Quotes : Rudeness

Straightforwardness, without the rules of propriety, becomes rudeness” --Confucius quotes (China's most famous teacher, philosopher, and political theorist, 551-479 BC)

“A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day.” --Bill Watterson quotes (American Author of the comic strip Calvin & Hobbes, b.1958)

It is more comfortable for me, in the long run, to be rude than polite --Wyndham Lewis

Says the rude child: "No, I won't do it." Says the courteous grown-up: "Yes, I won't do it." ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960

It's not a slam at you when people are rude - it's a slam at the people they've met before. ~F. Scott Fitzgerald

Life be not so short but that there is always time for courtesy. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson