Lynn Coady Quotes

When I was very young, I used to clean up after my parents. If I stay in a hotel, I make the bed and clean the room when I get up, even the bathroom mirror, for which I carry a tiny bottle of ammonia.

I was waiting for a train at Waverley Station in Edinburgh. My knee was hurting, so I asked a young man for his seat. He replied, 'There's one over there'. I said, 'Please', and when he refused I poured my water over him.

I would not have had that happen to you. Discourtesy is unspeakably ugly to me.

You don't want to be nasty for the sake of being nasty.

I'm always gonna be crazy about dishes in the sink. Crazy! Because it's a sign of disrespect. It says that you think someone else is going to clean up after you: that you're not prepared to do it yourself.

Anytime anybody is rude, it makes me double-check my own behavior to make sure I don't do that to other people.

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

If you're not a nice person, don't call.

I hate it when people are impolite to waiters or to the valet or the guy in the supermarket. There's no need for that; it doesn't cost anything to be polite.

I have never really encountered anybody that was rude to me. Well, not to my face anyway.

I never want anyone to have a bad evening because I caused it.

Being mean about other people isn't on my radar.

In matters large and small, many people seemed concerned about churlishness, an ugliness in our relationships that appears to be increasing rather than decreasing.

I hate it when people use the word 'sorry' aggressively, as in, 'Sorry, but I hate you.' Sorry's an important word, and it shouldn't be abused.

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

My father would get up with his plate after dinner and keep it where it was supposed to be kept. He wouldn't leave the plate for my mom to pick up.

I can be nice - I don't need to be rude for no reason.

I'm not mean to fans because I'm a bad guy. I'm mean to them because they're rude.

Come to think of it, even though I've received tons of fan letters and presents from everyone, I've never written anyone back. How rude of me!

If someone does something that makes me mad, well, chances are it'll probably make other people mad if I do it, too. I like to think, 'What's the meanest thing, the rudest thing I can say right now?' Or how can I completely discredit someone? That's just my mentality.

Everyone can be rude, and everyone can be kind.

I'm always nice.

Opening doors for us, helping us with our jackets and chairs - we love all that.

We don't like offending anyone.

Bowing and showing respect - I don't give nothing about none of that. I'm just coming in and fighting.