"The world was my oyster but I used……" — Oscar Wilde
"The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork - Oscar Wilde"
More Etiquette Quotes
- 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… — Alistair Cooke
- The cheese and wine party has the form of friendship without the warmth and devotion. It is a device either… — 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… — Jim Harrison
- Every doctor will allow a colleague to decimate a whole countryside sooner than violate the bond of professional etiquette by… — George Bernard Shaw
- Death is a dignitary who when he comes announced is received with formal manifestations of respect, even by those most… — Ambrose Bierce
- In society it is etiquette for ladies to have the best chairs and get handed things. In the home the… — Virginia Graham
- Consider what you have in the smallest well-chosen library-a company of the wisest and wittiest men which can be plucked… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- If it's against state law, it's generally considered a breach of Etiquette. — Judith Martin