#polite

Can he love her? Can the soul really be satisfied with such polite affections? To love is to burn - to be on fire, like Juliet or Guinevere or Eloise... ↗

— Emma Thompson

#fire #love #politeness #love

The boldness of his mind was sheathed in a scabbard of politeness. ↗

— Dumas Malone

#boldness #courtesy #mind #politeness #scabbard

For a host, above all, must be kind to his guests. ↗

— Dr. Seuss

#political

A real gentleman is as polite to a little girl as to a woman. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#politeness #fashion

Never start a sentence with the words 'No offense. ↗

— Gretchen Rubin

#kindness #offensive #politeness #tact #fun

In England I am always madam; I arrived too late to ever be a miss. In New York I have only been madamed once, by the doorman at the Carlyle Hotel. ↗

— Anna Quindlen

#form-of-address #formality #london #madam #miss

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

#changed #everyone #feel #i #kind

Politeness, n: The most acceptable hypocrisy. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#hypocrisy #most #politeness

I've learned, I think, to be able to distinguish between the necessary and the unnecessary as far as my limited outside time is concerned. Saying "no" politely is a necessity if one wants to lead any kind of stable life. ↗

— Richard Chamberlain

#any #as far as #between #concerned #distinguish

The toughest thing about being a celebrity, I suppose, is being polite when I don't want to be. ↗

— Eric Clapton

#being #celebrity #i #polite #suppose