Civility Quotes - Page 4

• Fair words cost nothing.

  John Gay

  Cost, Fairs

  John Gay (1712). “The Mohocks, a farce [signed W.B.].”, p.4

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• Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.

  George Washington

  Attitude, Business, 4th Of July

  George Washington (1871). “Words of Washington”, p.8

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• The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.

  Charles Dickens

  Literature

  Charles Dickens (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Illustrated)”, p.9847, Delphi Classics

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• I said this man [Donald Trump] is peeling back the onion of White civility; and every level of that onion that he peels back, more and more of the nakedness of rancor and hate and bitterness is coming up out of the followers. This is one of the most interesting of all of the political presidential runs that I have had the blessing of seeing in my 83 years on this planet.

  Louis Farrakhan

  Running, Hate, Blessing

  "The Breakfast Club" Interview, www.finalcall.com. May 24, 2016.

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• Some people don’t respond to civility.

  James Ellroy

  People

  James Ellroy (2011). “The Black Dahlia”, p.63, Random House

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• Looking to the future, the words uncertain and scared near the top but hopeful and optimistic prevail and beneath the division one sign of civility, 73 percent of Americans have a close friend or family member who voted for an opposing candidate.

  George Stephanopoulos

  Optimistic, Hopeful, Division

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• The insolent civility of a proud man is, if possible, more shocking than his rudeness could be; because he shows you, by his manner, that he thinks it mere condescension in him; and that his goodness alone bestows upon you what you have no pretense to claim.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Men, Thinking, Proud

  Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield (1855). “The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author”, p.312

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• The people who are good at being civil often lack strong convictions and people who have strong convictions often lack civility.

  Martin E. Marty

  Strong, People, Conviction

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• If a man continually blusters, if he lacks civility, a big stick will not save him from trouble, and neither will speaking softly avail, if back of the softness there does not lie strength, power.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Lying, Men, Doe

  Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses”, p.133, Courier Corporation

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• For a person who promised hope and civility in politics, Mr. Obama has shown a borderline obsessiveness in blaming Mr. Bush.

  Karl Rove

  Usa, Politics, Blame

  "A Love-Hate Relationship?". www.washingtonpost.com. April 10, 2009.

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• [John Adams and Tomas Jefferson] shared experience in 1775 - 1776 in bringing about the separation from Britain and their service in Europe cemented a friendship that in the end withstood the most serious political and religious differences that one could imagine, especially their differences over the French Revolution. It was probably Jefferson's obsession with politeness and civility that kept the relationship from becoming irreparably broken.

  Gordon S. Wood

  Religious, Europe, Differences

  Source: www.theimaginativeconservative.org

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• I think the country's getting disgusted with Washington partly because of the decline of civility in government.

  George McGovern

  Country, Thinking, Government

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• Let's all commit ourselves to the basic civility of minding our own business. Failing that, let's go back to a time when we were nasty and judgmental, but only behind one another's backs.

  Ayelet Waldman

  Nasty, Judgmental, Failing

  Ayelet Waldman (2009). “Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace”, p.69, Anchor

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• You know, we did a good job in containing the Soviet Union, but we made a lot of mistakes, we supported really nasty guys, we did some things that we are not particularly proud of, from Latin America to Southeast Asia, but we did have a kind of overarching framework about what we were trying to do that did lead to the defeat of the Soviet Union and the collapse of Communism. That was our objective. We achieved it.

  Hillary Clinton

  Leadership, Jobs, Latin

  "Hillary Clinton: 'Failure' to Help Syrian Rebels Led to the Rise of ISIS". Interview with Jeffrey Goldberg, www.theatlantic.com. August 10, 2014.

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• I think nonviolence and the mediation of conflict by means of respecting civility must be promoted. But being the kind of beings we [peoplep] are - wrestling with greed, and wrestling with fears and security, anxieties, wrestling with hatred that's shot through all of us - wars are here to stay.

  Cornel West

  War, Mean, Wrestling

  Source: genius.com

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• Being aloof, gruff, or stern never got anyone anywhere. Who wants to be treated like that? Certainly not you. And surely not the people you meet.

  Wayne D. Dosick

  People, Want, Treated

  Wayne D. Dosick (2000). “The Business Bible: 10 New Commandments for Bringing Spirituality & Ethical Values Into the Workplace”, p.46, Jewish Lights Publishing

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• Congratulations is the civility of envy.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Success, Congratulations, Envy

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• Civility is perhaps a quaint notion but civility in Parliament is something we should always strive to uphold.

  Jay Weatherill

  Strive, Quaint, Parliament

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• Civility is a charm that attracts the love of all men.

  George Horne

  Men, Charm, Temper

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• That survival instinct, that will to live, that need to get back to life again, is more powerful than any consideration of taste, decency, politeness, manners, civility. Anything. It's such a powerful force.

  Danny Boyle

  Powerful, Survival, Needs

  "127 Hours: Director Danny Boyle Says You’d Cut Your Hand Off, Too". Interview with Mary Anne Potts, adventureblog.nationalgeographic.com. November 4, 2010.

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• I think making a pretense of civility toward Eric Alterman is like making a pretense of civility to a scorpion.

  John Podhoretz

  Thinking, Scorpions, Eric

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• A careless shoe string, in whose tie I see a wilde civility.

  Robert Herrick

  Shoes, Ties, Cuffs

  'The End'

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• I think it is important that we rebuild an atmosphere of forgiveness and civility in every aspect of our lives.

  T. D. Jakes

  Thinking, Atmosphere, Important

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• Our relationship now thoroughly ruined, with even civility destroyed between us, all I wanted anymore was the door.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Doors, Our Relationship, Ruined

  Elizabeth Gilbert (2010). “The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims”, p.32, A&C Black

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• The Indians , whom we call barbarous, observe much more decency and civility in their discourses and conversation, giving one another a fair silent hearing till they have quite done; and then answering them calmly, and without noise or passion. And if it be not so in this civiliz'd part of the world, we must impute it to a neglect in education, which has not yet reform'd this antient piece of barbarity amongst us.

  John Locke

  Passion, Giving, Reform

  John Locke (2017). “Delphi Complete Works of John Locke (Illustrated)”, p.1542, Delphi Classics

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