Billie Lourd Quotes

I don't answer my phone in a restaurant.

The manners thing's got worse. People think they can just text you if they've got bad news for you. It's not on. And as for people taking pictures at gigs on their phones, that's just weird.

I am inclined to think that eating is a private thing and should be done alone, like other bodily functions.

An elaborate system of etiquette and social standards flowered around the home phone: how long a child might be allowed to stay on the phone, how late one could call without being impolite, and of course, the dread implications of a late night call which violated that norm.

You don't look at each other on the subway.

Any privacy in public is a hard thing to negotiate.

You can't read when you're traveling with other people; it always feels a bit rude.

You use your money to buy privacy because during most of your life you aren't allowed to be normal.

I wish that when we weren't filming, we could have full privacy. I wish I could live in a bubble and just be with my family.

People are pretty respectful for the most part.

Civility is not simply about manners.

Most problems are best solved privately, not through government. There's a problem of discourtesy in the world, which is best handled through social norms, which are indispensable. But you wouldn't want the government to be mandating courtesy.

I try to preserve whatever balance society has between public and personal life. I never try to eat on the subway. I never try to listen to loud music on the subway.

The worst thing a man can ever do is kiss me on the first date.

Apparently we love our own cell phones but we hate everyone else's.

The British love of queuing and discomfort and being bossed around seems to have found a new outlet in the pop festival.

We must learn which ceremonies may be breached occasionally at our convenience and which ones may never be if we are to live pleasantly with our fellow man.

I don't want to put anyone down, but you won't see any twerking from me.

One does not leave a convivial party before closing time.

Private matters should be dealt with privately, out of respect for everybody concerned

I don't want awkward shows with people looking at their phones or tweeting. That's something you should do at home.

Civility is a choice.

I am fine if videos and pictures are clicked when there are legit events and interviews. If I am sitting and having a private dinner with my son, my family or my girlfriend, then I do not want it to be filmed.

You can't come in and invade people's personal space because of free speech.

Perhaps the summary of good-breeding may be reduced to this rule. "Behave unto all men as you would they should behave unto you." This will most certainly oblige us to treat all mankind with the utmost civility and respect, there being nothing that we desire more than to be treated so by them.