Colby Covington Quotes

I am perfectly capable of writing things about myself that one doesn't discuss in polite company, but I was raised by people who said you don't discuss politics, you don't discuss religion, and you certainly don't discuss people's sex lives.

We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds.

Smooth functioning of social life has always depended on the recognition of certain basic limits to behavior. We cannot simply say or do anything we wish, or offend people, without paying consequences - isolation, ostracism, etc.

I remember when I was younger, older folks would say to me, 'There are three things you don't talk about at a dinner party: religion, politics, and money.' But I think the truth is quite the opposite.

People have no concept of boundaries.

A gentleman does not appear to know more or to be more than those with whom he is thrown into company.

Never speak of a man in his own presence. It is always indelicate, and may be offensive .

Political correctness is the the inability to state certain truths because they may offend certain people

Comedy is very interesting because you can very quickly cross into dangerous territory. I mean look at what happened, unfortunately, (in) Paris a couple of weeks ago. They were making comics - which were really satire - but it offended people. I'm not saying the reaction was justified but there's definitely a line when you're doing comedy or satire and how it might affect somebody. That's the thing you have to watch and I think you have to be respectful of it.

Manners are just a formal expression of how you treat people.

People say that you always have to tell the truth. But they do not mean this because you are not allowed to tell old people that they are old and you are not allowed to tell people if they smell funny or if a grown-up has made a fart. And you are not allowed to say, 'I don't like you,' unless that person has been horrible to you.

Jest not with the eye or with Religion.

Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.

Confidence is one thing, disrespect is quite another. (Justice Elizabeth Knight)

Let a man behave in his own house as a guest.

It is bad enough to be bad, but to be bad in bad taste is unpardonable.

Two rules: You enter without breaking. And you remember that nobody misses what you don't take.

There's something about the American people: They have such an innate sense of fairness that the red light goes on and the bells go off the second you approach that line. Any kind of personal attack is verboten. You shouldn't do it; it's not worth it.

Good behavior is everybody's business, and good taste can be everyone's goal.

A certain degree of ceremony is a necessary outwork of manners, as well as of religion; it keeps the forward and petulant at a proper distance, and is a very small restraint to the sensible and to the well-bred part of the world.

Curtsey while you're thinking what to say. It saves time.

It would be nice if people said, God bless you not just when you sneezed but also when you farted.

When it came to, like, appropriate behavior towards one another, it was - I was well-versed.

You have to realise that touching is a real violation of personal space.

The right answer on raises is you have to be formal. You have to be formal to save your own culture.