Judith Martin
Judith Martin
Judith Martin, better known by the pen name Miss Manners, is an American journalist, author, and etiquette authority...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth13 September 1938
CountryUnited States of America
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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 the mountain, then you've got a problem. It matters because we want to live in reasonably harmonious communities.
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Gentle reader: Yes, the thing to do is to ignore it. A general rule of etiquette is that one apologizes for the unfortunate occurrence, but the unthinkable is unmentionable
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A general rule of etiquette is that one apologizes for the unfortunate occurrence, but the unthinkable is unmentionable.
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Protocol is etiquette with a government expense account.
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Society cannot exist without etiquette ... It never has, and until our own century, everybody knew that.
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If it's against state law, it's generally considered a breach of Etiquette.
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People read informality as, 'Do whatever you feel like,' and whatever you feel like might be disastrous.
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My children did not go through a stage of being rude to their parents. I'm sorry if that sounds incredible.
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We are born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society.
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Obviously I'm going to be polite, so nobody has anything to fear from me.
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The language of clothing is high symbolism and we all, in moments where we need to know this, realize it.
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The mistake people keep making is that if they find a wonderful new tool, like email, they have to give up all others. They don't. You have simply added another very useful means to your communications repertoire.
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Presents are symbolic. When you give them in your personal life, they should show that you are paying attention to the person to whom you're giving them.
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We're now seeing email that people thought they had deleted showing up as evidence in court. You can't erase email. As that becomes more commonly realized, people will be a little wiser about what they type.