Diogenes Quotes

I think if you've been invited to someone's house, you eat what they serve you. Even if you leave hungry, you be gracious enough to eat what they've prepared.

I write thank-you notes the minute I throw the wrapping paper away.

I would never disrespect anyone.

Anyone who says they don't like to receive a gift is lying.

If people did not compliment one another there would be little society.

I wish I had the nerve not to tip.

Giving gifts to others is a fundamental activity, as old as humanity itself. Yet in the modern, complex world, the particulars of gift-giving can be extraordinarily challenging.

Listen, re-gifting is fine as long as there is transparency. You just have to be like, 'This is something I got that I couldn't use, and I thought you might like it.'

My mom would still be mad if I didn't say 'please' and 'thank you.'

It's very important with these young people who are graduating and getting married to write thank-you notes.

I like gifts. I like to give them and I like to get them.

When writing a thank-you if you've had lunch with someone downtown, send an e-mail. If somebody is giving you a dinner party in his or her home and all the work that takes, that person deserves a written thank-you.

You should respect the people you are around.

Only a jerk would talk politics on Mother's Day.

It's an unwritten rule that you respect people who've given you breaks. You see somebody's body of work before you take a tone with them. I will talk differently to someone with 18 years of experience and someone with 18 months.

My momma says whenever you go to somebody's house, you have to give them something. Don't come empty-handed.

As long as you respect me, I'm a respect you.

Presents? We already bought you a lot of things. Member when we were at the market and I bought you gum? You'member.

It seems like the first law of Nature is that everybody likes to receive things, but nobody likes to feel grateful.

If I'm out to dinner with a group of friends, and somebody offers to pay for the check, I immediately reach for my wallet. Inside is a note that says, "Say thanks!"

And she says she wants to expose me to all these great things. And to tell you the truth, I don't really want to be exposed to all these great things if it means that I'll have to hear Mary Elizabeth talk about all the great things she exposed me to all the time. I don't understand that. I would give someone a record so they could love the record, not so they would always know that I gave it to them.

Give thanks. Appreciate what you DO have ... the more we give thanks, the more we receive to be thankful for. Gratitude is the gift that always gives back.

Please don't stand up on my account.

He was so generally civil, that nobody thanked him for it.

The greatest gift that you can give another person is to gracefully receive whatever it is that they want to give us.