Nicholas Haslam Quotes

Politeness is only one half good manners and the other half good lying.

I don't like it when people don't hold the door. I don't know, that really bugs me... I guess I like manners.

I always try to be nice. I never want to be that person that anyone perceives as being rude or disrespectful, 'cause that's not me at all.

Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.

My dad was a particularly polite kind of guy, very courteous. So when we got on a bus, he would always encourage me and my younger brother to get up and offer our seat to an old lady. I grew up kind of liking that, thinking, y'know, that's a nice thing, that's a courtesy.

Politeness is half good manners and half good lying.

Courtesies cannot be borrowed like snow shovels; you must have some of your own.

I don't think you should have to try to be nice, I think most people are nice. I think being cheerful and nice is just a politeness.

Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They're underused.

Courteousness is consideration for others; politeness is the method used to deliver such considerations.

Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.

The great people I've met always have time for the niceties.

A gentleman is never rude except on purpose - I can honestly be nasty sober, believe you me.

I'm trying to be more of a gentleman.

Good breeding differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the rights of others, rather than gracefully insists on its own rights.

Manners are love in a cool climate.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within.

Class is considerate of others. It knows that good manners is nothing more than a series of petty sacrifices.

Let's not confuse traditional behaviours with good manners. The definition of etiquette is gender neutral - it simply means we strive at all times to ensure a person in our company feels at ease.

I almost felt that I should offer to serve coffee.

I just believe in common courtesy.

I'm big on manners. I'm big on politeness. I'm big on gratitude.

I can be nice - I don't need to be rude for no reason.

My momma says whenever you go to somebody's house, you have to give them something. Don't come empty-handed.