Civility Quotes - Page 10

• If I were the commissioner of all sports media, the one change I would make is to sprinkle a little niceness and civility across our industry. Just a touch.

  Bob McKenzie

  Sports, Media, Sprinkles

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• They were within twenty yards of each other, and so abrupt was his appearance, that it was impossible to avoid his sight. Their eyes instantly met, and the cheeks of each were overspread with the deepest blush. He absolutely started, and for a moment seemed immoveable from surprise; but shortly recovering himself, advanced towards the party, and spoke to Elizabeth, if not in terms of perfect composure, at least of perfect civility.

  Jane Austen

  Party, Eye, Sight

  Jane Austen (2016). “Pride and Prejudice (Illustrated)”, p.201, Full Moon Publications

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• Southerners have many fine qualities, charm and civility among them, and a sense of the tragic.

  Dean Koontz

  Quality, Charm, Fine

  Dean Koontz (2014). “The Odd Thomas Series 7-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd”, p.673, Bantam

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• I didn't knowingly meet a conservative until, to my shame, I was 60 years old and sat down and said, 'Wow, I don't understand what this guy's talking about, but he has a great civility about him. Perhaps I better investigate this thing.'

  David Mamet

  Talking, Years, Guy

  "The Rush Limbaugh Show", www.rushlimbaugh.com. June 10, 2011.

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• When you're going into an employment environment that looks pretty scary, it is easy to lose your moral compass, your decency, your sense of civility and your sense of community.

  Henry Rollins

  Scary, Community, Looks

  "A 60 Second Commencement Address" by Henry Rollins, bigthink.com. 2017.

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• The Senate used to be a place of great debate and accomplishment. Now it is run like a dictatorship shutting out the voices of millions of Americans.

  John Cornyn

  Leadership, Running, Party

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• I describe it as tribalism because they're very tightly woven communities. Lack of civility is part of it, because that's how Internet tribes behave. We see this more and more in electoral politics, which have become increasingly poisonous.

  Edward Snowden

  Community, Woven, Tribes

  Source: www.thenation.com

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• Just keep trying things, without really understanding the underlying fibers of well-being, or peace or civility, then you're just going to stumble from one disaster to another.

  Charles Koch

  Understanding, Trying, Fiber

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• I'd like to see a rebirth of America - go back where there's equal rights for everybody and that people succeed to the extent that they help other people improve their lives. To lead toward a society that maximizes peace, civility, and well-being for everyone.

  Charles Koch

  Helping Others, Rights, America

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• Wine to me is something that brings people together.  Wine does promote conversation and promote civility, but it's also fascinating.  It's the greatest subject to study.  No matter how much you learn, every vintage is going to come at you with different factors that make you have to think again.

  Robert M. Parker, Jr.

  Wine, Thinking, Vintage

  "Lion in Winter: Robert M. Parker Jr. Addresses Wine Writers" by Richard Jennings, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 27, 2014.

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• Besides the general infusion of wit to heighten civility, the direct splendor of intellectual power is ever welcome in fine society, as the costliest addition to its rule and its credit.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Intellectual, Society, Credit

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “Essays (Annotated Edition)”, p.256, Jazzybee Verlag

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• In an interview, former vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan said he does not have a racist bone in his body. However, he admitted he has three sexist bones and his spine is homophobic.

  Conan O'Brien

  Presidential, Racist, Body

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• Even here in America, we felt the cool, refreshing breeze of freedom when Nelson Mandela took the seat of Presidency in his country where formerly he was not even allowed to vote. We were enlarged by tears of pride as we saw Nelson Mandela's former prison guards invited, courteously, by him to watch from the front rows his inauguration.

  Maya Angelou

  Leadership, Wisdom, Country

  'His Day Is Done' - Poem in Tribute to Nelson Mandela, delivered December 2013

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• Far too often the Ukrainian issue is posed as a showdown: whether Ukraine joins the East or the West. But if Ukraine is to survive and thrive, it must not be either side's outpost against the other - it should function as a bridge between them.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Leadership, Reality, Bridges

  "Kissinger: Ukraine Must Be Bridge Between East And West" by Henry A. Kissinger, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 6, 2014.

