It was a woman who drove me to drink, and I never had the courtesy to thank her for it.
I have always felt that if a man gives you a solid gold key to his door he is entitled to the courtesy of a visit.
Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.
No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy.
I think people should have the common courtesy and judgment - the good judgment - not to be - not to offend other peoples' faiths.
It's one thing, holding open the door for someone at a grocery store, or the library, or just about anyplace else. But the doughnut shop is a different thing altogether. This is a get-in-and-out-as-fast-as-you-can operation. There's no room for courtesy or chivalry here.
I first visited Kurdistan in 2003. I arrived in the town of Sulaimaniyah, courtesy of smugglers who drove me across the border from Iran. Sulaimaniyah was a small, charming provincial Kurdish town.
Courtesy is the one coin you can never have too much of or be stingy with.
The courtesy which most becomes a victor was denied to Germany for a long time.
