Bill Callahan Quotes

I write thank-you notes the minute I throw the wrapping paper away.

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.

Just be nice to me while I am doing the scene; that is all. I don't want big cars, I don't want big hotel rooms.

Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.

When you're nice, people like you and will want to work with you. But it can mean that they take you for granted.

If you are good to this one and that one, this one and that one will say that you are good. If you are good to everyone, no one will say that you are good.

I really care about my readers. I care about anyone who reads my books.

Many men fail because they do not see the importance of being kind and courteous to the men under them. Kindness to everybody always pays for itself. And, besides, it is a pleasure to be kind.

It's nice when people approach you to help.

Well, as I was saying... everyone's so nice to me, usually.

The simple act of saying 'thank you' is a demonstration of gratitude in response to an experience that was meaningful to a customer or citizen.

If somebody takes the time, a: to read a book that I have written, and then to b: care about it enough to write me and ask questions, surely I owe them a response.

I would never do anything to hurt anybody, especially if they're helping me. I'm not that kind of person.

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.

Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.

No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important.

Making an effort is polite, and getting ready and looking after yourself makes an event more fun.

I appreciate anything thoughtful.

A little bit of attention can go a long way.

I grew up writing thank-you notes. Real, honest-to-goodness, pen-and-ink, stamped and posted letters. More than simple habit, it's about what the commitment to expressing your thoughts and feelings in writing says about the character of the writer. About the joy such notes bring to the reader.

Be kind to your mother-in-law, but pay for her board at some good hotel.

On the way to work good-hearted young girls sometimes offer me their seats, which I accept and bless them in return, a transaction satisfying to all concerned.

Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.

I am much obliged to you gentlemen for leaving me one sentence of my own.

More young people are aware of the need for thank yous and aware of the tremendous impression they make.