Polite Quotes - Page 11

• The students we saw were all bright, attractive, and polite, and the teachers all seemed to be smart and dedicated, and I began to appreciate the benefits of a private school education. If only I'd had the opportunity to attend a place like this, who knows what I might have become? Perhaps instead of a mere blood-spatter analyst who slunk away at night to kill without conscience, I could have become a doctor, or a physicist, or even a senator who slunk away at night to kill without conscience. It was terribly sad to think of all my wasted potential.

  Jeff Lindsay

  Teacher, Smart, School

  Jeff Lindsay (2010). “Dexter Is Delicious: Dexter Morgan (5)”, p.67, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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• Girls are small and polite and smiley. They wear dresses and their hair is long and it’s pulled into shapes behind their heads or on either side.

  Patrick Ness

  Girl, Hair, Long

  Patrick Ness (2008). “The Knife of Never Letting Go”, Candlewick Press (MA)

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• I’m saying a prayer. Maybe you ought to, too. It’s going to take us a miracle to get through this.” Whether he was serious or not, Claire sent the prayer up toward heaven, and she thought the others did, too. So it seemed kind of miraculous when the doorbell rang. “At least they’re getting more polite when they try to kill us,” Shane said.

  Rachel Caine

  Prayer, Miracle, Heaven

  Rachel Caine (2010). “The Morganville Vampires:”, p.356, Penguin

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• Chandresh relishes reactions. Genuine reactions, not mere polite applause. He often values the reactions over the show itself. A show without an audience is nothing, after all. In the response of the audience, that is where the power of performance lives.

  Erin Morgenstern

  Reactions, Applause, Genuine

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• …but all day long I would be training myself to think, to understand, to criticize, to know myself; I was seeking for the absolute truth: this preoccupation did not exactly encourage polite conversation.

  Simone de Beauvoir

  Thinking, Long, Training

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• I noticed you right away." She gave me an approving look. "I like quiet, polite men. And men who wear Hugo Boss. I was hoping you weren't gay. Or that you were only half-gay. Like Paul." "Uh...sorry," I said. "It's pretty much full-time now. The pay's not great, but the perks...

  Josh Lanyon

  Sorry, Gay, Men

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• Liz cleared her throat. "Isn't there a more polite term we're supposed to use nowadays? Like....little person, or vertically challenged,or-" "I'm not going to call myself the god of vertically challenged people," Bes grumbled. "I'm a dwarf!

  Rick Riordan

  Dwarves, People, Liz

  Rick Riordan (2013). “The Kane Chronicles: The Complete Series”, p.477, Penguin UK

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• Normally it is not polite to go into somebody’s room without knocking, but you can make an exception if the person is dead, or pretending to be dead.

  Daniel Handler

  Rooms, Pretending, Knocking

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• It is not very polite to interrupt a person, of course, but sometimes if the person is very unpleasant you can hardly stop yourself.

  Daniel Handler

  Sometimes, Persons, Courses

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• Beside him a tiny elderly woman was leaning on a cane, studying him with curiosity. Since good manners seemed to require that he speak to her, Jon cast about for some sort of polite conversation pertinent to the occasion. “I hate funerals, don’t you?” He said. “I rather like them,” she said smugly. “At my age, I regard each funeral I attend as a personal triumph, because I was not the guest of honor.

  Judith McNaught

  Hate, Elderly, Funeral

  Judith McNaught (2003). “Paradise”, p.52, Simon and Schuster

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• She dealt her pretty words like Blades -- How glittering they shone -- And every One unbared a Nerve Or wantoned with a Bone -- She never deemed -- she hurt -- That -- is not Steel's Affair -- A vulgar grimace in the Flesh -- How ill the Creatures bear -- To Ache is human -- not polite -- The Film upon the eye Mortality's old Custom -- Just locking up -- to Die.

