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We have a policy at The New Yorker, .. That is, if someone doesn't want to be profiled, we drop it. I would like you to show me the same courtesy. (Quote by - William Shawn)

This was not a police courtesy that was done with a wink and a nod .. because of some sort of brotherhood. We discovered a hole in the system. Hopefully, that hole will be addressed. (Quote by - Ronald Malfi)

Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become. (Quote by - Oliver Wendell Holmes)

He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love. (Quote by - Proverb)

Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart. (Quote by - Henry Clay)

Politeness is the art of choosing among one's real thoughts. (Quote by - Abel Stevens)

There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy. (Quote by - E. V. Lucas)

I place a high moral value on the way people behave. I find it repellent to have a lot, and to behave with anything other than courtesy in the old sense of the word - politeness of the heart, a gentleness of the spirit. (Quote by - Fran Lebowitz)

Less of your courtesy and more of your purse. (Quote by - Proverb)

They thought they had the shooter, and then I don't know what the hell happened. Someone there just needs to do her the common courtesy of staying in contact with her and letting her know what's happening. She's absolutely right when she says they have not been in contact with her. (Quote by - Ron Edwards)

Alex (Kirkpatrick) continues to learn from every race and I am proud of her run. The rest of the race for us was courtesy of the underclassmen, as sophomore (Stephanie) Housley and freshmen Mindy Lake, Lisa Lake, and Kira (Davis) earned the remaining team points. (Quote by - Debbie Williams)

Princes of courtesy, merciful, proud and strong. (Quote by - Henry Newbolt)

From a recruiter's perspective, the best thing is to be referred by someone we know. We're inundated with e-mails, and while I'm open to a face-to-face courtesy meeting, I always tell people it's best to be referred by someone we know. (Quote by - Scott Simmons)

If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world. (Quote by - Francis Bacon)

Courteous men learn courtesy from the discourteous. (Quote by - Persian Proverb)

These people are careless. They have no courtesy, and in this case, it ended in death. This becomes really dangerous because this area is full of seniors and small children. There are a lot of blind entrances and curves. (Quote by - John Schutty)

The language of the younger generation has the brutality of the city and an assertion of threatening power at hand, not to come. It is military, theatrical, and at its most coherent probably a lasting repudiation of empty courtesy and bureaucratic euphemism. (Quote by - Elizabeth Hardwick)

During the past few years, earnings have done far better than what economic growth alone would have suggested. Interestingly, we have found that the wider-than-expected profit margin, courtesy of surprisingly benign cost pressures, has helped turn good earnings performance into outstanding earnings performance in recent years. (Quote by - Francois Trahan)

I really appreciate the courtesy of allowing me to speak what I'm saying to you right now. That is part of what this country's about. (Quote by - Harry Taylor)

The (Florence County) delegation did them (Florence 1 board members) a courtesy giving them the right to come up with a suggested plan, but the delegation is the supreme school board. (Quote by - Bobby Bowers)

The grace of God is courtesy. (Quote by - Hilaire Belloc)

There are two ways things are going to happen. There will be professional courtesy that says, 'There is an issue, let's find out where it is.' But there will be smaller shops -- not as professional -- that will whip out the finger. We are already working with our partners so that the way things get handled is by us. There will be people that do it very dirty, but we are setting ourselves up to do it cleanly. I'm going to give you a solution or find out where the solution lies. (Quote by - Jeff Burke)

What really bothered me was that staff did not have the courtesy to provide the bad news in the council?s Friday dispatch. Even though they knew about the problem since Jan. 20, they choose instead to deliver the message at the work session and not give the council any time to investigate alternative solutions. (Quote by - Dennis Husch)

Our clients are also our friends. They become family as soon as they experience this airport. We return the courtesy and it shows in our rapport with them. (Quote by - Jim Barclay)

Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined;Often in a wooden house a golden room we find. (Quote by - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

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