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Judith Martin Quotes

I make a distinction between manners and etiquette - manners as the principles, which are eternal and universal, etiquette as the particular rules which are arbitrary and different in different times, different situations, different cultures.

Judith Martin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: September 13, 1938

Topics

Rules Manners Principles Cultures

Michelle has had to grapple with Hilary Clinton's legacy as First Lady... Michelle Obama never wants to be seen as the kind of First Lady who is overly involved in the West Wing.

Jodi Kantor

Legacy Lady Kind Never First Seen

In 2008, I was one of millions united for hope and change. As 2010 dawns, change looks to me like more of the same. Instead of peace, we got more war. Instead of health care reform, we have an industry win that requires Americans to buy health insurance without any real cost controls.

Jodie Evans

Change Hope Health Peace War Win

It would drive me crazy if I picked roles with the goal of being a leading man. You never know what you're getting into when you sign onto a project, and more times than not, the characters that are close to the leading man are more interesting and more fun to play.

Jesse Plemons

Man Fun Me Crazy Drive Interesting

How fantastic that the American ingenuity of NASA scientists got us to Mars. It makes me proud to be an American. I can't get enough of these images from when the probe touched down. These scientists are American heroes.

Jennifer Granholm

Me Proud American Enough Down NASA

'Know thyself' is a good saying, but not in all situations. In many it is better to say 'know others.'

Menander

Good Saying Better Know Say Others

We're a rock group. we're noisy, rowdy, sensational and weird.

Angus Young

Weird Group Rock Sensational Noisy

I was blessed to have a mother and father that recognized the value of education.

Jeb Bush

Education Father Mother Value

The secret of learning to be sick is this: Illness doesn't make you less of what you were. You are still you.

Tony Snow

Learning Sick You Secret Illness

Exceptional employees don't possess God-given personality traits; they rely on simple, everyday EQ skills that anyone can incorporate into their repertoire.

Travis Bradberry

Personality Simple Employees Skills

I never had the idea of moving to Paris and becoming something. I liked the idea of living in Paris because it seemed to have so many parts of life I really enjoyed. The people there seemed to prize literature and art, food and drinking, a more hedonistic way of living.

Rosecrans Baldwin

Life Art Food People Moving Living

When they talk about my job being important, I say, 'The important jobs are the ones that you'd notice if you left for a week.'

Mike Quigley

Job Week You Important Say Talk

An artist could have a really big relationship, and then they break up, and any song after that, people are automatically going to assume that that song is about that person.

Julia Michaels

Relationship People Song Artist Big