Mary MacLane Quotes

I've been called funny. I assume my wife thinks I'm funny. But generally, if you bumped into me and said hello, I would say hello back, politely. And that would be it.

Being polite, being respectful, having manners, and being a socialite - they're key life skills that people take for granted. Being able to communicate with all people on all levels is what's got me so far.

Stay humble. Always answer your phone - no matter who else is in the car.

My philosophy is that one must always give a lady what she wants. That never goes out of style.

I wish I had the nerve not to tip.

Courtesy is the one coin you can never have too much of or be stingy with.

Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.

I believe you should be a gentleman, and that's old-fashioned.

If other people are going to talk, conversation becomes impossible.

I hope that I've been able to treat people with the respect they've shown me. That's basically the tenet you try to live by. I haven't been successful at it all my life, but that's what I strive for.

If you behave normally, people treat you normally. It's only when you act as if you're someone special that they feel obliged to stand on ceremony.

Dammit, I always shake hands and they love it.

Minimum information given with maximum politeness.

If a man holds a door open for me or pulls back a chair so that this old bag can sit down, I'm delighted.

T stands for being nice. T stands for manners. T stands for being polite.

Trying to learn to be a good man is like learning to play tennis against a wall. You are only a good man - a competent, capable, interesting and lovable man - when you're doing it for, or with, other people.

Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others.

My mother raised me to open the car door, open the door; if you take a woman out, you should pick up the check, and blah blah blah - whatever.

I don't bite the hand that feeds me. I'm a little smarter than that.

That was my upbringing: you treat people with respect.

I was taught in radio: if somebody is talking, then you don't talk over them.

Never refuse a breath mint - you don't know why it's being offered.

I think it's important to be sort of nice.

Opening doors for us, helping us with our jackets and chairs - we love all that.

It's an unwritten rule that you respect people who've given you breaks. You see somebody's body of work before you take a tone with them. I will talk differently to someone with 18 years of experience and someone with 18 months.