Pamela Meyer Quotes

Politeness is half good manners and half good lying.

Politeness is only one half good manners and the other half good lying.

Society can exist only on the basis that there is some amount of polished lying and that no one says exactly what he thinks.

Tact: to lie about others as you would have them lie about you.

Politeness, n: The most acceptable hypocrisy.

White lies keep social dignity intact and are far more prevalent than most people realize. Several studies have found that an average person is lied to from 10 to 200 times a day - mostly just to keep a conversation going, to avoid conflict, or to establish a connection with someone.

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

The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth.

It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study?

Discretion is the polite word for hypocrisy.

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

It is more comfortable for me, in the long run, to be rude than polite.

We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly.

'Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do.

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.

Don't flatter yourselves that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. On the contrary, the nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.

The chief prerequisite for a escort is to have a flexible conscience and an inflexible politeness.

It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship.

I'm not a trash-talker.

I think the lies I make the most are in regards to my hopes and intentions for myself. As for lies I tell other people - I will certainly tell lies. When somebody is very ill and looks awful, and you tell them they look nice. Or if you just ate the last cookie, if someone asked me if I ate the last cookie, I would definitely lie about that.

I have realised that it's important to be a sport, be nice, and know what to speak and when.

I don't know where, or by whom, Judge Wapner was raised, but my parents taught me, when you don't have something nice to say about someone, say nothing.

I'd rather be a good guest in someone's home than tell them I don't like their food or make fun of them.

Like it or not, we are all liars. Thank goodness. Imagine going through life where everyone is completely honest: 'Those shoes... look like something out of an early Cyndi Lauper video.' 'Your daughter... looks like the spawn of Honey Boo Boo and Elmer Fudd.'

Politeness is sometimes a great tax upon sincerity.