Gena Showalter Quotes

Pretty please. With sugar.

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?

As my Sicilian grandfather used to say, you get more flies with honey than with vinegar, right?

Never claim as a right what you can ask as a favor.

I love a girl with a good sense of humour, who is confident but who has a sweetness to her - that melts my heart.

'GQ,' you've been patiently and stylishly educating me forever. To be truly stylish, you have to be kind and courteous.

Charm, I think, is education, really, no? I was educated to be nice to everybody. If you want to be rude and mean, I'm sure your life isn't that nice.

I'm the king of brownie sundaes!

From my perspective, probably women are won over by people who are sweet and respectful and courteous and kind and funny. I think those are the things that win women over.

I know how I like to be treated, so I always start by saying, 'Could you give me a moment of your time, I know you're very busy,' and usually, they will.

To refuse graciously is to confer a favor.

All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

I would hope I was raised polite and charming.

It is not polite to receive a favor without returning it.

Courtesy is the politic witchery of great personages.

I've said nice things about the people I was with before, but that's what you do.

If someone wants a picture, I'm so honored and so flattered, and I hope I have a reputation as someone who goes out of his way to do those kinds of things.

I call people 'captain' a lot and it makes them feel special. Until they hear me using it for everyone, that is.

With nice words, we never obtained anything.

Not all lies are harmful. Sometimes we're willing participants in deception for the sake of social dignity, maybe to keep a secret that should be kept secret, secret. We say, 'Nice song.' 'Honey, you don't look fat in that, no.'

Funny how a little politeness can change people's minds.

To dispense with ceremony is the most delicate mode of conferring a compliment.

We must be courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light.

She got the way to move me, Cherry, she got the way to groove me.

rudeness to Mrs. Dosely was like dropping a pat of butter on to a hot plate - it slid and melted away.