Terry Pratchett Quotes

No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy.

I lapsed into rude.

To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him at all.

All children in the '50s were taught manners, they were taught to say please and thank you, they were taught not to be rude. And I'm seeing some problems today where somebody's losing a job because they made fun of a fat lady that couldn't fit in the elevator. I mean that was the sort of thing that, when I was eight years old, my mother made it very clear to me that that was not okay to say that kind of stuff.

Says the rude child: "No, I won't do it." Says the courteous grown-up: "Yes, I won't do it.

So, you are very welcome to our house. It must appear in other ways than words, Therefore, I scant this breathing courtesy.

Ever heard of the word please?" "Never.

When Jennie, mother of Winston Churchill invited playwright George Bernard Shaw to lunch, he telegraphed: "Certainly not. What have I done to provoke such an attack on my well-known habits?" She replied, "Know nothing of your habits; hope they are better than your manners."

I told them he'd be able to get you to go out." Rianne folded her winnings and tucked the bills into her blazer pocket. "Look at him." "He's right here, Ri," Carla murmured, shooting Keenan an apologetic look. "We've tried to teach her manners, but..." She shrugged. "It's like housebreaking a dog. If we'd had her when she was a puppy, maybe." Rianne smacked her on the arm, but she was grinning. "Woof, woof.

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

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.

As my Lord says, my Lord's leg is not a side of beef. Thank you, my Lord, for instructing me.

Children are capable of such open rudeness.

I would not have had that happen to you. Discourtesy is unspeakably ugly to me.

-Mikhail?...Try making suggestions next time, or just plain asking. You go do whatever it is you're doing, and I'll go search you extensive library for a book on manners. -You will not find it. -Why am I not surprised?

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

Please don't think me negligent or rude. I am both, in effect, of course, but please don't think me either.

Rudeness is better than any argument; it totally eclipses intellect.

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

A man has no more right to say an uncivil thing than to act one; no more right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down.

Pride, ill nature, and want of sense are the three great sources of ill manners; without some one of these defects, no man will behave himself ill for want of experience, or what, in the language of fools, is called knowing the world.

I tell very mean jokes.

I'm being ironic. Don't interrupt a man in the midst of being ironic, it's not polite. There!

Nothing is so great an instance of ill-manners as flattery.

It's nice to see you again, Laura." "Thank you, Mrs. T-" "No, no, no. Please, my name is-" "Mud," I suggested. "Mud Barfbag Taylor. Call her Asshat for short." ~Laura, Antonia, Betsy