222 Quotes by Judith Martin

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

First. I began my career as a copy girl. and the White House coverage, for example, was in the then-Women's section. So it was social coverage. It wasn't news, although we often got rather startling news out of it.

Life is full of wonderful passions that come and go over the years, but the only one that will never let you down is reading.

People read informality as, 'Do whatever you feel like,' and whatever you feel like might be disastrous.

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.

It's like children getting new toys. But the excitement is over. People should be over it.

I have always believed that the key to a happy marriage was the ability to say with a straight face, 'Why, I don't know what you're worrying about. I thought you were very funny last night and I'm sure everybody else did, too.

I try to behave myself, and I succeed.

One should not be assigned one's identity in society by the job slot one happens to fill. If we truly believe in the dignity of labor, any task can be performed with equal pride because none can demean the basic dignity of a human being.