Sting Quotes

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?'

Grownups have to say 'please,' too.

Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.

Don't keep your good manners to the end another time, but begin with them.

I am a gentleman. My natural inclination is to be on my best behavior.

Manners are the happy ways of doing things.

My father always used to say ‘treat everyone as a gentleman; not because they are, but because you are.’

Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way through the world.

Good manners make any man a pleasure to be with. Ask any woman.

Good manners can render even virtue tolerable.

Good manners reflect something from inside-an innate sense of consideration for others and respect for self.

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

There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.

In England, we have such good manners that if someone says something impolite, the police will get involved.

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

Courtesy is a lady's armor.

The only true source of politeness is consideration.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

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

I'm a gentleman.

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

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

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.

A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.