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• I'm absolutely, utterly, and completely certain that God wouldn't be homophobic. I'd much rather go to hell - I really would much rather go to hell - than go to a homophobic heaven.

  Desmond Tutu

  Leadership, Wisdom, Class

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• L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling was recorded on tape making racist comments. He now has been banned from the league for life. Great, just where Sterling wanted to end up - the blacklist.

  Jimmy Fallon

  League, Tape, Racist

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• Abroad, the balance of power is shifting. There are new and more terrible weapons - new and uncertain nations - new pressures of population and deprivation.

  John F. Kennedy

  Balance, Population, Weapons

  Address of Senator John F. Kennedy accepting the Democratic Party Nomination for the Presidency of the United States at Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California, www.jfklibrary.org. July 15, 1960.

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• Civility also requires relearning how to disagree without being disagreeable. Surely you can question my policies without questioning my faith or, for that matter, my citizenship.

  Barack Obama

  Matter, Citizenship, Questioning

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• Enjoying praise is in some people merely a civility of the heart--and just the opposite of a vanity of the spirit.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Heart, Vanity, Opposites

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• Recently in Washington, unfortunately, we have seen examples of the wrong kind of leadership -- when politicians choose scorched earth over common ground, when they operate in what I call the 'evidence-free zone,' with ideology trumping everything else.

  Hillary Clinton

  Party, Reality, Justice

  "Hillary Clinton Endorses Terry McAuliffe In Virginia Gubernatorial Race; Four-Year-Old Girl found By Police Without Identification; Escaped Killers' Families Speak Out; Neighbors Describe Death Scene; Bugs Plague College Application Site; The Science Behind Hurricanes; Monsters from the Deep". "CNN Newsroom", www.cnn.com. October 19, 2013.

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• If you come to me and say, 'Hey look I'm a racist,' or 'I discriminate against blacks,' or 'I don't like you because you're African American,' I respect that. I can respect you more by doing that. But don't smile in my face, shake my hand, and then you don't really respect me, or want me to be around, or come to your games as the owner of the Clippers.

  Magic Johnson

  Reality, Hands, Games

  "Magic Johnson says Donald Sterling should sell Clippers" by Matt Moore, www.cbssports.com. April 27, 2014.

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• We all accuse Vladimir Putin of Cold War nostalgia, but Washington's elites - politicians and intellectuals - miss the old days as well. They wish for the world in which the United States was utterly dominant over its friends, its foes were to be shunned entirely, and the challenges were stark, moral, and vital. Today's world is messy and complicated. China is one of our biggest trading partners and our looming geopolitical rival. Russia is a surly spoiler, but it has a globalized middle class and has created ties in Europe.

  Fareed Zakaria

  Leadership, Money, War

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• I do not accept that we cannot find a common sense way to preserve our traditions, including our basic second amendment freedoms and the rights of law abiding gun owners, while at the same time reducing the gun violence that unleashes so much mayhem on a regular basis.

  Barack Obama

  Gun, Rights, Law

  "Washington Navy Yard Massacre — The Aftermath" by Dorian de Wind, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 23, 2013.

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• From an athlete's perspective, to cancel the Olympics in regards to the threats would be absolutely devastating - especially since the Olympics - it's really about people meeting together through sports and putting aside their countries' differences for that time.

  Brian Boitano

  Leadership, Sports, Wisdom

  "Face the Nation" with Bob Schieffer, cbsnews.cbsig.net. January 26, 2014.

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• I'm so sick and tired of all this violence, this gun violence. And how could I speak on it - you know - being one who has advocated violence and gun violence? The only way I could do it was through a song that spoke from the heart.

  Snoop Dogg

  Leadership, Wisdom, Song

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