Famous Quotes & Sayings

William Shakespeare

The thorny point Of bare distress hath ta'en from me the show Of smooth civility; yet am I inland bred And know some nurture.

We are just hoping for civility throughout this year's process.

He can't proceed with the civility the rules require. All lawyers have to conduct themselves with honesty, integrity and civility. This isn't a street fight,

Newt Gingrich

undermining the core values of civility -- and it's time they were stopped by a society that values free speech enough to protect it.

Susan Estrich

I work for Fox News as a commentator. I say whatever I want. I'm the blonde on the left, figuratively and literally - the one who's usually smiling because it's T.V., not the Supreme Court or Congress, and I find civility more effective in any event.

Yet at my devotion I love to use the civility of my knee, my hat, and hand.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

Walter Isaacson

I think the McCain and Lieberman talk about the need for civility in public discourse is right at the core of our mission,

George Vecsey

Some of us love hockey not just for its ferocity and skill but for its underlying code of civility off the ice.

. . . it seldom happens, I think, that a man has the civility to die when all the world wishes it.

Jay Weatherill

Civility is perhaps a quaint notion but civility in Parliament is something we should always strive to uphold.

Jim Leach

Civility is not simply about manners.

Ted Cruz

In my entire time in Washington, I treated everyone with respect, with civility.

Steven Weber

I know it's sappy, but I bet there's a market for civility and niceness out there that, while probably not as titillating as a junkyard scrap between shirtless adversaries, it'd sure be healthier.