Courteously Quotes

#1. Presented memorial to [Constitutional Convention] committee on sufferage. Was very courteously treated. We all felt it a great day in the history of Utah. The committee informed us they had passed on W[oman] S[uffrage] being ten to five in favor.

Ruth May Fox

#2. Studies show that if people think that they are treated fairly by the police, that matters almost more than what the result is. If you get stopped for a traffic stop and feel that you are treated courteously and fairly, you are much more likely to accept the fact that you got a speeding ticket.

Eric Holder

#3. I have absolute faith that anything can come to one who trusts to the unlimited help of the Universal Intelligence that is within, so long as one works within the law, always gives more to others than they expect, and does it cheerfully and courteously.

Walter Russell

#4. But as the years went on, I realised that what I really want to be, all told, is a human. Just a productive, honest, courteously treated human.

Caitlin Moran

#5. Let us speak courteously, deal fairly, and keep ourselves armed and ready.

Theodore Roosevelt

#6. Four things belong to a judge: to hear courteously, to answer wisely, to consider soberly, and to decide impartially.

Socrates

#7. Oh, why was he so handsomely blond, so courteously aloof, so maddeningly boring with his talk about Europe and books and music and poetry and things that interested her not at all - and yet so desirable?

Margaret Mitchell

#8. In March the soft rains continued, and each storm waited courteously until its predecessor sunk beneath the ground.

John Steinbeck

#9. I love to find a great vintage secondhand shop.

Bridget Hall

#10. That makes you human. Everyone has to belong to something.' (Katherine)
'I'm wondering if I might belong with you.' (Bennet)

A.S. Green

#11. One must have tradition in oneself, to hate it properly.

Theodor W. Adorno

#12. Paranoia's the assassin's bedmate,

Steven Erikson

#13. For male and female alike, the bodies of the other sex are messages signaling what we must do, they are glowing signifiers of our own necessities.

John Updike

#14. Hide me from day's garish eye.

John Milton

#15. If you want to drop off the face of the earth, just be an assistant coach.

Bob Griese

#16. The materials of true poetry are always humble, absolutely idiosyncratic, the autobiographical tatters that, in gifted hands, are made into the memoir that fits us all.

Patricia Hampl

#17. It is necessary for men to be deceived in religion.

Marcus Terentius Varro

#18. Parents' tolerance of violence is so different to their tolerance of sexuality. If violence is involved in the sexuality it's somehow perceived as entertainment, but if love is involved with sexuality it's seen as pornographic and is not acceptable.

Ryan Gosling

#19. I believe in empty spaces; they're the most wonderful thing.

Anselm Kiefer

#20. Who are you?" the boy asked. He examined the stranger from head to toe and made a face. "You're ugly." "And

Claire Legrand

#21. When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

Elon Musk

#22. Population, when unchecked, goes on doubling itself every 25 years or increases in a geometrical ratio.

Thomas Malthus

#23. Life is not about things we do or do not have to do; it's about doing what we should do, about doing the right thing.

Quinn Loftis