Michael Palin Quotes

To be rude to someone is not my nature.

I'm polite.

Being polite does not mean being mummified.

Don't confuse being stimulating with being blunt.

Ford was warm and friendly. He wouldn't embarrass a Cabinet member.

My dad was a particularly polite kind of guy, very courteous.

He seems like such a gentle man as he walks with his cane. Then he opens his mouth.

I am sweet and diplomatic in real life.

People are always surprised when they spend time with my children by how normal they are. They're polite. They're well mannered. They're very down to earth, in a way.

I try not to be a jerk. I really do. I try to be nice and cordial.

Around women, I try to remain calm and collected.

I've always tried to walk a line between being incisive and acerbic, but not mean. Sometimes I'm going to tip over the line a little bit, but that's usually a line I try not to cross.

Johnny Depp was the most polite young actor I've ever worked with.

I'm not an abrasive person. I do speak my mind, but my goal is never to offend. I don't intentionally want to strike a chord.

I would hope I was raised polite and charming.

He is every other inch a gentleman.

We don't have to be rude with each other; we have to be diplomatic.

I'm too blunt, too matter-of-fact and not PC enough.

As long as those adjectives used to describe me - charming, affable, punctual - don't mean that I'm dull, then that's fine. And I am polite - I was brought up to be that way.

I believe you should always be polite when you ask a question. I totally believe that.

I'm brash and abrasive but that's because I've noticed when people are nice and polite they never get anywhere.

I'm an aggressive person.

I'm not a jerk.

I'm not a shouter, and I'm not a bully.

Hugh Jackman is just the nicest person in the world. I know everybody says that, and it's almost boring to hear, but he is really, really perfect.