Quotes for All
What if all those strange and unexplainable bends in history were the result of supernatural interference? At which point I asked myself, what’s the weirdest most eccentric historical phenomenon of them all? Answer:the Great British Empire. Clearly, one tiny little island could only conquer half the known world with supernatural aid. Those absurd Victorian manners … Read more
I think to be oversensitive about cliches is like being oversensitive about table manners. Evelyn Waugh
Manners are especially the need of the plain. The pretty can get away with anything. Evelyn Waugh
Beware of a man with manners. Eudora Welty
The Reproductions of the living Ens From sires to sons, unknown to sex, commence… Unknown to sex the pregnant oyster swells, And coral-insects build their radiate shells… Birth after birth the line unchanging runs, And fathers live transmitted in their sons; Each passing year beholds the unvarying kinds, The same their manners, and the same … Read more
In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar with that ancient child in the other who may erupt again. We are not ridiculous to ourselves. We are ageless. That is the luxury of the wedding ring. Enid Bagnold
~I’m strict about manners. I think that kids have a horrible time with other people if they have bad manners…. The one thing you’ve got to be prepared to do as a parent is not to be liked from time to time.~ Emma Thompson
I remember manners, that’s when people are scared to make other persons mad. Emma Donoghue
So if you’re not Artemis Fowl, then who are you? The boy extended a dripping hand straight up. My name is Orion. I am so pleased to meet you at last. I am, of course, your servant. Holly shook the proferred hand, thinking that manners were lovely, but she really needed someone cunning and ruthless … Read more
Manners are made up of trivialities of deportment which can be easily learned if one does not happen to know them. Emily Post