Etiquette Quotes
86 Etiquette quotes by 69 unique authors
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He who observes etiquette but objects to lying is like someone who dresses fashionably but wears no vest.
— Walter Benjamin
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Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.
— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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The basic meaning of etiquette is to be quick at both the beginning and end and tranquil in the middle.
— Yamamoto Tsunetomo
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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
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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
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Survival has its own etiquette.
— Janet Morris
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Marriage is survived just on the basis of ordinary etiquette, day in and day out. Also cooking together helps a lot.
— Jim Harrison
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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
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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
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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
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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
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If it's against state law, it's generally considered a breach of Etiquette.
— Judith Martin
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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
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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
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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
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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
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No matter how well you know the rules of netiquette, you will eventually offend someone who doesn't.
— Don Rittner
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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
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Etiquette is the ceremonial code of polite life, more voluminous and minute in each portion of society according to its rank.
— John Ramsay McCulloch
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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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Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.
— Will Cuppy
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Whenever two people come together and their behavior affects one another, you have etiquette.
— Emily Post
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I begin to grow heartily tired of the etiquette and nonsense so fashionable in this city.
— George Mason
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A general rule of etiquette is that one apologizes for the unfortunate occurrence, but the unthinkable is unmentionable.
— Judith Martin
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I thought," Shad said slowly, "that she was offended if you referred to Blind Seer or Elation as her pets.""True," Derian assured him. "Absolutely the…
— Jane Lindskold
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