Courtesy Quotes

Your letter of excuses has arrived. I receive the letter but do not admit the excuses except in courtesy, as when a man treads on your toes and begs your pardon -- the pardon is granted, but the joint aches, especially if there is a corn upon it. - Lord Byron

You'd think people would have enough courtesy to dry off the equipment without being asked, especially since we hand out towels at the front door. But you'd be surprised. - Kathy Buthker

You have to abide by the quiet or courtesy hours specific to your living arrangement. On one hand you should be able to play at a reasonable volume for a decent period of time, but then again you can't be rocking out for six hours a day every day. - Shivan Barwari

When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible. - Mohandas Gandhi

When music and courtesy are better understood and appreciated, there will be no war. - Confucius

When I was talking to him, he started getting angry right in front of me -- angry that Sammy didn't tell him it was a cop. He wouldn't have cared; he liked killing cops. He thought they were bullies with guns. But he felt Sammy should have given him the courtesy of telling him. ... I can't imagine someone lying about the duality of emotions about that. - Philip Carlo

When a language creates -- as it does -- a community within the present, it does so only by courtesy of a community between the present and the past. - Christopher Ricks

What really bothered me was that staff did not have the courtesy to provide the bad news in the council?s Friday dispatch. Even though they knew about the problem since Jan. 20, they choose instead to deliver the message at the work session and not give the council any time to investigate alternative solutions. - Dennis Husch

We've given Craig the courtesy of talking to him at a later date. - Mick Leary

We've asked for a meeting with the sheriff numerous times, and he never has any time or even the courtesy to return my phone calls. This is very upsetting to me. - Joan Berry