Manners quotes

“- Jake Phillips: You're ever vigilant, I see.
- Rick Latimer: Where I come from, we knock.
- Jake Phillips: Where I come from, we pick locks. With your permission, I'll replace your old rusty one with a new deadbolt.”

Louis Gossett Jr. - Jake Phillips
Jim Belushi - Rick Latimer

“- Clark Kent: Excuse me sir, you're sitting in my seat.
- Rocky: Your seat's in there, four eyes.
- Clark Kent: Somebody ought to teach you some manners, sir.
- Rocky: Oh, yeah? Well, let me know when he comes in.”

Christopher Reeve - Clark Kent
Pepper Martin - Rocky

“We are not questioning your authority, sir, but if manners prevent our speaking the truth, we will be without manners.”
John Loder - Ianto

“The toes you step on today may be attached to the ass you'll be kissing tomorrow.”
Ving Rhames - Pike

- Chester Lee: You've got to change your behavior.
- Matthew: Oh and what'd I do?
- Chester Lee: What'd you do? A girl doesn't give the opposing team the finger and tell their coach, "Up yours!". A girl doesn't refer to the referee as a blind bastard. A girl doesn't slap another girl on the ass and say, "You're hot stuff!". And a girl doesn't... (continue)(continue reading)
Rodney Dangerfield - Chester Lee
Jonathan Brandis - Matthew

“Don't call me sir! I ain't no politician!”
Royal Dano - Gramps

“- Milly: Say something nice, Gideon.
- Gideon Pontipee: Nice night for a coon hunt.”
Jane Powell - Milly
Russ Tamblyn - Gideon Pontipee

“Many of our customs seem strange to you. And the same is true of yours. For example, not to introduce yourself is considered extremely rude, even among enemies.”

Ken Watanabe - Katsumoto

“Well, at least it's coming out of the attic and not the basement.”

Mark DeCarlo - Hugh Neutron

“- Rusty Sabich: Don't eat standing up. Sit down.
- Nat Sabich: Food goes down easier. It has the help of gravity.
- Barbara Sabich: Oh, God. We've got another lawyer.”
Harrison Ford - Rusty Sabich
Jesse Bradford - Nat Sabich
Bonnie Bedelia - Barbara Sabich

“- Clara: Oh, Nutcracker. Stop bowing. We're friends, aren't we?
- Nutcracker Prince: Always.”
Megan Follows - Clara
Kiefer Sutherland - Nutcracker Prince

“- Bruce: There's no rule against smoking here.
- Henry Desalvo: This isn't about rules, it's about manners.”
Michael McShane - Bruce
Dennis Farina - Henry Desalvo

“I have done nothing but underhanded, despicable, not even terribly imaginative things since I got here.”
Julia Roberts - Julianne Potter

“- Claude Banks: Why you got to say nasty shit, Ray?
- Rayford Gibson: 'Cause I'm a nasty motherfucker.”
Martin Lawrence - Claude Banks
Eddie Murphy - Rayford Gibson

You can't just go up to a woman and say, "Hi! I'm Dave! I like smoking pot, reading the sports page on the john... wanna have sex with me?".
Donal Logue - Dex

“- Lindsay Marriott: I'm afraid I don't like your manner.
- Philip Marlowe: Yeah, I've had complaints about it, but it keeps getting worse.”
Douglas Walton - Lindsay Marriott
Dick Powell - Philip Marlowe

- Ray Hasek: Please marry me, Bev. Because I'm shit without you.
- Beverly Donofrio: Oh, how romantic, a marriage proposal that contains the word "shit”.
Steve Zahn - Ray Hasek
Drew Barrymore - Beverly Donofrio

“- Capt. Harry Dodds: Madam will you please get...
- Hazel Buck: Don't call me madam!
- Capt. Harry Dodds: Mrs. Buck will you...
- Hazel Buck: That Ms. Buck!”
Cameron Mitchell - Capt. Harry Dodds
Hope Holiday - Hazel Buck

“If you can't say something nice, don't say nothing at all.”
Peter Behn - Young Thumper

“- Patch: That old Dirty Dawson! The yellow livered old skunk! I'd like to tear his gizzard out.
- Perdita: Why, Patch, where did you ever hear such talk? Certainly not from your mother!”
Mickey Maga - Patch
Cate Bauer - Perdita

“They're very gentle people. They'll never punish a child or even speak harshly to it. So of course the kids are extremely well-behaved, and their games are cute and inventive.”

Paddy O'Byrne - Narrator

“- Dr. Watson: It's a damn disgrace!
- Sherlock Holmes: On the contrary. I prefer bad manners in the theater to active violence in the streets.”

James Mason - Dr. Watson
Christopher Plummer - Sherlock Holmes

“- Paddy Button: Come back here and put your clothes on!
- Young Richard: I don't wanna wear my old britches!
- Paddy Button: It isn't proper to be running around naked all the time!”

Leo McKern - Paddy Button
Glenn Kohan - Young Richard

“Alan, take your finger outta your nose. What'd I tell you about that shit? Now suck it!”
Scatman Crothers - Dexter Jones

“- Det. Gino Felino: Come over here, Vinnie. Listen, you shouldn't talk to me that way. You know why? 'Cause like, you and I, we don't know each other so good. You were still suckin' your thumb when your brother was around town suckin' dicks. But just the same, you shouldn't talk so tough, all right?
- Vinnie Madano: If my brother was here, you...” (continue)(continue reading)
Steven Seagal - Det. Gino Felino
Anthony DeSando - Vinnie Madano