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I have seen people rude by being over-polite. — Michel De Montaigne

I've had fans come and knock on my door. I'm usually polite, but I'm usually very direct and say, 'It's not cool that you come here uninvited.' — Gary Allan

He didn't say anything to the contrary or interrupt me in any way, which was nice. (Polite listening skills really are rare, don't you think?) — Matthew Quick

A Russian imbues his polite things with a heartiness, both of phrase and expression, that compels belief in their sincerity. — Mark Twain

If a woman cannot make her mistakes charming, she is only a female. — Oscar Wilde

He was polite, respectful, not daring even to hold Mi-ran's hand until they'd been dating for three years. — Barbara Demick

No one looks at us. We might as well be invisible; or clothing marks us as strangers, transients. They are polite, so polite; no one stares at us. — Joanne Harris

A natural, polite smile deceives no one. — Ogwo David Emenike

Normally it is not polite to go into somebody's room without knocking, but you can make an exception if the person is dead, or pretending to be dead. — Daniel Handler

Dwarf mothers didn't handicap their young by teaching them to be polite. My neighbors were as short on manners as they were on stature. — Erik Bundy

When you don't know everything that you could know, it's a fine time to shut your fucking noisemaker and be polite. — Scott Lynch

Man is the only animal that learns by being hypocritical. He pretends to be polite and then, eventually, he becomes polite. — Jean Kerr

When a man is trying to sell you something, don't imagine that he is polite all the time. — E.W. Howe

Track is full of the absolute nicest and most polite athletes in all of sports, and where does it get us? — Malcolm Gladwell

I do not see why I should be polite to tyrants, who slobber of humanitarianism and think only of their own petty interests. — Paul Feyerabend

How many times have I told you? Polite persons do not take supper in the nude. — Ransom Riggs

News' is often a polite way of saying 'editor's whim. — Tom Rachman

Balanced is probably what I am, although that's just a polite way to say that you don't do anything very well. — Steve Yzerman

Grey doesn't do nice. He does polite, maybe. And — E.L. James

A nasty letter or a sarcastic one can make you righteously angry, but what can you do about a polite letter of rejection? Nothing, really, except cry. — E.L. Konigsburg

Presumably a movement is more polite than a revolution, and a lot slower. — Linda Ellerbee

If someone offers to take your burden, you need to know he is serious, not just being polite and kind. Polite and kind do not last. — Amy Tan

When thanksgiving is filled with true meaning and is not just the formality of a polite "thank you," it is the recognition of dependence. — Billy Graham

Ninety percent of the people in any group are nice, raised to be polite, and have more in common than not. — Susan RoAne

I would hope I was raised polite and charming. — Douglas Booth

Try to be polite."
"I'm always polite."
"You're always eyeing people's valuables. That's hardly polite. — Jodi Meadows

We must stop being polite and behaved, and find new inventive tactics to shift the paradigm. We are the majority. — Eve Ensler

You said "Hi", I to be polite will say "Bye"! — Deyth Banger

Impermanence is the law of the universe. — Carlene Hatcher Polite

In the sallies of badinage a polite fool shines; but in gravity he is as awkward as an elephant disporting. — Johann Georg Ritter Von Zimmermann

There is a kind of courtesy in skepticism. It would be an offense against polite conventions to press our doubts too far. — George Santayana

I wasn't entirely sure, but a polite John Pritkin might be a sign of the apocalypse. — Karen Chance

A real gentleman is as polite to a little girl as to a woman. — Louisa May Alcott

You don't take your cat with you to go bird shopping. Not because the cat isn't polite, but because he's a cat. — Jim Butcher

At a certain point, it seems more polite to just become the person people assume you to be. — Heidi Julavits

Call a jack a jack. Call a spade a spade. But always call a whore a lady. Their lives are hard enough, and it never hurts to be polite. — Patrick Rothfuss

In Amos' experience the more dangerous any two people were, the more carefully polite their social interactions tended to be. — James S.A. Corey

I don't write polite letters. I don't like to plea-bargain. I like to fight. — Roy Cohn

If you intend to write as truthfully as you can, your days as a member of polite society are numbered. — Stephen King

An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life. — Robert A. Heinlein

To succeed inside a political party, one must cultivate an ability to sit still and remain polite while foolish people speak nonsense — Morton Blackwell

I've been polite and I've always shown up. Somebody asked me if I had any advice for young people entering the business. I said: Yeah, show up. — Tom T. Hall

Cost recovery is the polite way of saying, make families pay to educate their children. — Susan George

It is not polite for a Russian to interfere in British politics. — Alexander Lebedev

She didn't want to alienate herself from the very wealthy man that was about to offer her a job by declining the polite offer of a drink. — S.A. Tawks

She wants to be polite and not hurt your feelings, so she's not going to laugh right now. But inside, inside she's laughing. — Derek Landy

Chocolate is good for three things. Two of them can't be mentioned in polite company. — Jill Shalvis

Emily Post says that talking about oneself isn't very polite.' 'I'm sure Miss Post is perfectly correct, but that doesn't seem to stop the rest of us. — Amor Towles

