Famous Quotes & Sayings

William Gilbert

He combines the manners of a Marquis with the morals of a Methodist.

We are operating in a manner that we unfortunately must do, under the circumstances." ()

We are continually working to get the refinery back up in as quick and as safe a manner as we can.

Sidney Altman

We are very fortunate to be recognized here in such an extraordinary manner for work that we enjoy.

We have not indicated in any manner that we are winding down.

There is a noble manner of being poor, and who does not know it will never be rich.

We are doing it in a very peaceful manner so there is not any type of disturbance. I think the time is right for people to do something and they are doing it now.

Curtis Mayfield

As a kid, sometimes you have nobody to turn to. I could always go back to some of the sermons and talk to myself in a righteous manner and put that in a song.

Edward Everett

Ever the characteristic manners of cowardice.

Whether the police or a school want to search or seize a person, it has to be done in a manner that's reasonable. There was no reason to suspect any single person in that hallway, yet every single person in there was forced, with no choice, and seized by police in a completely unreasonable manner.

There is no nobility with bad manners.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

The greater person is one of courtesy.

Duke of Wellington

I have no small talk and Peel has no manners.

Iris Chang

We have to keep in mind that it's not just about the numbers of people who died; it's also the manner which many of these victims met their deaths.

Javier Solana

We think it is part of history, this embargo, but we have to find a manner and the moment in which it can be done without any difficulty, any problem.

Darren Criss

I never let my politics supersede my manners.

John Bolton

This report unambiguously rejects the notion that 'business as usual' at the UN is acceptable, ... We need to reform the UN in a manner that will prevent another oil-for-food scandal.

Manners are how you show how you're going to relate to someone else.

Elvis Costello

Good manners and bad breath will get you nowhere.

Cassandra Clare

[Magnus] reminded himself of his manners, and bowed. "Charmed," he said. "Or whatever effect would please you best, I'm sure.

Jean de la Bruyere

Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within.

Margaret Deland

as everybody knows, truthfulness and agreeable manners are often divorced on the ground of incompatibility.

It's like Miss Manners taken to the extreme,

Andrea Yates

They were not progressing the right way in school, and they had a problem with their manners, their social manners,

Charles Dickens

Oh! I know their tricks and their manners.

Theophile Gautier

It is gentle manners which prove so irresistible in women.

Margaret Mead

Manners, really good ones, make it possible to live with almost anyone, gracefully and pleasantly ...

Oscar Wilde

Bad manners make a journalist.

The first thing we teach is manners, how to stand side by side in the wash rack or wherever.

Kofi Annan

and positioning ourselves in a manner that protects the men.

Napoleon Bonaparte

A great reserve and severity of manners are necessary for the command of those who are older than ourselves.

Jean Cocteau

To be audacious with tact, you have to know to what point you can go too far.

Lord Chesterfield

Ceremonies are the outworks of manners.