Civility Quotations

I know it's very 'old media' of me to admit this, but I am often unnerved by the lack of civility on the Web.

While we face economic obstacles that challenge every decision made in Washington, decisions made merely for political gain must stop. It's time to restore civility in Congress. It's time for action where action is needed - all politics aside.

Political civility is not about being polite to each other. It's about reclaiming the power of 'We the People' to come together, debate the common good and call American democracy back to its highest values amid our differences.

I know it's sappy, but I bet there's a market for civility and niceness out there that, while probably not as titillating as a junkyard scrap between shirtless adversaries, it'd sure be healthier.

I am told that I had a bad temper, and remember being banished to the back hall until civility returned.

The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.

By never marrying, I ended up never divorcing, but I also failed to accumulate that brocade of civility and padlock of security - kids you do or don't want, Tiffany silver you never use - that makes life complete.

There is a certain ancient civility about tailors that is welcome - especially in modern London, which is now very much an international city, not an English city. They're still a little vessel of Englishness in what is otherwise a pretty rambunctious place.

I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.

I work for Fox News as a commentator. I say whatever I want. I'm the blonde on the left, figuratively and literally - the one who's usually smiling because it's T.V., not the Supreme Court or Congress, and I find civility more effective in any event.

Now we meet in the birthplace of American liberty to renew our social contract. We look to Governor Bush and Secretary Cheney to raise our sights, and to restore honor and civility to our public life.

I grew up in airports and on air bases. I know what flying and airports can be. And most airports make me feel like we're about three per cent better than ants. Especially U.S. airports. They're zoos. All civility is gone.

She gave the essence of civility to the struggle for equality in this country and kept alive the principles of fairness, equity and justice for which she, her husband, and their partners in struggle stood. The true measure of achievement is how many others we lift up along with us, and Mrs. King more than met that measure.

Have faith in the process, and pray for our United States Senators, that they'll act with civility and move this process along as it should be moved.

He can't proceed with the civility the rules require. All lawyers have to conduct themselves with honesty, integrity and civility. This isn't a street fight,

undermining the core values of civility -- and it's time they were stopped by a society that values free speech enough to protect it.

Hopefully there will be a lot of civility in this and respect for each side's argument. I believe that we will pass some legislation on this.

Some of us love hockey not just for its ferocity and skill but for its underlying code of civility off the ice.

I think the McCain and Lieberman talk about the need for civility in public discourse is right at the core of our mission,

It appears the vice president's previous calls for civility are now inoperative.

Treating people fairly and with civility is not a bad thing... It would be good for our country if political leaders actually took that to heart.

The president has changed the way Washington talks about its job. Civility is back in Washington, and Democrats and Republicans can have a disagreement without being disagreeable, and that means that we can get work done for the American people.

Southerners have many fine qualities, charm and civility among them, and a sense of the tragic....

We are just hoping for civility throughout this year's process.

Civility is only a passenger - not a driver - on the information superhighway.

Friendship cannot live with ceremony, nor without civility.

We as governors join you and others to call for a return of civility to Washington,

Martha Stewart contributes more to our civility than the Baptist Church.

[T]he politically correct are above the rules of ordinary civility, once they have identified you as an unbeliever in their religion.

Yet at my devotion I love to use the civility of my knee, my hat, and hand.

In the last few days, we have witnessed a period of greater civility in the selection of our chief justice, ... I pray that that will continue because it is so important not just for good government, but for the good care of our people who look here to all of you and your colleagues for the kind of leadership that is not destructive or too intensely partisan.

Civility is a sign of character, and believe me, Vivian and Javad had a lot of character.

The future of civility in America needn't be dismal. It isn't true that nice guys finish last -- if they are also smart... I think the new century is going to be a century of connecting. Those (individuals and organizations) that look at others with inherent value will succeed.

Civility, it is said, means obeying the unenforceable.

. . . it seldom happens, I think, that a man has the civility to die when all the world wishes it.

I cannot, will never, understand these couples who hate each other, who conduct open warfare in front of their children - the kind of people who have to drop the kids off at the end of the driveway in case they lay eyes on one another. At the very least, civility must reign.

Familiarity is a suspension of almost all the laws of civility, which libertinism has introduced into society under the notion of ease.

Civility is a desire to receive civilities, and to be accounted well-bred.

Civilization depends on, and civility often requires, the willingness to say, 'What you are doing is none of my business' and 'What I am doing is none of your business.'

In religious matters a traveller loses nothing by civility.

Some people don’t respond to civility.

Civility is perhaps a quaint notion but civility in Parliament is something we should always strive to uphold.

Civility costs nothing, and buys everything.

Civility cost nothing.

Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business.

We see a decline of civility, and, sadly, it’s often modeled by the very people from whom we have the least right to expect it.

Opto Civitas.” ”I choose civility. That's the new me,

People who expect deference resent mere civility.

In my entire time in Washington, I treated everyone with respect, with civility.

People will no more advance their civility to a bear, than their money to a bankrupt.

Our relationship now thoroughly ruined, with even civility destroyed between us, all I wanted anymore was the door.

Civility is not simply about manners.

Fair words cost nothing.

There is chaos behind the civility, of course.

All of civility depends on being able to contain the rage of individuals.

Cruelty hardens and degrades, kindness reforms and ennobles.

Unfortunately civility is hard to codify or legislate, but you know it when you see it. It's possible to disagree without being disagreeable.

Poverty is the test of civility and the touchstone of friendship.

That character in conversation which commonly passes for agreeable is made up of civility and falsehood.

The thorny point Of bare distress hath ta'en from me the show Of smooth civility; yet am I inland bred And know some nurture.

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

Nothing costs less nor is cheaper than compliments of civility.

There is nothing costs less than civility.

Civility is not a sign of weakness.

The highest proof of civility is that the whole public action of the State is directed on securing the greatest good of the greatest number.

The civility of no race can be perfect whilst another race is degraded.

The civilities of the great are never thrown away.

The reciprocal civility of authors is one of the most risible scenes in the farce of life.

I know no religion that destroys courtesy, civility, and kindness.