Hostesses who entertain much must make up their parties as ministers make up their cabinets, on grounds other than personal liking.

In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong.

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman’s birthday but never remembers her age.

I often look ridiculous in Japan. There’s really no way to eat in Japan, particularly kaiseki in a traditional ryokan, without offending the Japanese horribly. Every gesture, every movement is just so atrociously wrong, and the more I try, the more hilarious it is.

If you want to appeal to everyone, you can’t do a world tour and expect black people to show up at every date – when you’re in Australia, when you’re in Dubai, when you’re in Indonesia.

For more than a decade, I led an organization that put on an elaborate Christmas program each December. It was a big production, with over 250 people participating in more than 20 performances. By the end of the season, everyone who participated was exhausted.

Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.

Campaign behavior for wives: Always be on time. Do as little talking as humanly possible. Lean back in the parade car so everybody can see the president.

We want Facebook to be one of the best places people can go to learn how to build stuff. If you want to build a company, nothing better than jumping in and trying to build one. But Facebook is also great for entrepreneurs/hackers. If people want to come for a few years and move on and build something great, that’s something we’re proud of.

No person who is well bred, kind and modest is ever offensively plain; all real deformity means want for manners or of heart.

I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a new acquaintance.

What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What’s the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood?

Room service? Send up a larger room.

There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at a capital tavern… No, Sir; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

I don’t go to parties in general.

People who eat with their mouth open should be punched in the face.

For years my wedding ring has done its job. It has led me not into temptation. It has reminded my husband numerous times at parties that it’s time to go home. It has been a source of relief to a dinner companion. It has been a status symbol in the maternity ward.

You have to look for teachers. If you want to be a mechanic, go hang out with mechanics.

The more you observe politics, the more you’ve got to admit that each party is worse than the other.

People are generally proud of their food. A willingness to eat and drink with people without fear and prejudice… they open up to you in ways that somebody visiting who is driven by a story may not get.

If you ever see The Rock working out in the gym, don’t think you can just go up and disturb his workout and expect him to take a picture. He’s there to work, so kindly just pass the silverback on by or he’ll rip your face off.

One lesson you better learn if you want to be in politics is that you never go out on a golf course and beat the President.

If he invited you out, he’s got to pay.

The richest people in the world look for and build networks; everyone else looks for work.

At school I pretended I had a normal life, but I felt lonely all the time and different from everyone else. I never felt like I fit in, and I wasn’t allowed to participate in after-school activities, go to sports events or parties or date boys. Many times I had to make up stories about why I couldn’t do anything with my classmates.

Never speak to an invalid from behind, nor from the door, nor from any distance from him, nor when he is doing anything. The official politeness of servants in these things is so grateful to invalids, that many prefer, without knowing why, having none but servants about them.

I don’t do any vulgar movements.

In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.

I’m not in the loop; I don’t know any actors, really, just the ones I work with.

Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.

Although a skillful flatterer is a most delightful companion if you have him all to yourself, his taste becomes very doubtful when he takes to complimenting other people.

You can close more business in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you.

I have visited Japan several times and have always been shown wonderful hospitality.

I know Gov. Christie. We’ve met a couple of times.

Sometimes I’ve been to a party where no one spoke to me for a whole evening. The men, frightened by their wives or sweeties, would give me a wide berth. And the ladies would gang up in a corner to discuss my dangerous character.

The greatest thing about being a comedian is knowing other comedians. And you get to talk to them. Its the most fun.

T stands for being nice. T stands for manners. T stands for being polite.

Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.

Of course, it does depend on the people, but sometimes I’m invited places to kind of brighten up a dinner table like a musician who’ll play the piano after dinner, and I know you’re not really invited for yourself. You’re just an ornament.

There are some important differences between me and Tony Stark, like I have five kids, so I spend more time going to Disneyland than parties.

I have surrounded myself with very smart people.

I’m not actually a very keen performer. I like putting shows together. I like putting events together. In fact, everything I do is about the conceptualizing and realization of a piece of work, whether it’s the recording or the performance side.

The notion that before you even set out to go to Thailand, you say, ‚I’m not interested,‘ or you’re unwilling to try things that people take so personally and are so proud of and so generous with, I don’t understand that, and I think it’s rude. You’re at Grandma’s house, you eat what Grandma serves you.

I got a chance to work with Stallone and De Niro – pretty much sums it up for me. You can tell where you’re going in your career by the company you keep.

If there’s one thing I’m good at, it’s gathering people together to do something fun.

There’s some jerks. There’s some big egos. There are a few that think they’re one of the Founding Fathers… in both parties.

If someone offers you a breath mint, accept it.

I love it when people say things to me in public and want to meet me, because I want to meet them! Early on, my manager told me, ‚If you want to sell 500,000 records, then go out there and meet 500,000 people.‘

At a formal dinner party, the person nearest death should always be seated closest to the bathroom.

I haven’t gone out of my way to seek advice from people I don’t know.

I don’t know why they gave me a knighthood – though it’s very nice of them – but I only ever use the title in the U.S. The Americans insist on it and get offended if I don’t.

Madness is rare in individuals – but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule.

This may sound a little bit idealistic, but when I go to my blog, my Facebook page, my Twitter account, I talk to different people from all over the world, and you see how it’s easy to establish a dialogue.

Social media is called social media for a reason. It lends itself to sharing rather than horn-tooting.

Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.

It’s good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.

Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.

Any hand that I’ve shaken, any person that I met when I was Joe Blow, now that I’m this guy Kevin Hart, has come back. That’s why I treat everybody with respect. I’m always a nice pleasant guy to meet because when they come back to you, they remember.

One does not leave a convivial party before closing time.