Etiquette Quotes

It's harder to pick and choose when you're dead. It's like a photograph, you know. It doesn't matter...

In truth, the crossing from nature to culture and vice versa has always stood wide open. It leads ac...

So they left the subject and played croquet, which is a very good game for people who are annoyed wi...

Have you shat, my child, I said gently.

I assure you that in all matters of discretion not involving food, we make etiquette tutors look lik...

Reading at meals is considered rude in polite society, but if you expect to succeed as a writer, rud...

Manners are the ability to put someone else at their ease...by turning any answer into another quest...

The field of asking is fundamentally improvisational. It thrives not in the creation of rules and et...

People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy.

Everyone wants to know why customer service has gone to hell in a handbasket. I want to know why cus...

The very essence of politeness is to take care that by our words and actions we make other people pl...

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

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

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

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

I was raised right — I talk about people behind their backs. It's called manners.

So yes, I say things I regret constantly, and I just can't help it.