Quotes with polite

  • The inquiry in England is not whether a man has talents and genius, but whether he is passive and polite and a virtuous ass and obedient to noblemen's opinions in art and science. If he is, he is a good man. If not, he must be starved.
  • In Japan, you have no idea what they are saying, and they can't help you either. Nothing makes any sense. They're very polite, but you feel like a joke is being played on you the entire time you're there.
  • Man is the only animal that learns by being hypocritical. He pretends to be polite and then, eventually, he becomes polite.
  • In polite society one laughs at all the jokes, including the ones one has heard before.
  • 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.
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  • Berenice Bejo I'm okay. Nobody's bothering me. Everyone's very kind, and very polite. I don't feel like my whole life changed.
    Berenice Bejo
    French-Argentine actress (1976 - )
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  • Bryant H. McGill A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect.
    Bryant H. McGill
    American journalist and author (1969 - )
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  • Oliver Goldsmith A traveler of taste will notice that the wise are polite all over the world, but the fool only at home.
    Oliver Goldsmith
    Irish writer and poet (1728 - 1774)
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  • Ambrose Bierce Admiration: Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.
    The Devil's Dictionary
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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  • Bryce Harper D.C. fans, I think, are so good. They just come up to me, and they're so nice and so polite and just, 'Hey, I hope you have a great career,' and 'How are you doing, everything's good?' That's pretty much where they leave it at.
    Bryce Harper
    American baseball player (1992 - )
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  • Joy Baluch 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
    Australian politician (1932 - 2013)
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  • Bryan Fuller If somebody is mean or rude, I just, I don't engage - just block and say, 'Well, that's not very polite.'
    Bryan Fuller
    American television writer and producer (1969 - )
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  • Bill Murray In Japan, you have no idea what they are saying, and they can't help you either. Nothing makes any sense. They're very polite, but you feel like a joke is being played on you the entire time you're there.
    Bill Murray
    American actor, comedian, and writer (1950 - )
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  • Frank Dane In polite society one laughs at all the jokes, including the ones one has heard before.
    Frank Dane
    British actor
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  • Russell Lynes It is always well to accept your own shortcomings with candor but to regard those of your friends with polite incredulity.
    Russell Lynes
    American editor, criticus (1910 - 1991)
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  • Wyndham Lewis It is more comfortable for me, in the long run, to be rude than polite.
    Wyndham Lewis
    British painter and author (1882 - 1957)
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  • Edward. E. Cummings Knowledge is a polite word for dead but not buried imagination.
    Edward. E. Cummings
    American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright (1894 - 1962)
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  • Quentin Crisp Love is the extra effort we make in our dealings with those whom we do not like and once you understand that, you understand all. This idea that love overtakes you is nonsense. This is but a polite manifestation of sex. To love another you have to undertake some fragment of their destiny.
    Quentin Crisp
    English writer and actor (1908 - 1999)
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  • Jean Kerr Man is the only animal that learns by being hypocritical. He pretends to be polite and then, eventually, he becomes polite.
    Jean Kerr
    American writer, playwright (1922 - 2003)
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  • Aubrey Beardsley No language is rude that can boast polite writers.
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  • Benny Goodman 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
    American jazz clarinetist and bandleader (1909 - 1986)
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  • Malcolm Bradbury The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth.
    Malcolm Bradbury
    English author and academic (1932 - 2000)
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  • William Blake The inquiry in England is not whether a man has talents and genius, but whether he is passive and polite and a virtuous ass and obedient to noblemen's opinions in art and science. If he is, he is a good man. If not, he must be starved.
    William Blake
    English poet (1757 - 1827)
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  • June Jordan The purpose of polite behavior is never virtuous. Deceit, surrender, and concealment: these are not virtues. The goal of the mannerly is comfort, per se.
    June Jordan
    American poet and civil rights activist (1939 - )
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  • Carl Sandburg The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect.
    Carl Sandburg
    American Poet (1878 - 1967)
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