Manners quotes

“Manners are a way of showing other people we care about them.”
Brendan Fraser - Adam

“- Clark Griswold: Excuse me, could you please tell me how to get back on the express way?
- Pimp: Fuck yo mama!
- Clark Griswold: Thank you very much.”
Chevy Chase - Clark Griswold

“I hate rude behavior in a man. I won't tolerate it.”

Tommy Lee Jones - Woodrow F. Call

“- Waiter at Waldorf Astoria: And would you care to order wine with your meal?
- Pepper Lewis: Yeah, why don't you bring us a bottle of something or other, not too sweet, American.
- Waiter at Waldorf Astoria: American something or other, yes sir an excellent choice.”
Christopher Durang - Waiter at Waldorf Astoria
Woody Harrelson - Pepper Lewis

“Tea without milk is so uncivilized.”
Donald Pleasence - Blythe 'The Forger'

“When you fake smile, everybody else fake smiles back.”
Matthew Moy - Han Lee

“Those who want respect, give respect.”
James Gandolfini - Tony Soprano

- Hud Bannon: Give me a clean white shirt.
- Alma Brown: Boy, you're real big with the "please" and "thank you," aren't you?
- Hud Bannon: Please get up off your lazy butt and get me a clean white shirt. Thank you.
Paul Newman - Hud Bannon
Patricia Neal - Alma Brown

“- Alexander: We've never had a golf-playing maid before.
- Miss Marple: You may have heard that this is the Age of the Common Woman.”
Ronnie Raymond - Alexander
Margaret Rutherford - Miss Maple

“- Ackenthorpe: There is one thing I cannot tolerate, and that is impertinence.
- Miss Marple: Well, we should get on admirably. Neither can I!”
James Robertson Justice - Ackenthorpe
Margaret Rutherford - Miss Marple

“- Mary Kate Danaher: What manner of man is it that I have married?
- Hugh Forbes: A better one, I think, than you know, Mary Kate.”
Maureen O'Hara - Mary Kate Danaher
Charles B. Fitzsimons - Hugh Forbes

“How do ya do and shake hands, shake hands, shake hands. How do ya do and shake hands and state your name and business. That's manners!”

J. Pat O'Malley - Dee
J. Pat O'Malley - Dum

“- Michael Banks: Good heavens, it really is you! You seem hardly to have aged at all!
- Mary Poppins: Really? How incredibly rude! One never discusses a woman's age, Michael. Would have hoped I taught you better.
- Michael Banks: I'm sorry, I didn't mean...”
Ben Whishaw - Michael Banks
Emily Blunt - Mary Poppins

“All your mannerisms change easily when you have inch-long acrylic nails.”
Margot Robbie

“- Baby Doll: Excuse me, Mr. Vacarro, but I wouldn't dream of eatin' a nut which a man had cracked in his mouth.
- Silva Vacarro: You've got many refinements.
- Baby Doll: Thank you.”
Carroll Baker - Baby Doll Meighan
Eli Wallach - Silva Vacarro

You know, my momma... she always told me, 'Us Southerners get our good manners from the British.' So I was thinkin', "Ain't that a pity? Y'all ain't keepin' none for yourself". Y'all ain't ever heard of knockin' before you enter?
Channing Tatum - Tequila

“- Sherlock Holmes: I suppose since, after all, he's only the Prince of Wales, we should not expect the same degree of courtesy.
- Dr. Watson: And since you are the Prince of Detectives, Holmes, I don't think you should presume to criticize a man who one day will be King of England.”

Christopher Plummer - Sherlock Holmes
James Mason - Dr. Watson

“- Joey Popchik: Age before beauty.
- Gloves Malloy: After you.”

Harry Hamlin - Joey Popchik

“I don't give a flying handshake what your name is.”
Matt Clark - Secretary of Defense

“A lady always knows when to leave.”
Cicely Tyson - Sipsey

“I brought my own pillow so I don't get my spit all over yours.”
Mason Gamble - Dennis Mitchell

- Haywood: Is that a threat, Mrs. Grober?
- Patricia Grober: French teachers do not threaten, Monsieur. They say "S'il vous plait".
Michael Sinelnikoff - Haywood
Robin Bartlett - Patricia Grober

“This is a butter knife. It's the only one you need to remember; the rest of the cutlery is easy. You start from the outside, and you work your way in with each course.”

Colin Firth - Harry Hart

“- Col. F.E. Cochrane: You threatening me, Murphy?
- Officer Frank Murphy: No, I'm telling you. Back off!”
Malcom McDowell - Col. F.E. Cochrane
Roy Scheider - Officer Frank Murphy

“Wearing the correct dress for any occasion is a matter of good manners.”
Loretta Young