Daniel Handler Quotes

Me and polite have never been on close terms.

There cannot be greater rudeness than to interrupt another in the current of his discourse.

The way one was brought up isn't an excuse for rude behavior.

Being polite to a person is not a sign of respect for them. It is merely a sign of a good upbringing and a balanced nature.

There comes a place where you need to respect. When people are speaking, you don't comment.

When you're growing up, I think there's this idea that the coolest people are the ones who are really rude and feverish. But I've come to realize that isn't cool.

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.

I have seen people rude by being over-polite.

Lack of manners is the sign of a hero.

Is there no respect of place, persons, nor time in you?

Discourtesy is unspeakably ugly to me.

Basil Stag Hare tut-tutted severely as he remarked to Ambrose Spike, 'Tch, tch. Dreadful table manners. Just look at those three wallahs, kicking up a hullaballoo like that! Eating's a serious business.

This piece of rudeness was more than Alice could bear: she got up in great disgust, and walked off; the Dormouse fell asleep instantly, and neither of the others took the least notice of her going, though she looked back once or twice, half hoping that they would call after her: the last time she saw them, they were trying to put the Dormouse into the teapot. At any rate I'll never go THERE again!' said Alice as she picked her way through the wood. "It's the stupidest tea-party I ever was at in all my life!

Whoever one is, and wherever one is, one is always in the wrong if one is rude.

Have you ever known me to be rude to a lady?" "I have seen you be intentionally rude to a woman. I have never seen you be rude to a lady.

There is no excuse for bad manners, except fast reflexes.

A lot of our lives are about being polite.

Emily Post says that talking about oneself isn't very polite.' 'I'm sure Miss Post is perfectly correct, but that doesn't seem to stop the rest of us.

People who type with their iPhones on loud are barbarians and probably killers.

I find it awfully difficult to determine if the habit of talking about oneself at length runs contrary to the basic rules of propriety, or if instead the man exempt from this vice is rare.

I don't mean to be rude—" he began, in a tone that threatened rudeness in every syllable. "Yet, sadly, accidental rudeness occurs alarmingly often," Dumbledore finished the sentence gravely.

Except in streetcars one should never be unnecessarily rude to a lady.

BE QUIET!!...What do you want...? I was in the middle of saying something nice.

A civil guest Will no more talk all, than eat all the feast.

I find it very eerie when somebody is being really polite.