Etiquette Quotes

86 quotes by 71 authors

He who observes etiquette but objects to lying is like someone who dresses fashionably but wears no vest. — Walter Benjamin
Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
The basic meaning of etiquette is to be quick at both the beginning and end and tranquil in the middle. — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
I wrote to Mr. McEnroe, Senior. I said: "Here is the sentence once written by the immortal Bobby Jones. I thought you might like to… — Alistair Cooke
The cheese and wine party has the form of friendship without the warmth and devotion. It is a device either for getting rid of social… — Brooks Atkinson
Survival has its own etiquette. — Janet Morris
Marriage is survived just on the basis of ordinary etiquette, day in and day out. Also cooking together helps a lot. — Jim Harrison
Every doctor will allow a colleague to decimate a whole countryside sooner than violate the bond of professional etiquette by giving him away. — George Bernard Shaw
Death is a dignitary who when he comes announced is received with formal manifestations of respect, even by those most familiar with him. In the… — Ambrose Bierce
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… — Virginia Graham
Consider what you have in the smallest well-chosen library-a company of the wisest and wittiest men which can be plucked out of all civilized countries… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
If it's against state law, it's generally considered a breach of Etiquette. — Judith Martin
One reason that the task of inventing manners is so difficult is that etiquette is folk custom, and people have emotional ties to the forms… — Judith Martin
You can deny all you want that there is etiquette, and a lot of people do in everyday life. But if you behave in a… — Judith Martin
The rationale that etiquette should be eschewed because it fosters inequality does not ring true in a society that openly admits to a feverish interest… — Judith Martin
A hypocritical etiquette forces us to pretend that the Jews are powerless victims; and if you don't respect their victimhood, they'll destroy you. — Joseph Sobran
No matter how well you know the rules of netiquette, you will eventually offend someone who doesn't. — Don Rittner
We show wisdom by a decent conformity to social etiquette; it is excess of neatness or display that creates dandyism in men, and coquetry in… — Robert Adam
Etiquette is the ceremonial code of polite life, more voluminous and minute in each portion of society according to its rank. — John Ramsay McCulloch
On a personal level, Freaking Out is a process whereby an individual casts off outmoded and restricting standards of thinking, dress, and social etiquette in… — Frank Zappa

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