Florentijn Hofman Quotes

I try to preserve whatever balance society has between public and personal life. I never try to eat on the subway. I never try to listen to loud music on the subway.

Today's society will ignore almost any form of public behavior except getting in the express line with two extra items.

People don't know how to behave in public anymore.

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

Any privacy in public is a hard thing to negotiate.

If you see me or another model in a bar, wait until you are spoken to before you speak.

It's funny... you can make fun of AIDS or Haiti, but if you make fun of some starlet in Hollywood's looks? That's like the one thing... the line you are not to cross.

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.

Our family brings a different amount of - not fame - attention.

Playing the good guy is tough because you know as well as I do, in real life, you have to watch your P's and Q's and conduct yourself in a respectable manner if you expect to have friends.

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

We felt it was very important for an entity like CCTV to make its presence felt... To generate a space and to define a space, that is the main thing.

If you behave normally, people treat you normally. It's only when you act as if you're someone special that they feel obliged to stand on ceremony.

The truth is, I suppose I am now public property; and a public inn is the place where people can have access to me.

Anybody has a right to put forth their nonsense as long as they don’t engage in anything that does someone else harm.

Publicity is the soul of justice. Without publicity, all other checks are insufficient: in comparison of publicity, all other checks are of small account.

Members will not stand with their behinds facing the speaker.

Every member present must behave like a gentleman, and those who are not must try to.

If one is respected, it is only because one shows one's respect for others first.

Let us behave like ladies and gentlemen and refrain from damaging property.

The manners thing's got worse. People think they can just text you if they've got bad news for you. It's not on. And as for people taking pictures at gigs on their phones, that's just weird.

The Australian Book of Etiquette is a very slim volume.

People in England have a lot of respect. It is relaxed here.

When I was growing up, my family was serious about manners. I always wanted to put my elbow on the table to prop my head up. I didn't understand how other people looked awake. My head felt so heavy after the whole day.

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