Arthur Adamov Quotes

One should not talk of hatters in the house of the hanged.

it is bad manners to contradict a guest. You must never insult people in your own house - always go to theirs.

Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is ethics. It is honor.

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

The greater the controversy, the more you need manners.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

A gentleman never talks about his tailor.

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

My mother had all these maxims - like, classy girls never chew gum, never read comic books, never get their ears pierced, never get their hair dyed.

Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance.

Look not at what is contrary to propriety; listen not to what is contrary to propriety; speak not what is contrary to propriety; make no movement which is contrary to propriety.

To Americans, English manners are far more frightening than none at all.

People are pretty respectful for the most part.

Manners are the basic building blocks of civil society.

Civility is not simply about manners.

I like things that are civilized.

I'm a gentleman, if nothing else. It's taken me years to become one, but finally I have a sense of propriety.

You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.

Manners are love in a cool climate.

Callousness and insolence bring to bare unanimous social condemnation, while the simple efforts of politeness are admired; even in those who are otherwise despised.

We don't have spittoons on street corners any more. It's no longer acceptable to spit on the street.

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

No gentleman ever discusses any relationship with a lady.

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.

Formalized rules of manners were so great because they left no room for basic human haplessness. They allowed us to circumvent our natural boorish tendency to disregard the feelings of others.