Impoliteness Quotes

“All my life I have placed great store in civility and good manners, practices I find scarce among the often hard-edged, badly socialized scientists with whom I associate. Tone of voice means a great deal to me in the course of debate. I despise the arrogance and doting self-regard so frequently found among the very bright.”
― Edward O. Wilson, Naturalist

“A person who holds strong convictions might appear inflexible, impolite, or exceptionally obtuse, when they are merely direct.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“Many writers make the mistake of making their readers appear like Lazarus, without any iota of care, throwing down books to readers to crunch as if they are dogs.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson

“Such an impolite person. He is honest with everyone.”
― Ljupka Cvetanova, The New Land

“...the seemingly widespread conviction of many ordinary Italians that polite behavior such as standing in line is either a Nazi characteristic or a British folly, one that in any event has no real application to this country. Indeed, although things are now gradually changing, left to themselves many Italians appear constitutionally unable to stand in line. “Where do you think you are, in Bulgaria?” a well-dressed man once snarled at me when I protested that he had pushed ahead of me on the cashier’s line at a downtown café.”
― Sari Gilbert, My Home Sweet Rome: Living (and loving) in Italy's Eternal City