Judith Martin's Quotes
Born: 1938-09-13
Profession: Author
Nation: American
Biography of Judith Martin
It's far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.
Tags: Good, Help, OthersHonesty has come to mean the privilege of insulting you to your face without expecting redress.
Tags: Face, Honesty, MeanWhen a society abandons its ideals just because most people can't live up to them, behavior gets very ugly indeed.
Tags: Behavior, Society, UglyWe already know that anonymous letters are despicable. In etiquette, as well as in law, hiring a hit man to do the job does not relieve you of responsibility.
Tags: Hit, Job, LawChaperons don't enforce morality; they force immorality to be discreet.
Tags: Force, Immorality, MoralityMany people mistakenly think a new technology cancels out an old one.
Tags: Mistakenly, Old, TechnologyWe are born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society.
Tags: Born, Fresh, SocietyParents should conduct their arguments in quiet, respectful tones, but in a foreign language. You'd be surprised what an inducement that is to the education of children.
Tags: Children, Education, ParentsIf written directions alone would suffice, libraries wouldn't need to have the rest of the universities attached.
Tags: Alone, Rest, WrittenMost people who work at home find they do not have the benefit of receptionists who serve as personal guards.
Tags: Home, Personal, WorkThere are three social classes in America: upper middle class, middle class, and lower middle class.
Tags: America, Social, ThreeYou do not have to do everything disagreeable that you have a right to do.
Tags: Attention, Give, RealChaperons, even in their days of glory, were almost never able to enforce morality; what they did was to force immorality to be discreet. This is no small contribution.
Tags: Able, Days, SmallIndeed, Miss Manners has come to believe that the basic political division in this country is not between liberals and conservatives but between those who believe that they should have a say in the love lives of strangers and those who do not.
Tags: Country, Love, Political