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title: "7 Mixed Company Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Mixed Company quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Mixed Company sayings and thoughts."
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> [“mixed company” meant me. No one else seemed to mind that people were wandering around with their naughty bits out.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-lyons/mixed-company-meant-me-no-one-else-seemed-to-mind-that-people-were/)

[Lucy Lyons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-lyons/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b33/lucy-lyons-59239_business_mixed-company-meant-me-no-one-else-seeme_539314.jpg)

> [A man may do very well with a very little knowledge, and scarce be found out in mixed company; everybody is so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-lamb/a-man-may-do-very-well-with-a-very-little-knowledge-and-scarce-be/)

[Charles Lamb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-lamb/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c2/charles-lamb-1144_acquisition_a-man-may-do-very-well-with-a-very-littl_598426.jpg)

> [We're not supposed to mention f\*\*\*ing in mixed company, but that's exactly where it takes place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-carlin/we-re-not-supposed-to-mention-f-ing-in-mixed-company-but-that-s/)

[George Carlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-carlin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51c/george-carlin-155_business_we-re-not-supposed-to-mention-f-ing-in-m_979130.jpg)

> [Religion is by no means a proper subject of conversation in a mixed company.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-stanhope/religion-is-by-no-means-a-proper-subject-of-conversation-in-a-mixed/)

[Doug Stanhope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-stanhope/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ea/doug-stanhope-1528_business_religion-is-by-no-means-a-proper-subject_1372933.png)

> [“Recently in mixed company...I ventured to make the claim ( not without some show of humility and modesty ) that I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flann-o-brien/recently-in-mixed-company-i-ventured-to-make-the-claim-not-without/)

[Flann O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flann-o-brien/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80e/flann-o-brien-6916_business_recently-in-mixed-company-i-ventured-to_1625310.png)

> [I see it happen in uniracial congregations all the time. But people - when they're in mixed company, we speak differently.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/i-see-it-happen-in-uniracial-congregations-all-the-time-but-people/)

[Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e6/michael-emerson-4622_business_i-see-it-happen-in-uniracial-congregatio_1973306.jpg)

> [But I give you my word, in the entire book there is nothing that cannot be said aloud in mixed company. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-parker/but-i-give-you-my-word-in-the-entire-book-there-is-nothing-that/)

[Dorothy Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-parker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c7/dorothy-parker-700_aloud_but-i-give-you-my-word-in-the-entire-boo_3113952.jpg)

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