Century Quote by Judith Martin

Like life and people, it is full of paradoxes. Etiquette is based on tradition, and yet it can change. Its ramifications are trivialities, but…

— Millicent Fenwick

I think the problem today is that there is no social etiquette.

— Phoebe Dynevor

“Why is etiquette important?” “Because it maintains civility, making it possible for people from different worlds to interact with a minimum of unnecessary conflict.”

— Scott Meyer

Etiquette is all human social behavior. If you're a hermit on a mountain, you don't have to worry about etiquette; if somebody comes up…

— Judith Martin

Etiquette is about all of human social behavior. Behavior is regulated by law when etiquette breaks down or when the stakes are high -…

— Judith Martin

Etiquette is an intelligent way to live. There are certain ways of living you will learn being around advanced students and mostly your teacher.…

— Frederick Lenz

Etiquette enables you to resolve conflict without just trading insults. Without etiquette, the irritations in modern life are so abrasive that you see people…

— Judith Martin

Etiquette is the ceremonial code of polite life, more voluminous and minute in each portion of society according to its rank.

— John Ramsay McCulloch

“While good old-fashioned manners and etiquette have worked for centuries, new standards and expectations have come into play with the modern world. Behaviors which…

— Susan C. Young

The purpose of etiquette is to provide an easy set of rules which we can follow when we are in a hurry and want…

— Angela Lansbury

In Buddhism we have a great deal of etiquette. Etiquette is simply ways of living to conserve energy. Etiquette allows people to live in…

— Frederick Lenz

One reason that the task of inventing manners is so difficult is that etiquette is folk custom, and people have emotional ties to the…

— Judith Martin