Discourtesy Quotes & Sayings

As a people, I am afraid, we tend too often to brush aside with impatience, sometimes with discourtesy, customs and points of view which are alien to us. — Eleanor Roosevelt

Intolerance, discourtesy and harshness ... are taboo in all good society and are surely contrary to the spirit of democracy. — Mahatma Gandhi

Discourtesy does not spring merely from one bad quality, but from several
from foolish vanity, from ignorance of what is due to others, from indolence, from stupidity, from distraction of thought, from contempt of others, from jealousy. — Jean De La Bruyere

I would not have had that happen to you. Discourtesy is unspeakably ugly to me. — Thomas Harris

Anna gave Charles a shy kiss on the cheek and strolled out of the room without a backward glance. Until she reached the doorway, and then, in full view of the curious who'd had the courage or discourtesy to linger in the auditorium after he'd dismissed them, she kissed her palm and blew it to him.
And despite ... or because of their audience, he caught it in one hand, and pulled the hand to his heart. Her smile dropped away, and the expression in her eyes would feed him for a week. And the expressions on the faces of the wolves who knew Charles, or knew his reputation, would make him laugh as soon as no one was watching. — Patricia Briggs

Be calm in arguing: for fierceness makes
Error a fault, and truth discourtesy. — George Herbert

Many people, if they were to treat other people as they treat their spouses, would soon have not a friend in the world. Why it is assumed that marriage is more impervious to the effects of discourtesy than friendship, I do not know ... — Jo Coudert

Most problems are best solved privately, not through government. There's a problem of discourtesy in the world, which is best handled through social norms, which are indispensable. But you wouldn't want the government to be mandating courtesy. — Cass Sunstein

All the courtesies in the world do not cover up the one vital and massive discourtesy. — John Howard Griffin