can you be mean to them?

Everyone can be rude, and everyone can be kind.

I always try to be nice. I never want to be that person that anyone perceives as being rude or disrespectful, 'cause that's not me at all.

I would not have had that happen to you. Discourtesy is unspeakably ugly to me.

It is almost the definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.

How someone treats a waiter or doorman can tell you so much about a person.

No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy.

Kindness is always fashionable, and always welcome.

'Be nice' is my family's basic rule but one that often goes unfollowed in Hollywood. There's always a moment when you can choose between being snarky and being kind. I opt for the latter - it's much less exhausting!

I don't think you should have to try to be nice, I think most people are nice. I think being cheerful and nice is just a politeness.

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

Well, as I was saying... everyone's so nice to me, usually.

Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.

True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can.

I try to be kind to people, to treat them with respect. And I'm proud of that.

Some people are jerks, and some people aren't.

I don't always think it's necessary for somebody to be nice all the time.

There was one thing my daddy wouldn't tolerate in any shape, form or fashion, and that was being unkind or rude to somebody. That was just very important to my folks. And as it turns out, that was a legacy that he left me that money can't buy, is how to be able to treat people.

I grew up writing thank-you notes. Real, honest-to-goodness, pen-and-ink, stamped and posted letters. More than simple habit, it's about what the commitment to expressing your thoughts and feelings in writing says about the character of the writer. About the joy such notes bring to the reader.