Marcel Achard Quotes

Rudeness is something I just can't tolerate.

There's no excuse for rudeness.

If my girls are rude, it's over. There is no place in the world for it.

If you try to multitask in the classic sense of doing two things at once, what you end up doing is quasi-tasking. It's like being with children. You have to give it your full attention for however much time you have, and then you have to give something else your full attention.

Whatever happened to courtesy? What can be so urgent that you have to look down at your phone in the middle of a dinner conversation with people who matter to you? You can't wait five minutes before staring at your phone?

The best way to make a long story short is to stop listening.

It is impossible to practice parliamentary politics without having patience, decency, politeness and courtesy.

The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.

Still, I tune out the visual input when it is too distracting, mainly in conversations.

I don't mind being distracted.

Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.

If someone's being less than courteous to you, I don't think you need to pay any attention to them.

I would never disrespect anyone.

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

There are different usage patterns - I never do email during the day. I don't multitask well at all. I don't know how to be in a meeting and participate and be on email at the same time. I do see some people do it more effectively. I've never quite figured that out.

Working in an office with an array of electronic devices is like trying to get something done at home with half a dozen small children around. The calls for attention are constant.

Good manners are appreciated as much as bad manners are abhorred.

I always interrupt work with other work, either in a small way or big way, so that's normal.

While you're writing, you can't concentrate nearly as well on what the speaker is saying.

The test of good manners is to be able to put up pleasantly with bad ones.

We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.

If two people live together, one has to be patient, and typically, the other one is very annoying.

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.

If you're rude to waiters or waitstaff, I cannot handle that. I really think that shows your true personality.

If I was at home, I'd find myself checking email and looking at the Internet when I should be working. In the library, I can get an awful lot done in a couple of hours, but it can become quite sociable, which you have to watch out for. There are a lot of people you can pop out and have a coffee with.