Quotes by Manners There is a certain physiognomy in manners. Joseph Cook physiognomy certain manners The ruin of a State is generally preceded by an universal degeneracy of manners and contempt of religion. Jonathan Swift ruins states manners Nothing is so great an instance of ill-manners as flattery. Jonathan Swift flattery ill manners I can be very polite, but I've found that doesn't always get a result. You have got to bang and thump tables. Joy Baluch bangs tables manners Manners require showing consideration of all human beings, not just the ones to whom one is close. Judith Martin consideration humans manners People who put slipcovers, doilies, plastic protectors, and cellophane on everything good that they own rarely live to see an occasion so good that all these covers are removed. Judith Martin plastic manners people I was raised right — I talk about people behind their backs. It's called manners. Kathy Griffin raised manners people In a culture, manners are the lubrication that ease the frictions of social contacts. L. Ron Hubbard ease manners culture The mountebank told them that God was surely trying to kill them, possibly because He was through with them, and that they should have the good manners to die. This, as you can see, they did. Kurt Vonnegut should-have manners trying Amazing what the application of a knitting needle could do for one's manners. Lauren Willig needles knitting manners Politeness, however, acts the lady's maid to our thoughts; and they are washed, dressed, curled, rouged, and perfumed, before they are presented to the public. Letitia Elizabeth Landon politeness maids manners You can get through life with bad manners, but it's easier with good manners. Lillian Gish good-man manners life You lose your manners when you're poor. Lillian Hellman poverty poor manners There seems to me now to be the notion that you send something to a journal or an agent and months go by. It seems to me like that is a new piece of bad manners. Probably. Generally I assume that anything that happens now happened to Adam and Eve also. Lore Segal adam-and-eve assuming manners Manners, boy. I'll beat them into you if I have to. Lori Foster beats manners boys Wearing the correct dress for any occasion is a matter of good manners. Loretta Young matter dresses manners Ceremonies are the outworks of manners. Lord Chesterfield ceremony manners Good manners are the settled medium of social, as specie is of commercial, life; returns are equally expected for both. Lord Chesterfield good-man return manners Ceremony is necessary in Courts, as the outwork and defense of manners. Lord Chesterfield courtesy defense manners Cottages have them (falsehood and dissimulation) as well as courts, only with worse manners. Lord Chesterfield cottages court manners «1234567891011»