quotes about Rudeness
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Rudeness is better than any argument; it totally eclipses intellect.
-- Arthur Schopenhauer -
I see woefully obscure poetry as simply a kind of verbal rudeness.
-- Billy Collins -
No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy.
-- Bryant H. McGill -
Good manners are appreciated as much as bad manners are abhorred.
-- Bryant H. McGill -
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This must be the legendary Yankee rudeness
-- Charlaine Harris -
Straight-forwardness, without the rules of propriety, becomes rudeness.
-- Confucius -
Rudeness is the weak man's limitation of strength.
-- Eric Hoffer -
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Each time a mediocre singer performs, he is saying, in effect, "This is good enough for you." The audience, thrust into that familiar American mood of knowing something is wrong but not knowing what it is, unconsciously absorbs the insult and projects it back onto the mediocre performer in the form of inattention, rudeness and noise.
-- Florence King -
Vanity and rudeness are seldom seen together.
-- Johann Kaspar Lavater -
Ideological differences are no excuse for rudeness.
-- Judith MartinSource : Judith Martin (1982). “Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior”, Scribner
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When politeness is used to show up other people, it is reclassified as rudeness. Thus it is technically impossible to be too polite.
-- Judith Martin -
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Control yourself, it is not worth it. You will regret your rudeness afterwards, your sensitive nature will be troubled
-- Leila AboulelaSource : Leila Aboulela (2015). “Minaret”, p.126, Bloomsbury Publishing
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Frankness is usually a euphemism for rudeness.
-- Muriel Spark -
Except in streetcars one should never be unnecessarily rude to a lady.
-- O. Henry -
Rudeness is something I just can't tolerate.
-- Phil RamoneSource : "Phil Ramone Looks Back at His Legendary Career in Expansive 1996 Billboard Interview". Interview with Paul Verna, www.billboard.com. 1996.
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Frankness is not a license to say anything you want, wherever and whenever you want. It is not rudeness.
-- Rick Warren -
Here was an occasion, she thought, for indulging in that deliberate rudeness which only persons with habitually good manners have the right to commit...
-- Stella GibbonsSource : Stella Gibbons (1977). “Cold comfort farm”, Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Children are capable of such open rudeness.
-- Trenton Lee Stewart -
Inappropriateness is funny to me. Rudeness is hilarious.
-- Zach Galifianakis -
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It is so tempting to return rudeness with rudeness!
-- Mallory Ortberg