I make a distinction between manners and etiquette - manners as the principles, which are eternal and universal, etiquette as the particular… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
“They spoke politely and with deference to the adults, whereas it went against my nature not to speak plainly. To many people… — Theresa Breslin Copy Share Image
“Hey wedding DJ, there is no way in hell I'm paying you $1,000 when all you're doing is plugging your iPod into… — Andy Ostrom Copy Share Image
Our sense of being worthwhile, our sense of being good, our sense of being anything must go - Final clearance sale. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“No one is any better than you. You are no better than anyone else. We are just different people doing different things… — Jackie Vernon-Thompson Copy Share Image
Without that poise and balance and gentle humor and caring sense, nothing happens at all. It's just egotism and vanity and jealousy… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Be careful not to be the first to put your hands in the dish. What you cannot hold in your hands you… — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
One of the things particularly admirable in the public utterances of President Lincoln is a certain tone of familiar dignity, which, while… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
“The ornaments of your home are the people who smile upon entering time and time again.” — Maralee McKee Copy Share Image
It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship. — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Copy Share Image
It takes tremendous self-restraint on the part of the student not to want to monopolize the teacher's attention, to live a very… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
China is exciting because it is an extremely curious and interested market. What more can a designer ask for? The client here… — Michael Kors Copy Share Image
“It's good netiquette to look for every opportunity to compliment others online. — David Chiles Copy Share Image
England is the only civilised country in the world where it is etiquette to fall on the food like a wolf the… — Virginia Graham Copy Share Image
So there’s an . . . an etiquette to raking. Some seducer’s code of honor. Is this what you’re telling me? — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
I wrote to Mr. McEnroe, Senior. I said: "Here is the sentence once written by the immortal Bobby Jones. I thought you… — Alistair Cooke Copy Share Image
I lived in a world where social arrangements were taken for granted and assumed to be timeless. A child's obligation was to… — Drew Gilpin Faust Copy Share Image
Can you control your anger, lust, frustrations, and jealousies? Those are the only people worthy of the higher teachings. By worthy, I… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Consider what you have in the smallest well-chosen library-a company of the wisest and wittiest men which can be plucked out of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Some people like a harsh teacher. They feel the demands make them learn more quickly. Some like a gentle teacher because they… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Studying with a teacher doesn't simply mean going to an occasional seminar or Zen retreat. It means fully applying yourself to what… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Good intentions are good netiquette. A conscious effort to be nice others on the internet.” — David Chiles Copy Share Image
“God gave you a gift of 84,600 seconds today. Have you used one of them to say thank you?” — William Arthur Ward Copy Share Image
