Judith Martin Quotes

It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.

I am a traditionalist, and I'm an innovator. Most of what I do is to weigh change and legislate to t...

The invention of the teenager was a mistake. Once you identify a period of life in which people get ...

If you can't be kind, at least be vague.

Freedom without rules doesn't work. And communities do not work unless they are regulated by etiquet...

DEAR MISS MANNERS:I a tired of being treated like a child. My father says it's because I am a child-...

When you're in love you put up with things that when you're out of love you cite.

There are three possible parts to a date, of which at least two must be offered: entertainment, food...

Many people mistakenly think a new technology cancels out an old one.

Nobody believes that the man who says, 'Look, lady, you wanted equality,' to explain why he won't gi...

It's far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.

A wedding invitation is sent by people who have been saying "Do we have to ask them?" to people who...

When virtues are pointed out first, flaws seem less insurmountable.

The rationale that etiquette should be eschewed because it fosters inequality does not ring true in ...

One reason that the task of inventing manners is so difficult is that etiquette is folk custom, and ...

We are all born rude. No infant has ever appeared yet with the grace to understand how inconsiderate...

There was no singles problem until singles got so single-minded that they stopped wasting time with ...

The simple idea that everyone needs a reasonable amount of challenging work in his or her life and ...

We are born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate i...