Jessica Hart Quotes

People have no concept of boundaries.

From a very early age, my wife and I told our son that there are times and places for everything. I told him, look, when you're in class, you have to be quiet and listen to your teacher, but when you go out to the playground, you can scream and be silly.

Politeness is half good manners and half good lying.

We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds.

People seem to see no difference between an intimate conversation and a conversation at the water cooler.

I am not going to talk about my personal life anymore. You have to learn that lesson sometime.

I don't mind being recognised, as long as people are nice. I do like meeting people; it's just that some people are a bit disrespectful... Sometimes it's like, I'm having a roast dinner, and someone's taking a picture of me. I don't mind taking pictures, but just ask. Otherwise, it's a bit weird.

I am very clear about keeping my professional and personal lives separate. I don't want to talk about certain things, and that's the way I am.

You don't spit on people, especially people's corners.

"Keep your hands to yourself!" might almost be put at the head of the first chapter of every book on etiquette.

I know most of the photographers in Ireland. And if I don't want my photograph taken, they will leave me alone.

I wish over the years I had kept my private life private and my professional life a little more professional.

By the way, you won't put that thing in about me wanting to have sex on a football pitch, will you?

Your private life is your private life and you keep it to yourself. You get more respect that way.

It's rude to not try and look up-to-date. Is rude the right word? Yes! It's rude - rude to other people.

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

It is awfully important to know what is and what is not your business.

As soon as I feel people are talking too much about my character, it's time to leave.

I'm learning how to keep my identity and personal life sacred. It's a matter of knowing my limits. I don't have to give everything that's asked of me.

I feel like the quality of privacy and respect of people's personal space has been completely disintegrated. You can ask to take the picture. I will be so glad to take the picture and pose and look good for the picture.

I understand why people might be interested. But I just don't talk about my personal life. It's a decision I made a long time ago, before I ever even knew anyone would be interested in my personal life.

I really have to edit myself - I need someone with a censor button around me all the time. I'm just a little unaware of what's deemed appropriate.

In polite society one laughs at all the jokes, including the ones one has heard before.

I was brought up with considerable discipline, and I was taught it wasn't proper to display certain very private emotions in public.

Politeness is only one half good manners and the other half good lying.