Quotes by Rudeness Rudeness is better than any argument; it totally eclipses intellect. Arthur Schopenhauer rudenessargumenteclipse We all have the right to call each other names. Rudeness is a deeply held constitutional value. Barney Frank rudenessvaluesnames Folly often goes beyond her bounds, but impudence knows none. Ben Jonson impudencerudenessfolly I see woefully obscure poetry as simply a kind of verbal rudeness. Billy Collins rudenessobscurekind Good manners are appreciated as much as bad manners are abhorred. Bryant H. McGill rudenessappreciatedliterature No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy. Bryant H. McGill insufferablerudenesscourtesy This must be the legendary Yankee rudeness Charlaine Harris legendaryrudenessyankees I like rudeness a great deal better than flattery. Charlotte Bronte rudenessflatterydeals Rudeness can make me angry. Clive Owen rudenessangrymake-me-angry Straight-forwardness, without the rules of propriety, becomes rudeness. Confucius rudenessproprietyclever rudeness to Mrs. Dosely was like dropping a pat of butter on to a hot plate - it slid and melted away. Elizabeth Bowen rudenesshotmanners Rudeness is the weak man's limitation of strength. Eric Hoffer rudenessweak-manmen Rudeness, I think, is the worst. Erin Heatherton rudenessworstthinking Rudeness luxuriates in the absence of self-respect. Eric Hoffer rudenessself-respectself Focusnot on the rudeness of others,not on what they've done or left undone,but on what you have done and have not doneyourself. Gautama Buddha rudenessdonehumility Yet, sadly, accidental rudeness occurs alarmingly often. Best to say nothing at all, my dear man. J. K. Rowling rudenesssilencemen A man must have very eminent qualities to hold his own without being polite. Jean de la Bruyere rudenessqualitymen Vanity and rudeness are seldom seen together. Johann Kaspar Lavater rudenessvanitytogether Ideological differences are no excuse for rudeness. Judith Martin rudenessno-excusesdifferences When politeness is used to show up other people, it is reclassified as rudeness. Thus it is technically impossible to be too polite. Judith Martin rudenessimpossiblepeople12»
