Francoise Sagan Quotes

Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.

We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds.

I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don't agree with or like.

Can't really despise people you don't know.

My parents always told me to be respectful to anyone you meet and to live your life that way.

Good manners are the techniques of expressing consideration for the feelings of others.

If someone is making a judgment when they don't have firsthand experience, it's intolerant. How can you make a judgment on something you don't know about?

The greatest sin is judgment without knowledge.

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.

The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.

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.

I think that's good that I have to watch how I act and what I say. I think that's a part of growing up.

I learned very early on in life that not everyone wants to hear every fact in the world, even if you want to tell them everything you've ever read.

If someone's being less than courteous to you, I don't think you need to pay any attention to them.

People in France are very intrusive when they recognize you. In New York, they are very polite, with quick words, so it's great.

Ignore the ignorant.

A good upbringing means not that you won't spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won't notice it when someone else does.

I think people should have the common courtesy and judgment - the good judgment - not to be - not to offend other peoples' faiths.

Civility is not simply about manners.

Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all the company, you please none; If you flatter only one or two, you offend the rest.

I think you have to be respectful to the people who want to talk to you.

So I think it's better to say something than not to say anything at all, even to an ignorant person.

I ain't got no right to judge someone.

The Japanese have perfected good manners and made them indistinguishable from rudeness.

When people talk about political correctness, the only element of any value is good manners.