Chips Quote by Judith Martin

“Miss Manners corrects only upon request. Then she does it from a distance, with no names attached, and no personal relationship, however distant, between…

— Judith Martin

I despise formal restaurants. I find all of that formality to be very base and vile. I would much rather eat potato chips on…

— Werner Herzog

“Miss Manners fails to understand why philanthropists would turn from the needy to the greedy, but she is not in the business of laundering…

— Judith Martin

Indeed, Miss Manners has come to believe that the basic political division in this country is not between liberals and conservatives but between those…

— Judith Martin

“as long as Mary can’t cook and has those awful manners—well, we’re safe, nobody else would have her.” I perceived that my wife’s methods…

— Agatha Christie

“DEAR MISS MANNERS: When does a gentleman offer his arm to a lady as they are walking down the street together? GENTLE READER: Strictly…

— Judith Martin

Here was an occasion, she thought, for indulging in that deliberate rudeness which only persons with habitually good manners have the right to commit...

— Stella Gibbons

“Good manners without sincerity are like a beautiful dead lady. Straightforwardness without civility is like a surgeon's knife, effective but unpleasant. Candor with courtesy…

— Yukteswar Giri

“Miss Manners hereby absolves everyone from feeling any embarrassment deliberately imposed by others.”

— Judith Martin

“For more than forty years, Judith Martin has inspired the world with advice on etiquette excellence, proper behavior, and codes of conduct through her…

— Susan C. Young

It is time to effect a revolution in female manners - time to restore to them their lost dignity. It is time to separate…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

There are no manners left in America at all, because all you're doing is kicking the person next to you so that you can…

— James Purdy