Polite Notice Quotes & Sayings

The feeling, for those seconds, is glorious - it reminds him that he is human, that he is so insignificant as to be utterly free, and he is being guided along gracefully, lovingly, by the hand of Nature - and it frees him, however transiently, from all worry and fear and fury and grief. 'I enjoyed that,' he says aloud, as much to the stars as to the rower. — Doug Dorst

It's hard to stay positive when there's a lot of evil in the world. — John Darnielle

We take such pains to be polite. We never say what we mean. For all it matters, we could greet each other and speak only of cheese - "How was your Limburger, miss?" "Salty as a ripe Stinking Bishop, thank you." "Ah, very cheddar, miss. I'll have your Stilton brought to your Camembert, then." - and no one would likely notice. — Libba Bray

What's more, Fatima was fluent in the floral codes that had governed polite society since the Age of Chivalry. Not only did she know the flower that should be sent as an apology, she knew which flower to send when one has been late; when one has spoken out of turn; and when, having taking notice of the young lady at the door, one has carelessly overtrumped one's partner. In short, Fatima knew a flower's fragrance, color, and purpose better than a bee. — Amor Towles

Among the innumerable monuments of architecture constructed by the Romans, how many have escaped the notice of history, how few have resisted the ravages of time and barbarism! And yet even the majestic ruins that are still scattered over Italy and the provinces, would be sufficient to prove that those countries were once the seat of a polite and powerful empire. — Edward Gibbon

So when you inhale and exhale, notice your breath and realize God is dwelling in your chest. — Trinka Polite

I am trying to call attention to the elephant in the room that everybody is too polite - or too devout - to notice: religion, and specifically the devaluing effect that religion has on human life. — Richard Dawkins

one more piece of evidence that assigned reading makes nothing happen. — Joan Didion

A traveler of taste will notice that the wise are polite all over the world, but the fool only at home. — Oliver Goldsmith

I really don't understand minimalism. It is so polite and boring. If you don't want anyone to notice you, you should stay home and grow your own vegetables. — Roberto Cavalli

The reader of these reflections of mine on the Trinity should bear in mind that my pen is on the watch against the sophistries of those who scorn the starting-point of faith, and allow themselves to be deceived through an unseasonable and misguided love of reason. — Augustine Of Hippo

I'd been a Bond girl and in Dracula films and 'Coronation Street,' but I was always hunting for work. After 'The New Avengers,' I never had to wait for work again. — Joanna Lumley

Jesus doesn't expect followers to be perfect, but he does call them to be authentic. — Kyle Idleman

Logic, also, is founded upon suppositions to which nothing in the actual world corresponds, - for instance, on the supposition of the equality of things, and the identity of the same thing at different points of time, - but that particular science arose out of the contrary belief (that such things really existed in the actual world). It — Friedrich Nietzsche

Respect is a kind of magic too, you know. — Jefferson Smith