Iliza Shlesinger Quotes

Always be nice to secretaries. They are the real gatekeepers in the world.

Make people have a smile when they finish your e-mail.

Any hand that I've shaken, any person that I met when I was Joe Blow, now that I'm this guy Kevin Hart, has come back. That's why I treat everybody with respect. I'm always a nice pleasant guy to meet because when they come back to you, they remember.

I enjoy those small chats you have when people come up and talk to you about your work. It only involves a few seconds of effort to be nice to those people, and I am very grateful for the kind words that people have taken the trouble to express to me in person.

I don't think any president that I worked with has ever said 'pretty please.'

People will clap to be nice. They will not laugh to be nice.

Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.

If someone wants a picture, I'm so honored and so flattered, and I hope I have a reputation as someone who goes out of his way to do those kinds of things.

Once you've figured out how to wait on people and clean toilets, it makes you very mindful of how you treat the people who are serving you.

A day does not go by when I am not in a line at a store or at a McDonald's, and someone will touch my hand, and they will say, 'Thank you.'

Be nice to everyone you meet, including janitors, receptionists, and everyone.

Just be nice to me while I am doing the scene; that is all. I don't want big cars, I don't want big hotel rooms.

There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.

We learned about gratitude and humility - that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean... and we were taught to value everyone's contribution and treat everyone with respect.

Give warm greetings and farewells. I was surprised by how much this resolution changed the atmosphere of my home.

When checking in at an airport, no matter how rude the check-in person is to you, always smile and be nice because you don't know what kind of day they've had. You are going on holiday and they're stuck wherever they are. Be nice to them because they can re-route your baggage to wherever they feel like.

But my father was also the one who told me I needed to clean up my mouth or I'd never find a man. What's very important to him is manners. Show up on time. Always send thank-you letters. He is one of the more thoughtful humans I've ever met. He's a great man and a very good dad.

I always try to be nice to the paparazzi because finally, maybe one day, they won't ask for me, and I will regret it.

It was ingrained in me to be gracious.

Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.

I find it upsetting to see the erosion of manners. It's very scary. Where are the 'pleases' and 'thank yous?'

I look upon it as a Point of Morality, to be obliged by those who endeavour to oblige me.

Be good, kind, and friendly to the receptionist. She's had a hard day.

I'd like to say from the beginning that the 12 years I've been coming here, I've met unfailing courtesy and cooperation, courtesy from your people and cooperation from the Ministry of Information.

If I go to your home, and you're cooking me a meal, I will eat whatever you put in front of me.