“We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.”— H. L. Mencken, amazon.com
“[Commiserating with Lurasetti about his career during a stakeout] For a lot of years I believed that the quality of my work, what we do together, what I did with my previous partners... would get me what I deserved. But I don't politic and I don't change with the times, and it turns out that shit's…”— S. Craig Zahler, Brett Ridgeman, Mel Gibson, imdb.com
“Relationships matter — so even if it did take slightly longer, it would still be worth it because people aren’t robots and the way they feel about you and about their work is actually important!”— Alison Green, askamanager.org
“'Only if you say please' is a statement that’s really only okay for a parent to say to a child, in the process of teaching said child manners. It’s not okay to chastise other adults with it.”— Alison Green, askamanager.org
“You guys are just standing up because you feel bad that I fell and that's really embarrassing, but thank you.”— Jennifer Lawrence, youtube.com
“I’m always trying to set goals. My latest goal….I’m trying to be less polite, you know? ‘Cause the world is not as polite as you’re raised to believe it’s gonna be, you know? I don’t understand why we accept that when you say ‘thank you,’ people don’t have to say ‘you’re welcome’ anymore. People hav…”— Tom Segura, scrapsfromtheloft.com
“It is a wise thing to be polite; consequently, it is a stupid thing to be rude. To make enemies by unnecessary and willful incivility, is just as insane a proceeding as to set your house on fire. For politeness is like a counter--an avowedly false coin, with which it is foolish to be stingy.”— Arthur Schopenhauer, amazon.com
“I think good manners will come back. In America, kids saw punk rock as a licence to be as rude as possible. I didn't like that.”— Joe Strummer, theguardian.com
“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.”— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com