Rudeness Quotes

“It is terribly rude to tell people that their troubles are boring.”
― Lemony Snicket, The Blank Book

“Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.”
― Eric Hoffer, The Passionate State of Mind: And Other Aphorisms

“It is a wise thing to be polite; consequently, it is a stupid thing to be rude. To make enemies by unnecessary and willful incivility, is just as insane a proceeding as to set your house on fire. For politeness is like a counter--an avowedly false coin, with which it is foolish to be stingy.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer, The Wisdom of Life and Counsels and Maxims

“Rudeness is the weak man’s imitation of strength.”
― Edmund Burke

“No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy.”
― Bryant McGill

“When the healthy pursuit of self-interest and self-realization turns into self-absorption, other people can lose their intrinsic value in our eyes and become mere means to the fulfillment of our needs and desires.”
― P.M. Forni, The Civility Solution: What to Do When People Are Rude

“Preserve me from such cordiality! It is like handling briar-roses and may-blossoms - bright enough to the eye, and outwardly soft to the touch, but you know there are thorns beneath, and every now and then you feel them too; and perhaps resent the injury by crushing them in till you have destroyed their power, though somewhat to the detriment of your own fingers.”
― Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

“Death is impatient and thoughtless. It barges into your room when you are right in the middle of something, and it doesn't bother to wipe its boots.”
― Tom Robbins, Jitterbug Perfume

“THE SILENT PEOPLE

Some people are so rude,
Living their lives with no concern for others,
Or possibly just intent on pissing other people off-
Annoying everyone around them.

The silent people-
Want to kill them-
And drive forks into their skulls-
Create weapons of extreme torture-
And scream from the top of their lungs-
"SHUT UP."

But words are not spoken-
And attention is not given.
Though annoyance is apparent,
The annoying keep on living.”
― Giorge Leedy, Uninhibited From Lust To Love

“إن بلادنا في حاجة إلى جرعات قوية من قلة الأدب حيال الملوك حتى تفيق من إغمائها الطويل”
― Naguib Mahfouz, Sugar Street

“If you are rude, cynical, habitually-sarcastic or pessimistic, your life options are going to be very limited.”
― Bryant McGill, Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

“Professor, why couldn't we just Apparate directly into your old colleague's house?'
'Because it would be quite as rude as kicking down the front door,' said Dumbledore. 'Courtesy dictates that we offer fellow wizards the opportunity of denying us entry.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

“Was it the forgetfulness of old age or personal incapacity that made the man able to say please but not thank you?”
― Yann Martel, Beatrice and Virgil

“...when a phone call competes for attention with a real-world conversation, it wins. Everyone knows the distinctive high-and-dry feeling of being abandoned for a phone call, and of having to compensate - with quite elaborate behaviours = for the sudden half-disappearance of the person we were just speaking to. 'Go ahead!' we say. 'Don't mind us! Oh look, here's a magazine I can read!' When the call is over, other rituals come into play, to minimise the disruption caused and to restore good feeling.”
― Lynne Truss, Talk to the Hand: The Utter Bloody Rudeness of the World Today, or Six Good Reasons to Stay Home and Bolt the Door

“This was our last night. We only had one curtain call, Bree. And I thought they were going to give us a standing ovation, but no-o-o-. Do you know why half the audience stood up?"
"To get a head start on the traffic," Bree said.
"To get a head start on the traffic," Antonia agreed in indignation. "I mean, here we are, dancing and singing our little guts out, and all those folks want to do is get to bed early. I ask you, whatever happened to common courtesy? Whatever happened to decent manners? Doesn't anyone care about craft anymore? And on top of that, it's not even nice.”
― Mary Stanton, Defending Angels

“Livvy noted there seemed some communal feeling between the married: any wife could be faintly rude to anyone else's husband.”
― Elizabeth Bowen, The Last September

“How rude could you get? She was treating a boy she'd only just met as an inferior being. The only other person I can think of who does that is a Saiyan prince.”
― Wataru Watari, やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている。1

“أُرحِّبْ بك في بيتك القديم وأنا اليك الزائر الغريب ، لا تنتقد جرأتي.. الستُ من دعوتني”
― Sam Houssami

“Never in England were there so many gentlemen and so little gentleness.”
― C.J. Sansom, Tombland

“Never surprise any member of a venomous species with a home visit. It’s not only rude, it’s potentially hazardous to your health.”
― Seanan McGuire, Half-Off Ragnarok

“All lives are precious. Even those of the incredibly rude.”
― George Mann, Star Wars: Life Day Treasury - Holiday Stories From a Galaxy Far, Far Away

“The windigo comes when we give way to our selfish hearts. Only a truly generous heart can destroy it.”
― Claudia Martin, Epic Myths for Fearless Girls

“Because you helped that opichi, it helped you in return. Truly generous hearts recognize one another, little one.”
― Claudia Martin, Epic Myths for Fearless Girls

“He raised a finger and then continued typing for another thirty seconds or so. Just long enough to show Maggie that his time was more valuable than hers—though she knew his salary, and it most definitely was not.”
― Cliff Jones Jr., Dreck

“If you see a lot of kindness everywhere in your society, there is a high probability that you live in a right society! And if you see a lot of rudeness everywhere in your society, you are definitely living in a terrible society!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“There's nothing uglier than an ugly mouth, there's nothing filthier than a filthy heart.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iman Insaniyat, Mazhab Muhabbat: Pani, Agua, Water, It's All One

“Telling a stutterer to speak up is like telling the lame to get up.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Stamerenophobia

“Rude people justify their rudeness by thinking they are honest. There's no point in being honest if you lack kindness.”
― Garima Soni - words world

“Directness is often mistaken for rudeness by those uncomfortable with the truth. True progress comes when we embrace honesty, not sugarcoat it.”
― Abhysheq Shukla, KISS Life "Life is what you make it"

“Marlene, don’t be rude.”
“Mami, I wasn’t being rude. Everyone has jokes about my looks and it’s annoying.”
“Jokes or no jokes, they are your elders. You have to respect them.”
It’s always like this with my family. They make a billion mean or judgy comments and the moment I say one little thing, I get in trouble.
“How come they don’t have to respect me, huh?”
― Claribel A. Ortega, Frizzy