"There are three possible parts to a date, of which at least two must be offered: entertainment, food, and affection. It is customary to begin a series of dates with a great deal of entertainment, a moderate amount of food, and the merest suggestion of affection. As the amount of affection increases, the entertainment can be reduced proportionately. When the affection IS the entertainment, we no longer call it dating. Under no circumstances can the food be omitted."
— Judith Martin

"I was raised right....to talk about people behind their backs....it's called manners. "
— Kathy Griffin

"In reality they all lived in a kind of hieroglyphic world, where the real thing was never said or done or even thought, but only represented by a set of arbitrary signs."
— Edith Wharton (The Age of Innocence)

"Be sincere, Be brief, Be seated."
— Franklin D. Roosevelt

"People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy."
— Bob Hope

"If you can't be kind, at least be vague."
— Judith Martin

"Good manners have much to do with the emotions. To make them ring true, one must feel them, not merely exhibit them.
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— Amy Vanderbilt

"A hat should be taken off when greeting a lady, and left off the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than a hat."
— P.J. O'Rourke (Modern Manners: An Etiquette Book for Rude People)

"Manners are the ability to put someone else at their ease...by turning any answer into another question."
— Tina Brown