Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.

—Clarence Thomas

About Clarence Thomas

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Clarence Thomas (born June 23, 1948) is an American lawyer and jurist who has served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 1991. Nominated by President George H. W. Bush to succeed Thurgood Marshall, Thomas is the second African American to serve on the...

More quotations tagged with “etiquette”

Manners maketh man.

Politeness and consideration for others is like investing pennies and getting dollars back.

—William of Wykeham

Associate with well-mannered persons and your manners will improve. Run around with decent folk and your own decent instincts will be strengthened.

—Thomas Sowell

If you aren't going to say something directly to someone's face, than don't use online as an opportunity to say it. It is this sense of bravery that people get when they are anonymous that gives the blogosphere a bad reputation.

—Stanley Walker

Don't reserve your best behavior for special occasions. You can't have two sets of manners, two social codes—one for those you admire and want to impress, another for those whom you consider unimportant. You must be the same to all people.

—Lillian Eichler Watson

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11 Jul 2015 Added