quotes about Etiquette
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Playing well with others isn't all it's cracked up to be.
-- Alafair BurkeSource : Alafair Burke (2004). “Judgment Calls”, p.303, Macmillan
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... because lifestyles are changing constantly the rules of etiquette are changing too -- a little slower than lifestyles perhaps, but still changing.
-- Angela Lansbury -
In general, I'm not much into etiquette and am a rule-breaker and rebel by nature.
-- Chip ConleySource : "The Five Fundamentals of Management Etiquette" by Chip Conley, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 11, 2012.
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Those who have mastered etiquette, who are entirely, impeccably right, would seem to arrive at a point of exquisite dullness.
-- Dorothy Parker -
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Etiquette has no regard for moral qualities.
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Etiquette requires the presumption of good until the contrary is proved.
-- Emily Post -
The lessons we learn from the wild become the etiquette of freedom.
-- Gary SnyderSource : Gary Snyder, Jim Harrison (2010). “The Etiquette of Freedom: Gary Snyder, Jim Harrison, and the Practice of the Wild”, p.13, Counterpoint Press
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Apparently you don't have to observe the Rules of Etiquette when reuniting with a muderous spouse.
-- Jennifer Rardin -
Etiquette is the ceremonial code of polite life, more voluminous and minute in each portion of society according to its rank.
-- John Ramsay McCulloch -
If it's against state law, it's generally considered a breach of Etiquette.
-- Judith Martin -
Society cannot exist without etiquette ... It never has, and until our own century, everybody knew that.
-- Judith Martin -
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Protocol is etiquette with a government expense account.
-- Judith Martin -
There are etiquette things that actors, new actors, need to know about. Because it only takes one mess-up on a set to get fired. Not being where you're supposed to be or saying something to the wrong person that you're not supposed to say, and those are like basic things that the actors need to know.
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Etiquette requires us to admire the human race.
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Why were there so many barriers between us, always? Barriers of clothing, of etiquette, of time and age and reason.
-- Melanie BenjaminSource : Melanie Benjamin (2010). “Alice I Have Been: A Novel”, p.118, Delacorte Press
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passion of any sort is seldom governed by the rules of etiquette.
-- Nayantara Sahgal -
So there’s an . . . an etiquette to raking. Some seducer’s code of honor. Is this what you’re telling me?
-- Tessa Dare -
Being civilized means that one keeps one's words unrelated to one's thoughts, when necessary.
-- Ursula ParrottSource : Ursula Parrott (1989). “Ex-wife”, Plume
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Esquire's all about mommy issues now. Breastfeeding, vaccinations, playdate etiquette.
-- Vera Farmiga -
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Starch makes the gentleman, etiquette the lady.
-- Beau Brummell