“I don't mean to be rude'- always a precursor to rudeness of the most offensive sort”
“I don't mean to be rude—" he began, in a tone that threatened rudeness in every syllable."Yet, sadly, accidental rudeness occurs alarmingly often," Dumbledore finished the sentence gravely.”
“Teachers are mean, teachers are rude, and teachers don't know what to do.”
“Most people in the world don't know who the Apleys are and they don't give a damn. I don't intend this as rudeness, but as a sort of comfort. I know it has been a comfort to me sometimes. Just remember that most people don't give a damn. When you remember it, you won't feel the necessity of taking the Apleys so seriously.”
“Never rude, always aloof.”
“In our time the most warlike nations are the most rude and ignorant.”