Nick Clooney Quotes

Courtesy is a silver lining around the dark clouds of civilization; it is the best part of refinement and in many ways, an art of heroic beauty in the vast gallery of man's cruelty and baseness.

I raised my kids kind of old-fashioned - if you don't have something nice to say, then don't say it at all. I teach love, acceptance, and tolerance... I sometimes think that this generation is lacking in decency.

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

I know it's sappy, but I bet there's a market for civility and niceness out there that, while probably not as titillating as a junkyard scrap between shirtless adversaries, it'd sure be healthier.

Nothing is gained by not being kind and courteous.

Everyone can be rude, and everyone can be kind.

There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.

The only true source of politeness is consideration.

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

'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.

I am at heart a gentleman.

All doors open to courtesy.

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

A man needs to be polite, not just to me but to everyone. I watch that. How does he treat the waiter? How does he treat the coat-check girl? How does he treat the driver?

Gentleness corrects whatever is offensive in our manner.

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.

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

The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.

Politeness is, you know, is a wonderful thing. Manners are in fact, really important thing. But remember, Jesus didn't have many manners as we now know.

To refuse graciously is to confer a favor.

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

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

Nice goes much further than mean.

T stands for being nice. T stands for manners. T stands for being polite.