Allowing an unimportant mistake to pass without comment is a wonderful social grace. — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
“Well, most people would have said `thank you' after they'd been given help, and then I would have responded to that with… — Heather James Copy Share Image
The nobility danced for the sake of social grace, to exhibit their finery...peasants danced to make themselves happy, to escape the routine… — Jamake Highwater Copy Share Image
There's a certain pattern that exists with geniuses - an eccentricity, a lack of social graces and an inability to really communicate… — John Noble Copy Share Image
“ A Mother’s Advice Manners matter, regardless of your position in society. There is no excuse in this world to practice bad… — Deborah Ford Copy Share Image
Flattery is a challenge. The proper turning away from it, undercutting, diminishing it without offense or vehemence, is a social grace sweeter… — Elizabeth Hardwick Copy Share Image
I respect the social graces enormously. How to pass the food. Don't yell from one room to another. Don't go through a… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
“At that exact moment, Nancy Grace, a CNN legal commentator who combines the nuance of a sledgehammer with the social graces of… — Charles P. Pierce Copy Share Image
“But she could make one decision- to change her environment. And if she could change her environment, she would be subject to… — David Brooks 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,… — Amy Vanderbilt Copy Share Image
“Eat slowly," the blueblood said. "Don't cut your food with the fork. Cut it with the knife, and make the pieces small… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
“It occurred to him that he'd made a habit of pissing on the shoes of very powerful beings, but he'd never been… — Kevin Lucia Copy Share Image
Chivalry is one of the great civilizing forces, taming men and introducing social graces and nuance to what would otherwise be a… — Heather Mac Donald Copy Share Image
“Without civilized social graces, not only is life more difficult, but a positive first impression can be destroyed as fast as it… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
