“ Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never dealt with a cat. ”
- Robert Anson Heinlein- Copy
- 1.5K
“ Every man has his moral backside which he refrains from showing unless he has to and keeps covered as long as possible with the trousers of decorum. ”
- Georg C. Lichtenberg- Copy
- 2.2K
“ And doing a film in that period, and having to really celebrate what they wore back then, how they sat and how they spoke. You know, what the etiquette was back then for a lady. All of those things are like putting on a wig and transforming yourself, which I love. ”
- Charlize Theron- Copy
- 378
“ No matter how well you perform there's always somebody of intelligent opinion who thinks it's lousy. ”
- Sir Lawrence Olivier- Copy
- 1K
“ Etiquette tip: More people will get out of your way if you say "I'm gonna puke!" than if you say "Excuse me". ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
- 3.2K
“ I begin to grow heartily tired of the etiquette and nonsense so fashionable in this city. ”
- George Mason- Copy
- 3.5K
“ Friendship cannot live with ceremony, nor without civility. ”
- Edward F. Halifax- Copy
- 2.4K
“ The attributes of a great lady may still be found in the rule of the four S's: Sincerity, Simplicity, Sympathy, and Serenity. ”
- Emily Post- Copy
- 1.9K
“ Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it. ”
- Oliver Herford- Copy
- 942
“ Never speak of a man in his own presence. It is always indelicate, and may be offensive. ”
- Samuel Johnson- Copy
- 3.9K
“ The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting. ”
- Fran Lebowitz- Copy
- 2.5K
“ A man must have very eminent qualities to hold his own without being polite. ”
- Jean de la Bruyere- Copy
- 3.8K
“ Ah, men do not know how much strength is in poise that he goes the farthest who goes far enough. ”
- James Russell Lowell- Copy
- 542
“ Charming people live up to the very edge of their charm, and behave as outrageously as the world lets them. ”
- Logan Pearsall Smith- Copy
- 1.6K
“ I can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action. ”
- Tennessee Williams- Copy
- 1.7K
“ Chivalry is a poor substitute for justice, if one cannot have both. Chivalry is something like the icing on the cake, sweet but not nourishing. ”
- Nellie McClung- Copy
- 2.8K
“ What is the test of good manners? Being able to bear patiently with bad ones. ”
- Solomon Ibn Gabirol- Copy
- 3.9K
“ We already know that anonymous letters are despicable. In etiquette, as well as in law, hiring a hit man to do the job does not relieve you of responsibility. ”
- Judith Martin- Copy
- 613
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