  Emily Dickinson

  Hurt, Eye, Steel

  Emily Dickinson (2012). “Emily Dickinson: Everyman's Poetry”, p.83, Hachette UK

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• What have you done to my cat?" Magnus demanded... "You drank his blood, didn't you? You said you weren't hungry!" Simon was indignant. "I did not drink his blood. He's fine!" He poked the Chairman in the stomach. The cat yawned. "Second, you asked me if I was hungry when you were ordering pizza, so I said no, because I can't eat pizza. I was being polite." "That doesn't get you the right to eat my cat." "Your cat is fine!" Simon reached to pick up the tabby, who jumped indignantly to his feet and stalked off the table. "See?" "Whatever.

  Cassandra Clare

  Cat, Feet, Blood

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• I tell you these stories because these things happen to everyone. It's not about being starched or polished or cute or polite. It's about having ears that stick out, about breaking yet another glass. It's about seeing something for the first time and making a million mistakes and not ever getting completely discouraged.

  Maira Kalman

  Cute, Mistake, Glasses

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• .., by universal custom, your enemy is never more polite than when he is planning or has planned your destruction.

  James Clavell

  Enemy, Planning, Destruction

  James Clavell (2009). “Shogun”, p.279, Dell

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• Even in half demon hunter clothes, Clary thought, he looked like the kind of boy who'd come over your house to pick you up for a date and be polite to your parents and nice to your pets. Jace on the other hand, looked like the kind of boy who'd come over your house and burn it down just for kicks.

  Cassandra Clare

  Nice, Boys, Hands

  Cassandra Clare (2010). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (3 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass”, p.191, Simon and Schuster

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• It was not polite for a Temujai general to allow his emotions to show.

  John Flanagan

  Emotion, Shows

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• Shut up, sit down, and read. (Tory) Please? (Acheron) You need something? (Tory) You to be polite to me, Ms. I Own The World- Now Do What I Say You Pathetic Pleb. (Acheron) You don’t strike me as the kind of guy who takes orders anyway. (Tory) Yes, but a simple please goes a long way. I’m the one doing you a favor here. (Acheron) Fine. Please sit down, shut up, and read. (Tory)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Simple, Order, Long

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• Ryssa? How do you know her name was Ryssa? (Tory) Uh…I don’t. I just gave her a name. It seemed more polite than calling her ‘hey, you, ancient chick.’ (Acheron)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Names, Hey, Calling

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2008). “Acheron: A Dark-Hunter Novel”, p.632, Macmillan

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• You rang, Mino- well, you’re not really the Minor Master anymore, are you? What should I call you? (Asmodeus) Think of a polite term, demon. (Jericho) Mister Master it is. What can I do for you? (Asmodeus)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Thinking, Asmodeus, Demon

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• Liz, you must be very polite with yourself when you are learning something new.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Inspirational, Learning Something New, Liz

  Elizabeth Gilbert (2010). “The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims”, p.59, A&C Black

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• Are you out of your mind?" It's not polite to lie to your best friend. "It's a possibility.

  Ilona Andrews

  Lying, Mind, Your Best Friend

  Ilona Andrews (2010). “Magic Bleeds”, p.125, Penguin

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• Farewell," they cried, "Wherever you fare till your eyries receive you at the journey's end!" That is the polite thing to say among eagles. "May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks," answered Gandalf, who knew the correct reply.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Farewell, Moon, Journey

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.65, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect.

  Carl Sandburg

  Respect, Ocean, Sea

  Carl Sandburg (2003). “The Complete Poems of Carl Sandburg”, p.393, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Smoking is very bad for you and should only be done because it looks so good. People who don't smoke have a terrible time finding something polite to do with their lips.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  People, Smoking, Looks

  P. J. O'Rourke (1983). “Modern manners”, Dell Books

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• Man is the only animal that learns by being hypocritical. He pretends to be polite and then, eventually, he becomes polite.

  Jean Kerr

  Women, Memorable, Learning

  Jean Kerr (1973). “Finishing Touches”, p.9, Dramatists Play Service Inc

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