The concert is a polite form of self induced torture.
Henry Miller

The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth.
Malcolm Bradbury

The nerves are a problem on trumpet, because when you mess up everyone can hear it. Just remember most people are too polite to say anything about it. That should calm your nerves.
Wynton Marsalis

The numbers are a catalyst that can help turn raving madmen into polite humans.
Philip J. Davis

The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect.
Carl Sandburg

There is a kind of courtesy in skepticism. It would be an offense against polite conventions to press our doubts too far.
George Santayana

When a man is trying to sell you something, don't imagine that he is polite all the time.
Edgar Watson Howe

When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.
Winston Churchill

You can't compare a Super Bowl crowd, which tends to be more polite and a little more neutral to that. The Super Bowl only has 7,000 to 8,000 fans for each team.
Lamar Hunt

You know, sometimes, when they say you're ahead of your time, it's just a polite way of saying you have a real bad sense of timing.
George McGovern