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Being Polite Quotes (page 2)

Augusten Burroughs quote: "Give that mint Milano back, you bitch. If you can't at least..."
Give that mint Milano back, you bitch. If you can't at least be polite, you don't get a treat. Augusten Burroughs
I’m the archetype of a disabled genius, or should I say a physically challenged genius, to be politically correct. At least I’m obviously physically challenged. Whether I’m a genius is more open to doubt. Stephen Hawking
When I went to first grade and the other children said that their fathers were farmers, I simply didn't believe them. I agreed in order to be polite, but in my heart I knew that those men were impostors, as farmers and as fathers, too. In my youthful estimation, Laurence Cook defined both categories. To really believe that others even existed in either category was to break the First Commandment. Jane Smiley
I felt rather exhausted, and wondered, rather shocked at my callous thought, why old people were sometimes such a strain. Worse than young children or puppies because one had to be polite. Daphne du Maurier
Next year, Equality Now will celebrate - if that’s the word - will clock its twentieth year. Two decades of fighting the good fight, fighting the cause, and in case I haven’t been the clear, the cause is that one half of the human race is given the same basic equal rights that the other half enjoys. Or, not given. Given back. That is not a milestone, twenty years, that I intend to go unnoticed. I want to make some noise. I want to make a joyful noise, I want to make too much noise. I want... Joss Whedon
Winston Churchill quote: "But after all when you have to kill a man it costs nothing to..."
But after all when you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite. Winston Churchill
Most of us are ready to greet our worst enemies like long-lost brothers if we think they can show us a good time, if we think they can do us any good or if we even reach the conclusion that being polite will get us just as far and help us live longer. Budd Schulberg
One of my kids was born in 1968. There were going to be political difficulties, but they were never going to have that level of hatred and contempt that my brothers and my sister and myself were exposed to. Toni Morrison
Down the road, I'll probably have a kid or two or three. And there will probably be political events or spiritual things to comment on, and humor. Alanis Morissette
Sometimes when you start losing detail, whether it's in music or in life, something as small as failing to be polite, you start to lose substance. Benny Goodman
William E. Gladstone quote: "Nothing that is morally wrong can be politically right."
Nothing that is morally wrong can be politically right. William E. Gladstone
Jim Sullivan quote: "Talk radio doesn't need to be political."
Talk radio doesn't need to be political. Jim Sullivan
Rupert Everett quote: "You cannot be politically correct in a war."
You cannot be politically correct in a war. Rupert Everett
David Hunt quote: "We can't be politically correct - right or left - in the war..."
We can't be politically correct - right or left - in the war on terrorism. Period. David Hunt
Sometimes if you have very confident people, you have to tell them please, be polite, there are other players are good enough as you and you should never speak out of an orchestra. Kurt Masur

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