Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is ethics. It is honor.
Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect.
Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.
Manners make the world work. They're not only based on kindness but also efficiency. When people know what to do, the world is smoother. When no one knows what to do, it's chaos.
Manners are nothing more than thinking about somebody else.
In life, if you have an enthusiasm for what they call 'good manners,' sometimes people don't quite believe you. I've had that once or twice before, where they assume you can't be for real.
Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.
I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don't agree with or like.
Manners is the key thing. Say, for instance, when you're growing up, you're walking down the street, you've got to tell everybody good morning. Everybody. You can't pass one person.
Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.