Courtesy Quotes

The courtesy which most becomes a victor was denied to Germany for a long time.

It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.

Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.

I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.

The American Dream, coupled with government subsidies of utilities and cheap consumer goods courtesy of slave labour somewhere else, has kept the poor huddled masses from rising up.

Princes of courtesy, merciful, proud and strong.

I'm not going to give a courtesy gift to a person who's going to win, and I'm not going to give a sympathy gift to a person who's going to lose.

No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy.

A paparazzo once jumped out of a car and started running backward with me. I slowed down out of courtesy because she started drifting into the street. I reached out my hand and moved her back so she didn't get hit by a bus.