There are occasions on which all apologies are rudeness.
The great accomplishment of Jobs's life is how effectively he put his idiosyncrasies - his petulance, his narcissism, and his rudeness - in the service of perfection.
Ideological differences are no excuse for rudeness.
rudeness to Mrs. Dosely was like dropping a pat of butter on to a hot plate - it slid and melted away.
Vanity and rudeness are seldom seen together.
Frankness is usually a euphemism for rudeness.
Folly often goes beyond her bounds, but impudence knows none.
Rudeness, I think, is the worst.
Rudeness can make me angry.
I like rudeness a great deal better than flattery.
Except in streetcars one should never be unnecessarily rude to a lady.
Rudeness is the weak man's limitation of strength.
Many of our newly smart would rather be found murdering their children than being kind to their parents. They would prefer to be damned for rudeness than to be snickered at for courtesy.
It is so tempting to return rudeness with rudeness!
Rudeness is something I just can't tolerate.
Here was an occasion, she thought, for indulging in that deliberate rudeness which only persons with habitually good manners have the right to commit.
[The Germans] so easily confuse obstinacy with energy, and rudeness with firmness.
I have a rude thought every three seconds!
Spite and ill-nature are among the most expensive luxuries in life.
. . . stories about [the German composer Johannes] Brahms's rudeness and wit amused me in particular. For instance, I loved the one about how a great wine connoisseur invited the composer to dinner. 'This is the Brahms of my cellar,' he said to his guests, producing a dust-covered bottle and pouring some into the master's glass. Brahms looked first at the color of the wine, then sniffed its bouquet, finally took a sip, and put the glass down without saying a word. 'Don't you like it?' asked the host. 'Hmm,' Brahms muttered. 'Better bring your Beethoven!'
