My children did not go through a stage of being rude to their parents. I'm sorry if that sounds incredible. — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
Honesty has come to mean the privilege of insulting you to your face without expecting redress. — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
Miss Manners herself, while never rude, is given to pulling a fast pinch in the way of a handshake on those who… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
We are all born rude. No infant has ever appeared yet with the grace to understand how inconsiderate it is to disturb… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
Adorable children are considered to be the general property of the human race. Rude children belong to their mothers. — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
When someone has tried to please you, it is rude, as well as disheartening, to respond by announcing that the effort was… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
Nowadays, we never allow ourselves the convenience of being temporarily unavailable, even to strangers. With telephone and beeper, people subject themselves to… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
It is not rude to turn off your telephone by switching it on to an answering machine, which is cheaper and less… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
GENTLE READER: You, sir, are an anarchist, and Miss Manners is frightened to have anything to do with you. It is true… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
Smart people duck when they hear the dread announcement 'I'm going to be perfectly honest with you. — Judith Martin Copy Share
If you put together all the ingredients that naturally attract children - sex, violence, revenge, spectacle and vigorous noise - what you have is… — Judith Martin Copy Share
The one prediction that never comes true is, 'You'll thank me for telling you this. — Judith Martin Copy Share
Chaperons, even in their days of glory, were almost never able to enforce morality; what they did was to force immorality to be discreet.… — Judith Martin Copy Share
Perhaps the greatest rudenesses of our time come not from the callousness of strangers, but from the solicitousness of intimates who believe that their… — Judith Martin Copy Share
We are all entitled to our little harmless habits, but we are not entitled to demand approval for them. — Judith Martin Copy Share
“Lady” is not used before the lady’s first name unless she is the daughter of a duke, marquess or earl; those who come by… — Judith Martin Copy Share
Adorable children are considered to be the general property of the human race. Rude children belong to their mothers. — Judith Martin Copy Share
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… — Judith Martin Copy Share
It is, indeed, a trial to maintain the virtue of humility when one can't help being right. — Judith Martin Copy Share
Honesty is a virtue, but not the only one. If you're in a courtroom you need the whole truth and nothing but the truth;… — Judith Martin Copy Share
Society cannot exist without etiquette ... It never has, and until our own century, everybody knew that. — Judith Martin Copy Share
