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Judith Martin Quotes
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The most conventional statements are both true and welcome (Judith Martin Quotes)
Many people mistakenly think a new technology cancels out an old one (Judith Martin Quotes)
Ideological differences are no excuse for rudeness (Judith Martin Quotes)
When virtues are pointed out first, flaws seem less insurmountable (Judith Martin Quotes)
You glance at an e-mail. You give more attention to a real letter (Judith Martin Quotes)
Like language, a code of manners can be used with more or less skill, for laudable or for evil purposes, to express a great variety of ideas and emotions. In itself, it carries no moral value, but ignorance in use of this tool is not a sign of virtue (Judith Martin Quotes)
You think death is any better an excuse for desertion than any other? (Judith Martin Quotes)
Greece is a good place for rebirths (Judith Martin Quotes)
Why bring children into a world where no one writes letters? (Judith Martin Quotes)
Only a person who considers himself too good for you is good enough (Judith Martin Quotes)
Indeed, Miss Manners has come to believe that the basic political division in this country is not between liberals and conservatives but between those who believe that they should have a say in the love lives of strangers and those who do not (Judith Martin Quotes)
One of the big no-nos in cyberspace is that you do not go into a social activity, a chat group or something like that, and start advertising or selling things. This etiquette rule is an attempt to separate one’s social life, which should be pure enjoyment and relaxation, from the pressures of work (Judith Martin Quotes)
GENTLE READER: You, sir, are an anarchist, and Miss Manners is frightened to have anything to do with you. It is true that questioning the table manners of others is rude. But to overthrow the accepted conventions of society, on the flimsy grounds that you have found them silly, inefficient and discomforting, is a dangerous step toward destroying civilization (Judith Martin Quotes)
Meanwhile, the empty forms of social behavior survive inappropriately in business situations. We all know that when a business sends its customers ‘friendly reminders,’ it really means business (Judith Martin Quotes)
The etiquette of intimacy is very different from the etiquette of formality, but manners are not just something to show off to the outside world. If you offend the head waiter, you can always go to another restaurant. If you offend the person you live with, it’s very cumbersome to switch to a different family (Judith Martin Quotes)
Yes, etiquette is hypocritical. Yes, it does inhibit children - if you’re lucky. But the idea that it’s elitist and irrelevant is like saying language is elitist and irrelevant (Judith Martin Quotes)
Protocol is etiquette with a government expense account (Judith Martin Quotes)
I have always believed that the key to a happy marriage was the ability to say with a straight face, ‘Why, I don’t know what you’re worrying about. I thought you were very funny last night and I’m sure everybody else did, too (Judith Martin Quotes)
It has always puzzled me, in my business, that people think they have to answer questions, no matter how disagreeable or dangerous, just because they were asked. Of course, we journalists would be out of business if they didn’t. (Judith Martin Quotes)
Obviously I’m going to be polite, so nobody has anything to fear from me (Judith Martin Quotes)
Parents should conduct their arguments in quiet, respectful tones, but in a foreign language. You’d be surprised what an inducement that is to the education of children. (Judith Martin Quotes)
My children did not go through a stage of being rude to their parents. I’m sorry if that sounds incredible. (Judith Martin Quotes)
Fairness does not consist so much of everybody’s doing the same thing, but of everybody’s being willing to do something that others don’t want to do. (Judith Martin Quotes)
I am a traditionalist, and I’m an innovator. Most of what I do is to weigh change and legislate to the best of my ability on what should change and what should not. Do I have a respect for tradition? Of course I do. Do I have a blind belief in it? No. (Judith Martin Quotes)
Manners require showing consideration of all human beings, not just the ones to whom one is close (Judith Martin Quotes)
When people start hurling insults at you, you know their minds are closed and there’s no point in debating. You disengage yourself as quickly as possible from the situation. (Judith Martin Quotes)
Freedom without rules doesn’t work. And communities do not work unless they are regulated by etiquette. (Judith Martin Quotes)
The family dinner table is the cornerstone of civilization and those who ‘graze’ from refrigerators or in front of the television sets are doomed to remain in a state of savagery. (Judith Martin Quotes)
Presents are symbolic. When you give them in your personal life, they should show that you are paying attention to the person to whom you’re giving them. (Judith Martin Quotes)
Chaperons don’t enforce morality; they force immorality to be discreet (Judith Martin Quotes)