Ceremony is-really a protection, too, in times of emotional involvement, particularly at death. If we have a social formula to guide us and do not have to extemporize, we feel better able to handle life. — Amy Vanderbilt Copy Share Image
Only a great fool or a great genius is likely to flout all social grace with impunity, and neither one, doing so, makes the most comfortable companion. — Amy Vanderbilt Copy Share Image
In Hollywood, not to have an analyst is virtually an admission of failure. — Amy Vanderbilt Copy Share Image
The best-dressed women I know pay very little attention to the picayune aspects of fashion, but they have a sound understanding of style. — Amy Vanderbilt Copy Share Image
Do not smoke without asking permission or sit so near (as in a train) that the smoke might annoy. — Amy Vanderbilt Copy Share Image
Everyone knows that a man can marry even if he reaches the age of 102, is penniless, and has all his facilities gone. There… — Amy Vanderbilt Copy Share Image
Parents must get across the idea that "I love you always, but sometimes I do not love your behavior." — Amy Vanderbilt Copy Share Image
When we learn to give thanks, we are learning to concentrate not on the bad things, but on the good things in our lives. — Amy Vanderbilt Copy Share Image
We must learn which ceremonies may be breached occasionally at our convenience and which ones may never be if we are to live pleasantly… — Amy Vanderbilt Copy Share Image
I am a journalist in the field of etiquette. I try to find out what the most genteel people regularly do, what traditions they… — Amy Vanderbilt Copy Share Image
Breakfast is the one meal at which it is permissible to read the paper. — Amy Vanderbilt Copy Share Image
