It is one of Miss Manners's great discoveries that one needn't contradict others in order to set them straight.

Most people who work at home find they do not have the benefit of receptionists who serve as personal guards

If it's against state law, it's generally considered a breach of Etiquette.

Adorable children are considered to be the general property of the human race. Rude children belong to their mothers.

It's far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.

The family dinner table is the cornerstone of civilization and those who 'graze' from refrigerators or in front of the television sets are doomed to remain in a state of savagery.

Ideological differences are no excuse for rudeness.

We are born charming fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society.

If you can't be kind, at least be vague.

When virtues are pointed out first, flaws seem less insurmountable.

Society cannot exist without etiquette ... It never has, and until our own century, everybody knew that.

To learn new habits is everything for it is to reach the substance of life. Life is but a tissue of habits.

I always run in the morning on an empty stomach, and I'll go through a bottle and a half of water. Then I have a protein drink or I eat egg whites.

My theme song is always: "Pay attention to your viewer. Follow them."

Define loneliness? Yes. It's what we can't do for each other.

Work my hands in the soil, what's the pay for all the toil? Dust for blood, dust for blood, dust for blood.

A contra dance is like an amusement park ride we make for ourselves.

Why do men go to zoos?

It is equally wrong to speed a guest who does not want to go, and to keep one back who is eager. You ought to make welcome the present guest, and send forth the one who wishes to go.

My dear doctor, I am surprised to hear you say that I am coughing very badly, as I have been practising all night.

We carry the flame for all to see, the fire and passion of what we can be.