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It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.

Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.

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

Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.

So I had to be careful. I recognized the responsibility that, whether I liked it or not, I had to accept whatever the obligation was. That was to behave in a manner, to carry myself in such a professional way, as if there ever is a reflection, it's a positive one.

If I am treated fairly, I like to do things in a fair manner. That is the way I have been all my career. I haven't tried to do things in an underhanded way.

My disposition as a human being is kind of a go-along-to-get-along person. I tend to trust authority.

Respecting people is an important part of life, whether it's the person doing janitorial work or the person above you. It doesn't matter who you are: I'm going to respect you.

Courtesy is the one coin you can never have too much of or be stingy with.

I tend not to trust people who live in very tidy houses. I know that on the surface there is nothing wrong with a person being well-ordered and disciplined. Nothing, except that it leaves the impression of that person having lived in the confines of a stark institution which, although he or she has long since left, remains within.