Keyword: Manners

Politeness is half good manners and half good lying.

(1880 – ?) American author
Characteristics Lies

The Japanese have perfected good manners and made them indistinguishable from rudeness.

(1941 – ) novelist
Characteristics Places

Etiquette: Learning to yawn with your mouth closed.

Definitions

Manners: Noises you don’t make when eating soup.

Definitions

Etiquette: The noise you don’t make while eating soup.

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There is no substitute for good manners… except, perhaps, fast reflexes.

Characteristics Murphy’s Laws

There is no substitute for good manners… except, perhaps, fast reflexes.

Murphy’s Laws

The only substitute for good manners is fast reflexes.

Characteristics

Good Breeding: That quality that enables a person to wait in well-mannered silence while the loudmouth gets the service.

Definitions

Marge, you know it's rude to talk when my mouth is full.

cartoon character in The Simpsons (Dan Castellaneta)
TV/Movie Quotes

Good breeding consists of concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist
Family

Good manners: The noise you don't make when you're eating soup.

(1898 – 1971) American humorist
Characteristics

Brat: A child who displays his pest manners.

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A car is useless in New York, essential everywhere else; the same with good manners.

(1913 – 1983) journalist & author
Autos New York City Places Things