Best Rudeness Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings Page 4

“Rudeness is something I just can't tolerate.”

“A man must have very eminent qualities to hold his own without being polite.”

Men Quality Polite Rudeness Being Polite

“The natural progress of the works of men is from rudeness to convenience, from convenience to elegance, and from elegance to nicety.”

Men Natural Progress Elegance Convenience Rudeness Niceties

Book:The works of Samuel Johnson

Source: The works of Samuel Johnson

“Folly often goes beyond her bounds, but impudence knows none.”

Knows Bounds Folly Rudeness Impudence

Book:The Works of Ben. Jonson: Underwoods. Timber; or, Discoveries made upon men and matter. Horace, Of the art of poetry [with an English translation by Jonson]. The English grammar. Leges convivales, rules for the Tavern Academy. The case is altered

Source: The Works of Ben. Jonson: Underwoods. Timber; or, Discoveries made upon men and matter. Horace, Of the art of poetry [with an English translation by Jonson]. The English grammar. Leges convivales, rules for the Tavern Academy. The case is altered

“Except in streetcars one should never be unnecessarily rude to a lady.”

Should Rude Rudeness

Book:Delphi Complete Works of O. Henry (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of O. Henry (Illustrated)

“If somebody tells you an obviously untrue story, on the Continent you would remark, "You are a liar, Sir, and a rather dirty one at that." In England you just say "Oh, is that so?" Or "That's rather an unusual story, isn't it?”

Ifs Stories England Dirty Liars Unusual Continents Remarks Untrue True Story Rudeness

Author:George Mikes

“Many of our newly smart would rather be found murdering their children than being kind to their parents. They would prefer to be damned for rudeness than to be snickered at for courtesy.”

Kind Children Found Parent Smart Be Kind Courtesy Rudeness

Author:Irwin Edman

“Obesity is the result of a loss of self-control. Indeed, loss of self-control might be said to be the defining social (or anti-social) characteristic of our age: public drunkenness, excessive gambling, promiscuity and common-or-garden rudeness are all examples of our collective loss of self-control.”