Gallagher Quotes

In England, we have such good manners that if someone says something impolite, the police will get involved.

Manners are love in a cool climate.

Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.

Good behavior is everybody's business, and good taste can be everyone's goal.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is ethics. It is honor.

There's no chivalry in culture any more. Sometimes you meet someone who everyone says is polite and you're like, 'Wow,' but then it's like, 'Hang on, isn't everyone supposed to be polite?'

Manners are more important than laws. Upon them, in great measure, the laws depend.

There used to be an art form called the 'comedy of manners.' Why aren't comedies of manners made now in this country? The answer is simple. We no longer have manners to speak of.

My family trained me to be polite to people I had just met, and that included strangers. You speak when you're spoken to. You look people in the eye when they address you and when you address them back.

To Americans, English manners are far more frightening than none at all.

Grownups have to say 'please,' too.

Manners are the basic building blocks of civil society.

I'm a gentleman, if nothing else. It's taken me years to become one, but finally I have a sense of propriety.

You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.

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

You can get through life with bad manners, but it's easier with good manners.

I am a gentleman. My natural inclination is to be on my best behavior.

Formalized rules of manners were so great because they left no room for basic human haplessness. They allowed us to circumvent our natural boorish tendency to disregard the feelings of others.

Manners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man.

Gentlemen don't do that.

One of the things that hold together a human society is the existence of basic politeness among its members.

Manners are really very important to me.

Doubleday is used to my talking about manners because I am, after all, known for that, and that's my persona.

Manners make the world work. They're not only based on kindness but also efficiency. When people know what to do, the world is smoother. When no one knows what to do, it's chaos.