Polite Speech Quotes

Never start a sentence with the words 'No offense.

It's my custom to say something flattering to begin with so I shall be excused if I put my foot in it later on.

A brave heart and a courteous tongue. They shall carry thee far through the jungle, Manling.

Hearts that are delicate and kind and tongues that are neither - these make the finest company in the world.

It is a great mistake for men to give up paying compliments, for when they give up saying what is charming, they give up thinking what is charming.

Gallantry of mind consists in saying flattering things in an agreeable manner.

It hurts not the tongue to give faire words.

Fair words never hurt the tongue.

You're 83? Really? You don't look it. I would've guessed 81 or 82.

I made a supreme effort not to do that thing that parents do, which is to bore people without children to death by going on and on about how funny their children are, so there's none of that hopefully.

"Striking looking." That's a euphemism if I ever heard one.

I thought I'd miss cursing, but I actually don't. I still feel like I can get my point across without real harsh language.

And generally, when people say good night, they keep their tongues to themselves.

When we talk to somebody and we want to be nice or polite or show our more beautiful side, we try to use the best words that we know. This is what poets are doing. They are cleaning the words, they are inventing the sentiments, they are giving us a way to communicate.

In our house we don't use words like "despise" and 'hate,' we say "strongly dislike."

But in reality the point of free speech is for the stuff that’s over the line, and strikingly unbalanced. If free speech is only for polite persons of mild temperament within government-policed parameters, it isn’t free at all. So screw that.

Faire language grates not the tongue.

Don't flatter yourselves that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. On the contrary, the nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.

Modesty in dress and language and deportment is a true mark of refinement and a hallmark of a virtuous Latter-day Saint woman.

You are very amiable, no doubt, but you would be charming if you would only depart.

If you don't have anything nice to say... dead silence creates a lot awkwardness.

I was raised right — I talk about people behind their backs. It's called manners.

Who was the blundering idiot who said 'fine words butter no parsnips'? Half the parsnips of society are served and rendered palatable with no other sauce.