A soft refusal is not always taken, but a rude one is immediately believed
Alexander Chase
The walls of rude minds are scrawled all over with facts, with thoughts. They shall one day bring a lantern and read the inscriptions.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
You are not worth the dust which the rude wind Blows in your face.
William Shakespeare
Unthread the rude eye of rebellion, And welcome home again discarded faith.
William Shakespeare
Wisdom has taught us to be calm and meek, To take one blow, and turn the other cheek; It is not written what a man shall do If the rude caitiff smite the other too!
Oliver Wendell Homes
Arrogance is a mixture of impertinence, disobedience, indiscipline, rudeness, harshness, and a self-assertive nature.
Swami Sivananda
I would rather have an inferiority complex and be pleasantly surprised, than have a superiority complex and be rudely awakened.
Vanna Bonta
A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person
Dave Barry
Most young people think they are natural when they are only boorish and rude.
François de la Rochefoucauld
Impoliteness is frequently the sign of an awkward modesty that loses its head when surprised and hopes to conceal this with rudeness. LESS
Friedrich Nietzsche
Sometimes informality breeds rudeness. Maybe companies that are very informal manage to keep stress levels down. But if it's very informal, workers might not know what their boundaries are.
P.M. Forni