--- title: "2 Etiquette Quotes By Virginia Graham" description: "2 Etiquette quotes by Virginia Graham. Plus more from Virginia Graham and more Etiquette sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/502/virginia-graham-26673_cases_in-society-it-is-etiquette-for-ladies-to_1455570.jpg" --- > [In society it is etiquette for ladies to have the best chairs and get handed things. In the home the reverse is the case. This is why ladies are more sociable than gentlemen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-graham/in-society-it-is-etiquette-for-ladies-to-have-the-best-chairs-and-get/) [Virginia Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-graham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/502/virginia-graham-26673_cases_in-society-it-is-etiquette-for-ladies-to_1455570.jpg) > [England is the only civilised country in the world where it is etiquette to fall on the food like a wolf the moment it is served. Elsewhere it is comme il faut to wait until everybody has helped himself to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-graham/england-is-the-only-civilised-country-in-the-world-where-it-is/) [Virginia Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-graham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6e/virginia-graham-26673_civilised_england-is-the-only-civilised-country-in_2671582.png) ## Other authors on Etiquette - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 99 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/etiquette/frederick-lenz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-judith-martin-54024.jpg) Judith Martin 26 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/etiquette/judith-martin/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alia-bhatt-11437.jpg) David Chiles 23 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/etiquette/david-chiles/) - [Emily Post 9 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/etiquette/emily-post/) - [Mark Twain 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/etiquette/mark-twain/) ## More by Virginia Graham > [suppose you invest time and effort in designing a new image for yourself. You get home and your husband takes one look and screams,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-graham/suppose-you-invest-time-and-effort-in-designing-a-new-image-for/) [Virginia Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-graham/) > [a woman is not really dressed unless she is wearing a hat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-graham/a-woman-is-not-really-dressed-unless-she-is-wearing-a-hat/) [Virginia Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-graham/) > [Say something idiotic and nobody but a dog politely wags his tail.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-graham/say-something-idiotic-and-nobody-but-a-dog-politely-wags-his-tail/) [Virginia Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-graham/) > [I am a living soap opera.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-graham/i-am-a-living-soap-opera/) [Virginia Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-graham/) > [For a driver to be driven by somebody else is an ordeal, for there are only three types of drivers: the too fast, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-graham/for-a-driver-to-be-driven-by-somebody-else-is-an-ordeal-for-there-are/) [Virginia Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-graham/) > [The women sit, getting colder and colder, on a seat getting harder and harder, watching oafs, getting muddier and muddier.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-graham/the-women-sit-getting-colder-and-colder-on-a-seat-getting-harder-and/) [Virginia Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-graham/) > [In society it is etiquette for ladies to have the best chairs and get handed things. In the home the reverse is the case.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-graham/in-society-it-is-etiquette-for-ladies-to-have-the-best-chairs-and-get/) [Virginia Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-graham/) > [There are some composers - at the head of whom stands Beethoven - who not only do not know when to stop but appear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-graham/there-are-some-composers-at-the-head-of-whom-stands-beethoven-who-not/) [Virginia Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-graham/) > [Be blind. Be stupid. Be British. Be careful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-graham/be-blind-be-stupid-be-british-be-careful/) [Virginia Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-graham/) > [I have the perfect face for radio.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-graham/i-have-the-perfect-face-for-radio/) [Virginia Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-graham/) > [Committee meetings are always held at inconvenient times and usually take place in dark, dusty rooms the temperatures of which are unsuited to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-graham/committee-meetings-are-always-held-at-inconvenient-times-and-usually/) [Virginia Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-graham/) > [When some people retire, it's going to be mighty hard to be able to tell the difference.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-graham/when-some-people-retire-it-s-going-to-be-mighty-hard-to-be-able-to/) [Virginia Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-graham/) > [conformity has been a devastating thing. Its ill effects continue right to this day. Customers still look at the woman in the next chair…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-graham/conformity-has-been-a-devastating-thing-its-ill-effects-continue/) [Virginia Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-graham/) > [... for some of us life always comes C.O.D.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-graham/for-some-of-us-life-always-comes-c-o-d/) [Virginia Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-graham/) > [On the whole, and providing one is in good spirits and feeling reasonably bright, it is not hard to converse for a short space…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-graham/on-the-whole-and-providing-one-is-in-good-spirits-and-feeling/) [Virginia Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-graham/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/etiquette/virginia-graham/#itemlist", "name": "2 Etiquette Quotes By Virginia Graham", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In society it is etiquette for ladies to have the best chairs and get handed things. 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