Did you hear what I was playing, Lane?
I didn't think it polite to listen, sir. — Oscar Wilde

The audience was swell. They were so polite they covered their mouths when they yawned. — Bob Hope

When we are polite to children, we show in the most simple and direct way possible that we value them as people and care about their feelings. — David Elkind

Political correctness is what right-wing bigots call what everybody else calls being polite — Iain Banks

but not subjecting him to the tiresome demands of polite social interaction. — Neal Stephenson

So when you inhale and exhale, notice your breath and realize God is dwelling in your chest. — Trinka Polite

You know, sometimes, when they say you're ahead of your time, it's just a polite way of saying you have a real bad sense of timing. — George McGovern

Drew takes the praise in stride and simply smiles, a polite smile, — Kristen Callihan

The last thing I want to do is get togged up, go out and be polite. — Greg Wise

An American is insubmissive, lonely, self-educated, and polite. — Thornton Wilder

I'm brash and abrasive but that's because I've noticed when people are nice and polite they never get anywhere. — Mahathir Mohamad

I'm not interested in being polite. It's false. — Libba Bray

He was composed, polite, and intelligent. All the things a prince should be. — Kiera Cass

A question is a polite way of demanding something. — Edward De Bono

I was raised to be polite, but not to suffer bullshit. — Stephen King

There's no polite way to say to somebody (religious followers) 'Do you realize you've wasted your life? — Daniel Dennett

I would say L.A. is more polite than London - it's a very careful place. People talk a lot in code. — Tom Hooper

Begging everyone's pardon," said Big Konar, "but it ain't polite to have an argument if nobody else knows what the fuck you're arguing about. — Scott Lynch

Being politically correct means saying what's polite rather than what's accurate. I like to be accurate. — Robert Kiyosaki

I am James Burlough, the Earl of Deerhurst.' The earl's pleasant smile capsized into not-quite-polite puzzlement. 'And who might you be, sir? — Suzanne Enoch

Lymond's behaviour, as always, went to the limits of polite usage and then hurtled off into space. — Dorothy Dunnett

Polite beggary is too common. — William Rounseville Alger

Politics is the polite way of telling somone else they're stupid. — Burnie Burns

When I ask Connie about China, she gives nice, polite prepackaged answers. She is used to talking about it. She wants to make sure I have a nice time. — Anonymous

In polite society what you say to an attractive woman who is dressed in a way that makes you understand the power of biology is, "You look nice. — Joe R. Lansdale

Patience can be a good thing - but not necessarily. Sometimes it's not so bad to be impatient. I'm a little bit too polite. — Helen Mirren

In polite society one laughs at all the jokes, including the ones one has heard before. — Frank Dane

It's impossible to expect polite behavior from people who've never witnessed it. — Kathleen Parker

Don't underestimate the Canadians, I always say. They seem all nice and polite and apologetic, but when it comes right down to it, they're survivors. — Karen McQuestion

I think photographers are too polite. There is not enough anger in photography; it's pretty much trivialized. — Duane Michals

added because it was the polite thing to do. "I'm going home," Cricket insisted as if Anna had threatened to drag her bodily back into the — Nevada Barr

I seem to have very polite fans, not fanatical ones. — Natalie Imbruglia

You have to be polite with your friends and your family, but in your art, it's important to not be polite. — Lisa Yuskavage

I ain't saying you're a liar, because that wouldn't be polite. But I'll tell you this, ma'am. If I loved liars, I'd hug you to death. — Jim Thompson

A lot of our lives are about being polite. — Rachelle Lefevre

It is always well to accept your own shortcomings with candor but to regard those of your friends with polite incredulity. — Russell Lynes

Be polite to all, friendly to none. Be professional. Be ready to kill everyone and everything. — Janet Morris

Even when I have bad manners... I'm still polite! — Jose N. Harris

My mother always told me it wasn't polite to ask what people make. — Clint Eastwood

Polite Conversation Why, everyone one as they like; as the good woman said when she kissed her cow. — Jonathan Swift

Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile. — Sinclair Lewis

Death is never polite, even when we expect it. — Tiny Tim

The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth. — Malcolm Bradbury

A man must have very eminent qualities to hold his own without being polite. — Jean De La Bruyere

It's probably polite to pretend you don't see people coming out of pawnshops, anyhow. — Dashiell Hammett

Me and polite have never been on close terms. — Jim Butcher

Make me, dear Lord, polite and kind,
To everyone, I pray.
And may I ask you how you find
Yourself, dear Lord, today? — John B. Tabb

Every one in polite circles knew that, in America, "a gentleman couldn't go into politics." But, — Edith Wharton

Never wear pride as the jersey of your dreams. You will miss the goal and lose your dreams if you put on pride! — Israelmore Ayivor

An excuse is a polite rejection. Men are not afraid of 'ruining the friendship. — Greg Behrendt

They were a pair of people with no middle ground, nothing between polite formalities and an engulfing intimacy — Alice Munro

Yanking his inner manwhore back to the land of polite conversating, he forced his hands to stop — J.R. Ward